Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is vital that the social worker does not get hooked into the same set of fears , nor slide into a collusion in supporting staff in their problems with management over staff shortages , overtime , and other organisational difficulties at the expense of meeting needs of residents . |
| 32 | The Kings Head has welcomed its share of celebrities over the year , including Turner , whilst working on his painting of Easby Abbey , Franz Liszt , who arrive late to play in the ballroom , and , more recently , Val Doonican . |
| 33 | This similarity suggests a relationship between a person 's position in the organizational structure and their scope of influence over the design . |
| 34 | The weakness of shareholder control results , in short , from the ‘ logic of collective action ’ : while the shareholders as a group would benefit if their rights of control over management were exercised , it is rational for the members individually to remain passive . |
| 35 | Iran on Sept. 10 repeated its claim of sovereignty over the Gulf islands of Abu Musa , Tunb al-Kubra and Tunb al-Sughra , and rejected a Sept. 9 statement by the six-nation Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC ) supporting the UAE 's sovereignty [ see below ] . |
| 36 | Serbia must also drop its claim of jurisdiction over Croatian airspace and rescind legislation tabled in violation of the peace plan , such as the Serbian parliament 's attempt to extend its rule over Krajina and other parts of occupied Croatia . |
| 37 | When my right hon. Friend sees the new Irish Prime Minister soon will he tell him that the biggest contribution the Irish Republic can make to peace , stability and reconciliation in Northern Ireland is to renounce its claim to sovereignty over Northern Ireland , as that claim encourages Irish Republican terrorism and gives it legitimacy , as well as being the strongest stumbling block in the way of all-party talks aimed at constitutional progress ? |
| 38 | Finally , to the extent that political authority is justified by its ability to co-ordinate the activities of large populations , the vindication of its claim to authority over any one individual may depend on its having legitimate authority over the population at large . |
| 39 | The increased availability , from the North Sea and also from the Middle East and Africa , will almost certainly mean a considerable increase in its use throughout Europe over the next decade . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | The four soloists play out their game in recitative over ( of all things ) a stride piano accompaniment ; while , in arioso , they divulge their intimate thoughts ( some of them very intimate ) . |
| 42 | Unionist leaders organized a demonstration against her visit and the Lord Mayor of the city refused to meet her on the grounds that she represented a state which laid claim in its constitution to jurisdiction over Northern Ireland . |
| 43 | Tired out , she caught her breath in Windsor over Christmas . |
| 44 | As a result it would be possible for the French at some future date to renew their claim to sovereignty over Aquitaine , and for the English to do the same in respect of the crown of France . |
| 45 | A reform of this sort might inculcate a salutory spirit of caution in those who threaten their critics with writs over stories with a basis in truth . |
| 46 | Digital has run down sections of its operation in Ireland over the last few years , including the closure of a plant a Clonmel with the loss of 350 jobs . |
| 47 | There were , however , important differences : there was always a king , or claimant king , of Macedon ; but there was not always a tagos of Thessaly ( their word for ruler over the four great districts or tetrarchies of Thessaly . ) . |
| 48 | Further , some men play out their fantasies of power over women through their sexuality in the form of rape , sexual harassment and other forms of sexual molestation of women . |
| 49 | Coutts had considered Virgin 's request to exceed their overdraft by £200,000 over the next seven days . |
| 50 | The government 's pursuit of mass home ownership , and its liberalisation of controls over private sector development , have encouraged a building boom which represents a serious threat to the countryside . |
| 51 | Gresham 's School , Holt have made their contribution of players over the years and they are the current holders of the Henry Griserson trophy for the side which most impressed the XL Club by its performance on and off the field in 1991 . |
| 52 | The ancient streets could perhaps have been left to enforce their own low driving speeds through their narrowness , their cobbled surfaces and their lack of visibility over anything more than a few metres . |
| 53 | In the past women 's capacity to give assistance was even more constrained than it is now , by their lack of control over financial resources . |
| 54 | Several factors point to the differences in the experience of unemployment : women 's position in the labour market and access to occupational benefits ; their domestic roles and the dominant familial ideology ; their lack of control over household resources ; their problematic identification with the ‘ unemployed status ’ ; and their treatment by the DSS , Jobcentres , the Benefits Agency , Training and Enterprise Councils and the Training , Enterprise and Employment Directorate of the Department of Employment . |
| 55 | This relates directly to their ancestry ; these short-legged hounds were bred to pursue their quarry by scent over considerable distances . |
| 56 | Both eased their way to victory over Yorkshire and Surrey to set up a final day showdown . |
| 57 | Although Denmark and the UK won temporary exemption from lifting internal border controls , Spain refused to sign at the last minute on the grounds that the agreement might prejudice its claims to sovereignty over Gibraltar . ] |
| 58 | The precipitants to these outbursts were trivial and she was alarmed at both the extent of her anger and her lack of control over it . |
| 59 | Disapproval of the government was compounded by its lack of clarity over plans to rebuild the mosque . |
| 60 | The formal proletariat is defined by its lack of control over both the means of production and the labour of others ( Portes 1985 ) . |