Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] over [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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31 The council had recently authorised an adjoining owner to construct and pave an access way over part of the road verge .
32 Even so , faced with a possible back bench rebellion over privatization of railways , the latest increases are embarrassing .
33 B17 Flying Fortresses flew the first and last missions of the United States Army Air Force over Europe in August 1942 and April 1945 .
34 In Britain , to date , there has been little experience of union influence over selection amongst the technical and social options for information technology .
35 Find the frequency distribution over years of study in 1991 .
36 The highly cautious approach to purity demands undercuts any simple notion of more active state intervention over sexuality in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century .
37 Back at Cliff Top over tea in his caravan , he set out the column headings for me thus :
38 An IBM source said it would be interesting to see how Hewlett-Packard Co , currently winning the performance race over Rios with its PA 7100 chip , will respond to the announcement — what do they say about Hubris and Nemesis …
39 The health committee 's report last week on community care puts its finger on the problem when it points to a ‘ paradox ’ or ‘ tension ’ in government policy over assessments of need and cash limits .
40 Twenty fours earlier he produced a similar spell to bowl Lancashire to championship victory over Surrey at The Oval .
41 Because of the considerable government control over ownership of farms a proven degree of technical and management ability had to be demonstrated before young farmers could become farmers in their own right .
42 If not now , it soon will be capable of achieving complete air superiority over south of the 38th Parallel , and of materially assisting the North Korean ground forces should they attempt to move into South Korea .
43 Hostage fury over film on Beirut ordeal
44 Now the Americans have fired a warning shot over Europe by tripling the duty on some EC imports .
45 If a capital sum is paid by the connected body corporate to the settlor then to the extent of the income available in the trust , that capital sum can be taxed as income upon the settlor and the excess of the amount of the capital sum over income for that year can be taxed in subsequent years as income becomes available in the trust .
46 But once he 's , once he 's resigned himself to that , he 's then got ta look at that operation next door and he must be losing money hand over fist for the amount of space it is .
47 ‘ Besides , ’ he added ill-advisedly , ‘ banks have been losing money hand over fist to the Third World . ’
48 Traffic concern : Parish councillors are to write to the borough council and Durham County Council over plans for the new cattle market at Roundhill Road .
49 Can I also say really I agree with Martin when he said erm , and has been saying for at least six months that surely we have more important things to , to talk about than , than this and I 'm sorry for Martin that he had to erm , give in really and put this I was the movement of the amendment in January ninety two erm , which confirmed that the rights of tenants and old occupiers of land in county council ownership to er allow or stop fox hunting over land in their care .
50 Bryan Gould , who resigned from the shadow cabinet over Maastricht in the autumn , said : ’ If we were to abandon that position now it would be a remarkable break not only with tradition but certainly with principle . ’
51 He missed only a couple of the remaining League fixtures that season and starred in Palace 's superb 2–0 FA Cup victory over Spurs at The Nest , outshining even Spurs ' legendary Arthur Grimsdell on the day !
52 He usually featured at wing or centre-half , though he could provide cover for several forward positions so that , until he was badly hurt during Palace 's tremendous FA Cup victory over Wolves in January 1919 , he was seldom absent from our team .
53 ‘ ARISE Sir Turnip ! ’ — Sun headline describing England manager Graham Taylor after the team 's 3–0 World Cup victory over Poland at Wembley .
54 In fact , Richard 's hundredth game co-incided with a red-letter day in the Palace annals , for it was the occasion of our Zenith Data Systems Cup Final victory over Everton at Wembley , in which the young defender had an exemplary afternoon and was a worthy member of the team that gained our 4–1 success .
55 COVENTRY 'S Peter Ndlovu scored a 45th-minute goal and Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar also shone in Zimbabwe 's 2-1 World Cup qualifying victory over Egypt in Harare .
56 SKIPPER Hugh Morris led Glamorgan to a crushing 10 wicket victory over Surrey at The Oval .
57 Gloucestershire are soldering on without Syd … in the sunday league they made it two wins in a row with a five wicket victory over Lancashire at Old Trafford
58 Motorists are being warned to avoid driving into York city centre over Easter with St George 's Field car park , one of the city 's busiest , out of action while flood defence work continues .
59 The various regional associations which were formed at various times in Eastern and Western Europe , in Africa , in the Middle East or in Latin America , rested either upon the predominance of one nation state over others in the region , or upon a limited agreement about a framework within which national economic interests could be more effectively pursued ; and they all showed themselves largely incapable of controlling the vigorous expression of such interests in periods of crisis .
60 Most of the research into alcohol and health has been based on studies of the health records or health performance over time of large numbers of people ( retrospective and prospective epidemiological studies ) .
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