Example sentences of "in the [noun sg] over [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cleg 's boots , a heavy weight in the basket over Hari 's arm , were mended at last . |
| 2 | The next instalment in the feud over Dylan , Satchel and another adopted son , 14-year-old Moses , will get a wider audience than ever when it goes back to court in December . |
| 3 | Ireland manager Jack Charlton is thought to have played a part in the delay over Keane 's announcement . |
| 4 | The second German mistake in the air over Verdun , and by far the most disastrous of the two , was their failure to utilise initial superiority to cut the French supply routes to Verdun . |
| 5 | The young Bischof and his friend the painter Hans Erni were not unaware of the dark clouds gathering in the sky over Europe ; but at this point , on the threshold of adult life and a career — as yet undecided between painting and photography — he paused to make a careful , thoughtful study of the beauty of the world around him , to search , in minute things , for the harmony of the universe . |
| 6 | If there have beeb question marks in the past over Saucony shoes , it 's been over the durability of the midsoles in some of the older models . |
| 7 | Lastly , the effect of EC legislation has been considered in the battle over Sunday trading . |
| 8 | Thus , for example , Baldwin 's responses to questions in the House over Britain 's preparedness for war were heavily guarded . |
| 9 | There 's been a new twist in the controversy over Lincolnshire 's flood warning sirens . |
| 10 | When Thomas Clifford , acting for John Prince in the dispute over Gregories , approached Gloucester in the matter , he found himself dealing not only with the East Anglian , Tyrell , but with Pilkington , Tunstall and Harrington ( all northerners ) and with Kidwelly . |
| 11 | When Thomas Clifford , acting for John Prince in the dispute over Gregories , approached Gloucester in the matter , he found himself dealing not only with the East Anglian , Tyrell , but with Pilkington , Tunstall and Harrington ( all northerners ) and with Kidwelly . |
| 12 | So Kimon 's campaigns , which culminated in the victory over Persia at the River Eurymedon in Pamphylia , show continuity not just with Miltiades the enemy of Persia but with Miltiades the founder of an overseas Athenian Empire . |
| 13 | Debut in the victory over France in Lyons and has proved a real success in both tight and loose . |
| 14 | Regular watchers of Rugby Special will have seen Llanelli , who beat Australia earlier in the season , playing some magnificent rugby as recently as last Saturday , when Stephens scored two tries in the victory over Cardiff , who meet Ayr at Millbrae tonight . |
| 15 | All the young contenders who played in the victory over Oxfordshire are given another chance to prove themselves . |
| 16 | The scorers of Scotland schoolboy 's under-15 team 's goals in the win over England at Wembley on Saturday were both Rangers ' signings and Brown 's most promising players at Scotland Youth level are signed to the Ibrox club as well . |
| 17 | In the win over Lincolnshire Peet won a marathon against Gaynor Wilkinson 9-7 in the fifth while former Merseyside champion Sue Rutherford at 2 and Smylie at 3 also chalked up victories . |
| 18 | Boro 's Bernie Slaven started the season with two goals against Manchester City and starred in the win over Leeds under Charlton 's watchful eye . |
| 19 | It was no coicidence that he and Robson played a great part in the win over Oldham that ended our lean spell . |
| 20 | Midfield player Leon Bell of the Stoke High school gets his second cap in midfield after making his international debut in the win over Wales ten days ago . |
| 21 | She allowed herself about three minutes and then joined in the argument over Melissa while working the pushchair towards the door . |
| 22 | Instead , DEC 's Unix-based Software and Systems Marketing and Planning Group manager Matt Kochen and Laurie Buller from the product management group staff attempted to pin responsibility for what they termed the ‘ confusion ’ in the marketplace over DEC 's actual position on misguided press reports — an allegation stoutly and unanimously resisted by senior members of the US press corps and analysts who have been close to the story . |
| 23 | This specimen is from Kent , England , but similar forms occur in the chalk over Europe and in Cretaceous rocks in North America . |
| 24 | A succession of senior ministers played down speculation about the leadership by denying the existence of divisions in the Cabinet over Europe and calling on MPs not to divide the party with talk of a leadership contest . |
| 25 | Howe 's attack was two-pronged : he ridiculed official denials that a policy split existed in the Cabinet over Europe and he made trenchant ( and remarkably personal ) criticisms of Mrs Thatcher 's style of leadership . |
| 26 | One of the issues that has been rather distorted in the debate over Howie is the need to look beyond crude distinctions between ‘ academic ’ and ‘ vocational ’ qualifications . |
| 27 | In the debate over Nato itself , the Europeanists in Washington reiterated the arguments of the British ( and other Western Europeans ) that without a fairly specific American military commitment there would be less chance of a speedy restoration of political stability — and therefore of economic recovery — in continental Europe . |
| 28 | Tories claim Major in the dark over US election aid |