Example sentences of "over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But there , there , most recent one was over a Sarah Patten , and the they are now repeating that one as I understand it . |
| 32 | Now there was a stronger motive for the killing of Dominic Wetherby than mere resentment over a promotion leap-frog . |
| 33 | ( 2 ) The principal advantage of a cash underwritten alternative over a rights issue is that the new shares in the bidder are allotted to the target 's shareholders , in which case merger relief and , possibly , merger accounting may be available ( see para 23.1 below ) . |
| 34 | The Board claimed the crew of the liner , the world 's largest , and a harbour pilot made course changes without realising that would take the vessel over a shoal , marked by the crew as an area to avoid . |
| 35 | The lips were drawn back over a row of small pointed teeth in a ghastly grimace , a shriek of pain or terror . |
| 36 | Signe 's apartment was in a small block built over a row of shops . |
| 37 | A TENANT accused of threatening to kill his landlady and her family over a row about a broken gas meter was yesterday cleared at Teesside Crown Court . |
| 38 | A COMMITTEE chairwoman has quit over a row about postal votes at a Darlington community centre . |
| 39 | ANGRY councillors demanded the resignation of two senior officials over a row with Powergen . |
| 40 | It is thrust northwards over a zone including metasediments with K-Ar dates of 365–345 Ma ( Late Devonian or Early Carboniferous ) . |
| 41 | Go on to Trecadifor Farm and over a cattle grid . |
| 42 | Clearly , there were points at which the link person or the DCSL could exercise considerable power over a school 's proposal , but it is the evaluators ' impression that this power was not abused . |
| 43 | Parents say they 're furious over a school 's decision to allow its older pupils to smoke . |
| 44 | Standing exactly where Mao Tse-tung proclaimed the People 's Republic of China on 1 October 1949 , paramount leader Deng Xiaoping joined other party leaders atop the Gate of Heavenly Peace to preside over a night of fireworks and martial music in Tiananmen Square . |
| 45 | " It 's over a night and a day now and I 'm dropping . " |
| 46 | Just over a night . |
| 47 | Lady James , you had to come over a water bridge at er , her stud . |
| 48 | Mare and foal over a water bridge . |
| 49 | Spiller is explaining to Pod how he proposes to move the grating over a drain . |
| 50 | and having two , where normally reside over a judge , I mean , there are n't many women judges yet , but there are qui er increasing numbers , |
| 51 | ‘ Our prototype system can tell if you are stationary or moving , heading north or south , or even stopped on a roundabout over a motorway , ’ says Ford spokesman Peter Watt . |
| 52 | Bubbly battle : Two of France 's proudest industries are at each other 's throats over a perfume called Champagne unveiled by fashion house Yves Saint Laurent . |
| 53 | If so , this piece of Leicestershire landscape is the product of various forces over a space of four hundred years . |
| 54 | couple of things we saw each other and then over a space of about two months we saw each other probably about three times |
| 55 | A tremendous fuss has exploded over a plan to open most of its 260,000 hectares ( 642,500 acres ) to logging . |
| 56 | Progress does not have a financial stake in Object Design as reported ( UX No 420 ) — confusion seems to have arisen over a plan under which Progress may take over all rights to Object Access . |
| 57 | FEARS were voiced last night over a plan by the North-Eastern Co-Op to build a £9.5m superstore and housing development in Middlesbrough . |
| 58 | British Steel on Thursday appeared to add a faint glimmer of hope into the controversy over a plan to switch thousands of tonnes of limestone dust from rail to road . |
| 59 | My shorts were distributed over a half-acre of plants in the sharp silvery light of this place , in the form of white balls , fibrous globs . |
| 60 | Over a soundtrack of appropriate chart hits , unidentified teenagers talked about coming to terms with their own sexuality . |