Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] over [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | CD participated vigorously in the fierce contemporary debate over types of prison systems . |
| 32 | The move is the first official admission of serious concern over adequacy of anti-fire measures in royal buildings . |
| 33 | THE result of the ballot regarding possible strike action by First Division players will be known today but a solution to the dispute between the Professional Footballers ' Association and the Premier League over payments for televised matches is expected to be announced shortly . |
| 34 | Mr Major may have played a clever hand over Scotland in the run-up to the election , and one which brought unexpected success . |
| 35 | Much more significant were the conflicting claims of medical expert and lay civil servant over control of social policy , and the shifting relation between politician and bureaucrat in the nineteenth-century state . |
| 36 | ‘ I write of power being destructive and parents had absolute power over children in those days . |
| 37 | The dispute between America and the European Community over subsidies for Airbus is already bitter enough . |
| 38 | The compromise was described by the Independent of May 13 as " an attempt to help the [ UK ] Prime Minister to avoid a damaging Tory split over Europe in the run-up to a general election " . |
| 39 | While recognising that there are educational advantages in using such machines , the board is anxious to prevent candidates with advanced calculators from having an unfair advantage over contemporaries with less sophisticated machines . |
| 40 | HIGH CLASS hurdler Sybillin made a smooth debut over fences at Uttoxeter yesterday despite hitting the front far sooner than jockey Mark Dwyer intended . |
| 41 | Makerere University was closed on Nov. 10 , 1989 , after 7,000 students defied a government instruction to end a 12-day strike over allowances for books and travel . |
| 42 | If a man may publish anything which 12 of his countrymen think is not blameable , it is impossible that the Crown or the Ministry should exert any stringent control over writings in the press … |
| 43 | The research will also examine areas where there was a refusal to abandon sole national control over policy in the face of proposals to do so . |
| 44 | YORKSHIRE produced their most exhilarating batting of the season at Acklam Park , Middlesbrough , yesterday , as they stormed to a magnificent victory over Somerset in the Sunday League . |
| 45 | ‘ Enterprise democracy ’ , as the decentralised aspect of the socialist control over production by the associated producers , will never be realised unless workers begin to struggle under capitalism for control over the policy and operations of enterprises , and this means exploiting rather than rejecting outright the kind of ‘ Industrial Democracy ’ proposals raised by the Bullock Commission , and more recently by the EEC . |
| 46 | Mr Taylor found himself under attack from members of his own party after he was first selected to stand.It blew up into a national row over allegations of racism before he was confirmed as candidate . |
| 47 | Money released on that scale could make a vital contribution to closing a gap of about £3 billion a year in investment in affordable , rented accommodation over Britain as a whole , the report states . |
| 48 | JODAMI remains a best-priced 4-1 for next month 's Cheltenham Gold Cup after a thrilling win over Chatam in Ireland 's most prestigious steeplechase yesterday at Leopardstown . |
| 49 | From the eighteenth century , borrowers also gained growing legal protection over ways in which lenders could enforce payment ( especially with the starting of county courts in 1846 and the Debtors Act 1869 ) ; and over the conditions and paperwork for loans ( especially with the Pawnbrokers Acts of 1800 and 1872 , and the 1882 Bills of Sale Act , and perhaps above all the Money-Lenders Act 1900 ) . |
| 50 | So any other nice strategy , like the totally saintly Always Cooperate , although admittedly it will not enjoy a positive selective advantage over Tit for Tat , can nevertheless drift into the population without being noticed . |
| 51 | She is suing a hunter who chased wild boar on to her land and taking legal action over articles about her love life with Bernard , a close friend of extreme right-wing politician Jean-Marie le Pen . |
| 52 | The Home Office say they 're planning further legal action over Murder in Mind . |
| 53 | It was buried in the rose garden at Dunure Mains but such was its fame that 4 years later the body was exhumed and taken to Kelvingrove Museum , Glasgow , where the skeleton is still on display , accompanied by an account of the legal battle over ownership of the horse . |
| 54 | THE opening shots have been fired in a £4.5m legal battle over repairs to a crumbling leisure centre . |
| 55 | This has never been carried out and Pakistan and India fought another indecisive war over Kashmir in 1965 . |
| 56 | Did that one-day victory over England at Albury in the World Cup swing the voting ? |
| 57 | The government ended seven years of legal wrangling over compensation by announcing on June 21 that it had fixed payments for relatives of those killed and injured in the Bhopal gas disaster of December 1984 [ see pp. 33647-48 ] . |
| 58 | However , after the war Nick joined Yeovil Town , and was a member of the side which enjoyed such early post-war success in the FA Cup , including the famous victory over Sunderland in January 1949 . |
| 59 | CELTIC savoured victory over Hibs at Parkhead last night for the first time since Liam Brady took over as manager , thanks to a couple of well-taken goals from Andy Payton . |
| 60 | CELTIC savoured victory over Hibs at Parkhead last night for the first time since Liam Brady took over as manager , thanks to a couple of well-taken goals from Andy Payton . |