Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 31 | This explains why the Commission wishes to exercise some degree of control over the freedom to subsidise . |
| 32 | However , most countries still retained some degree of control over capital account transactions , mainly because the volatile nature of capital flows was thought to present potential problems for the stability of their exchange rates . |
| 33 | The Home Secretary performs the following functions in relation to all police forces : ( a ) Some degree of control over the appointment and dismissal of senior officers . |
| 34 | They might see it as better to take-over their main supplier , even if it means that company losing some existing orders from competing manufacturers of food products ; * buyers may deliberately seek international suppliers , so as to maintain their choice and retain some degree of control over the prices and terms of supply . |
| 35 | Such economic transformations tend to undermine both the national independence of Third World countries , and the autonomy of women where this is based on some degree of control over land . |
| 36 | The easiest way to exercise this type of control over index terms is to list or store the acceptable terms in a vocabulary . |
| 37 | You think I 'm trying to get you into bed so I can have some sort of hold over you . |
| 38 | ‘ And that gives you some sort of hold over me ? ’ |
| 39 | ‘ I did n't do that to prove some sort of mastery over you , ’ he said evenly , and she drew in her breath sharply , wondering if he read her mind . |
| 40 | To prove that you had some sort of power over me ? ’ |
| 41 | It made her feel as if he still had some sort of claim over her , and she really hated and resented that . |
| 42 | In theory , guidelines for open systems are formulated when a committee of vendors come to some sort of agreement over architectural definitions and create a standard . |
| 43 | Hope you managed to get some sort of break over the weekend and that you 're not too behind on schedule — it 'll probably pick up later on in the shoot ! |
| 44 | The most important thing to understand here is that people try to re-establish some sort of control over their situation . |
| 45 | Then he seemed to get some sort of control over himself again . |
| 46 | She turned her hot face into the pillows and tried to get some sort of control over her heartbeats . |
| 47 | Try to retain some sort of control over an emotional matter and expect partners to behave unpredictably and thoughtlessly . |
| 48 | planning applications , erm the sort of locational aspects are important , the the existing policy in the structure plan did have some sort of control over the the number of jobs , but it 's as as David Potter has said , it 's been very difficult to monitor er the level of jobs being provided , and in practice it 's been really impossible to implement that aspect of of the policy . |
| 49 | Similarly , there has been some relaxation of restrictions over the formation of mixed and inter-professional practices . |
| 50 | I 'm at the moment chairing a university working party on sexual harassment erm and what this working party erm intends to do is to try to survey experience gathered from the operation of codes and the appointment of people in college with a special responsibility for this sort of thing over the past few years , to see what we can learn from experience , so I 'd want to reserve judgement at the moment on what this committee might recommend is the best way forwards . |
| 51 | Drew another sort of curtain over the air , |
| 52 | This excess of price over both marginal revenue and marginal cost is a convenient measure of the firm 's monopoly power . |
| 53 | The centre 's goal has been to enhance the quality of life of people who have cancer , and to possibly allay progression of the disease ; to give people some feeling of control over their lives and their healthcare , and to help them cope better with having cancer . |
| 54 | However , there are things that you can do to help yourself , to help others around you , to actually get some sense of mastery over these , you know , what can be very overwhelming fears . |
| 55 | Implicit is the idea that A has some form of control over B , or at least a strong bargaining position that enables A to score a ‘ victory ’ over B. Companies sometimes have power of this kind over suppliers , as where the company is one of only a limited number of buyers of a supplier 's goods or services , and even to an extent over governments , manifested , for example , in negotiations over subsidies or in successful attempts to dilute the content of regulation . |
| 56 | This may be expressed either as a single year figure or as some form of average over the life of the project . |
| 57 | First , the payment of this sum of money over a short period would have a considerable inflationary effect . |
| 58 | This number of casualties over a period of a few days would have been exceptional even when the mujahideen guerrillas were fighting the communists . |
| 59 | ‘ Political in the sense that if I threw this glass of water over you in an interview , that would be a political act . |
| 60 | And one detects some shaking of heads over the committee 's decision not to keep Mark Davies . |