Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv prt] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First tonight , a bitter row has broken out over plans for a Sinn Fein councillor to address a public meeting in Glasgow this week — despite calls for him to be banned following the weekend atrocity in Belfast . |
| 2 | A bitter row has broken out over plans for a Sinn Fein councillor to address a public meeting in Glasgow despite calls for him to be banned , following Saturday 's massacre in Belfast . |
| 3 | A ROW has broken out over plans to move a home for problem children to Chester 's biggest council estate . |
| 4 | A POLITICAL row has broken out over Chancellor Norman Lamont 's rejection of demands that the Royal Family should pay income tax . |
| 5 | Oil consumption has fallen by over 20% . |
| 6 | Since the Citizen 's Charter was introduced to British Rail , compensation paid for late or cancelled trains has fallen by over 50% . |
| 7 | At least GEC 's real dividend has grown by over 10% a year since 1978 . |
| 8 | Since February sterling has risen by over 5% against the D-mark . |
| 9 | Her vision of inter-governmental European co-operation within a wider ‘ Atlantic ’ framework seemed to have won out over schemes for more radical co-operation . |
| 10 | On ITV 's This Morning show he said Maxwell , upset over comments made about The European newspaper , had looked out over Holborn from his apartment and said : ‘ I do n't know why I do n't end it all . ’ |
| 11 | In that time , its geography had changed little , the only difference being that more and more houses had squeezed themselves on to the mound of detritus that had built up over generations to form the hill on which the city squatted , above the highest level of flood the river could attain . |
| 12 | The prejudices had built up over centuries but had become more accentuated since independence in 1948 . |
| 13 | A returning Heinkel of 6/KG 26 reported that its gunner had baled out over Malta for unknown reasons — there is no record of him landing safely . |
| 14 | He told the Blackpool conference of the MSF union that millions of manufacturing jobs had disappeared since 1979 and imports had increased by over 100pc . |
| 15 | The crisis which had blown up over Tito 's claim to Carinthia and Venezia Giulia was nearing its height . |
| 16 | Moreover , the areas where prices have fallen furthest , in the south of the country , are those where the market is weakest — in London and the south east house prices have fallen by over 9% in the last 12 months . |
| 17 | THE US and Japan have fallen out over supercomputer sales . |
| 18 | America and Europe have fallen out over farm trade ; as a result , the negotiations at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) have broken down . |
| 19 | If the advice is more positive , will the parents be able to shrug off attitudes which have built up over decades in a few days ? |
| 20 | In schools , the most notable growth has been in the use of 81200 Work Experience 1 — enrolments for this module have increased by over 200% ; other substantial increases were for the Communications and Mathematics modules . |