Example sentences of "to [noun] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve Groves for ‘ We shot it yesterday when it was 3 feet higher' ’ Nick Reason for ‘ Dad , I know you 've got to have a head for heights to canoe over a waterfall like that but why 's that man got two heads ? ’ , |
| 2 | He died before he went to trial over the matter . |
| 3 | Both sides refused to elaborate on the reasons for Bowman 's departure , but press reports attributed it to disagreements over the pace at which the authority sought to bring water standards up to European Community standards . |
| 4 | Some of the other changes were intended to take account of a number of anomalies that our experience had brought to light over the years since 1969 . |
| 5 | This is not about democracy , this is dictatorship , your trying to practice over a minority of people in this county . |
| 6 | The coupling capacitors are chosen to be of sufficiently large capacitance to present negligible reactance to signals over the operating bandwidth ( frequency range ) of the amplifier . |
| 7 | President Bush has made a major concession to industry over the implementation of the new Clean Air Act , overturning a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) . |
| 8 | When the next Rushdie has his book put to the torch , incitement to violence over a book , whether for or against it , should be treated as a criminal offence . |
| 9 | ‘ But recent events have led to anxieties over the quality of some of these drugs . ’ |
| 10 | I.M. Pei , designer of the pyramid , also to roof over the courtyards with glass for works from the Tuilerie |
| 11 | In addition to doubts over the ability of the system to survive , there is a noticeable loss of confidence in the basic institutions of the system itself : corporations , trade unions and governments . |
| 12 | The list of foreign players attracted to Whaddon over the years has been endless . |
| 13 | Although initially encouraging , the approach proved to be fruitless and both bodies made independent arrangements within separately developed policies which were to lead to disagreement over the Cambridge Board 's RAC scheme for liberal adult education throughout the region , and which is considered in the next section of this chapter . |
| 14 | Critical self-reflection does not have to be confined to self-questioning over the grounds of one 's beliefs and actions . |
| 15 | ‘ Maybe it was n't the wisest thing to have done , ’ Lisa reflected to Josey over a cup of tea that evening . |
| 16 | If the adventurers are a talkative bunch , you might allow the Oracle to reminisce fondly over the counsel he gave to Drachenfels over the years . |
| 17 | She ran a marvellous race when third to Runun over the course recently . |
| 18 | The finance costs of debt should be allocated to periods over the term of the debt at a constant rate on the carrying amount . |
| 19 | When Argentina recognises the right to self-determination and freedom of association of the Falklands people , and gives up her claim to sovereignty over the territory , we might be more amenable to trade and contact . |
| 20 | Less than a week after achieving full independence on June 19 [ see p. 18159 ] , Kuwait was threatened by a claim to sovereignty over the whole of its territory by the Iraqi leader , Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem . |
| 21 | However , he confirmed that Argentina 's claim to sovereignty over the Falklands , set to one side during the negotiations , would continue to be pursued in international forums . |
| 22 | The transfer project , conducted between 1953 and 1955 , was designed to establish settlements on the barren islands in order to assist Canadian claims to sovereignty over the region . |
| 23 | For some years the family had lived on the island of Rousay , where both the Social Work and Education Departments were actively involved with them , having been alerted by the school to concerns over the welfare of the children . |
| 24 | It concerned Canterbury 's claim to primacy over the whole of the British Isles . |
| 25 | It expects to get venture funding of $2m to $4m over the summer when it will start shipping . |
| 26 | The Employment Training Programme , set up in 1988 to help the long-term unemployed , gives a low priority to workers over the age of 54 who are regarded as non-mainstream ( indeed those over 60 are not eligible to participate ) , even though it is older workers who are most at risk of experiencing long-term unemployment . |
| 27 | So I thought I 'd better get some petrol in case Mr Marius Steen did come up to town over the weekend . |
| 28 | His silence about Megara is not complete : Pericles is described as telling the Athenians that they will not be going to war over a trifle , if they refuse to rescind the Megarian decree as the Spartans demand . |
| 29 | If Marshal Piłsudski and Colonel Beck , the Polish leaders in Warsaw , were upset that France had not given them stronger backing over the Wilia crisis , then they were also relieved to find that Hitler was not prepared to go to war over the city — at least not yet . |
| 30 | The Secretary of State for the Environment told the House of Commons that ‘ after taking legal advice ’ he had decided that ‘ the term ‘ maximum admissible concentration ’ in the European Community Drinking Water Directive should relate to individual samples and not to averages over a period ’ . |