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

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1 A weekend election in Baden-Wurttemberg , where the extremist Republican Party , led by Herr Franz Schonhuber , a former Waffen-SS officer , gained 10.9 per cent of the votes , was fought mainly on the concerns of the electorate over Germany 's generous political asylum laws .
2 ‘ You gave me a break over Daddy .
3 The evening sessions of the course will run fortnightly from 4 October 1990 to late March 1991 , with a break over Christmas : all evening sessions will run from 7.30 to 10.00 pm .
4 ‘ The Italian League season has a three-week break over Christmas and he should be able to come back after that .
5 Okay , do n't forget to have a few days break over Christmas , do n't work all the time , have a jolly good time .
6 Thus even if separate communities had begun with similar ways , it is likely that the processes of structuration would lead to divergence over time .
7 In the needs that I am proposing there is no claim to their universality over time and place , only that they are broadly applicable to most contemporary Western societies ( more or less ) .
8 An implication of the last point is that even when the initial exposure to the stimulus has been prolonged or has involved repeated presentations , it should be possible to detect some loss of the latent inhibition effect over time , provided the interval before the start of conditioning is long enough .
9 In later years , when book depreciation exceeds capital allowances , this deferred tax can be credited to the profit and loss account to smooth the effect over time .
10 Use a fat blusher brush to sweep a pinky blusher over cheekbones and to dust lightly over chin , browbone and perhaps temples .
11 Homebuyers are also paying the price for insurance company ineptitude over unemployment cover .
12 In the USA , in national opinion polls conducted since Chernobyl , there has been a consistent two-to-one margin of opposition over support for new construction of nuclear power stations .
13 Equipped with Messerschmitt Bf109E fighters , the unit was composed of battle-hardened veterans who had seen much action during the fighting over England during the previous summer .
14 Continued fighting over Nagorny Karabakh and Nakhichevan
15 The model to this point has assumed fixed factor prices , an assumption that might apply to a small open economy ( although even then constancy over time is unlikely ) , but that in a closed economy leaves out of account the general equilibrium effects discussed in earlier Lectures .
16 She had wanted to speak to Debbie after the others had left , and all the talk over lunch had been of the trip to the Tate .
17 Paul Mellon and Wilson Rockefeller talk over lunch about philanthropy , art and riches
18 There is talk over drinks until the Managing Director arrives .
19 Michael Kors ' taupe knit with prom corsage over chestnut satin .
20 The Annual Conference at Northampton in May 1992 was a triumph of willpower over weakness .
21 Also , some appear suddenly ( like a visitation ) , others build up gradually , piece by piece over time in an incremental process .
22 However , with the current uncertainty over COSE 's plans and all the systems management and other options being considered by various open systems bodies , it is ‘ no time to bow out now , ’ says Moss so Tivoli will continue to develop the framework alongside systems for now .
23 With the continuing uncertainty over Newlove 's health and teaching capacity , the LEA withdrew its financial support for Chapter III courses but continued to meet the costs of the existing Tutorial Classes .
24 Strongest connections are with commercial stations but progress has been slowed due to the continuing uncertainty over franchises .
25 Although all four projects received high scores for their scientific content , PRISMA appears to have suffered from the high costs of its proposed European launch , and MARSNET from uncertainty over US plans for the study of the planet , while STEP was seen by some participants as requiring further technical refinements .
26 Uncertainty over Development Requirements
27 But in spite of increased profits and exports , there was also increased uncertainty over exchange-rate fluctuations .
28 A further twenty-four lots were withdrawn as a result of uncertainty over ownership .
29 The fastest growth will occur in the electrical sector , with overall rates of 7 per cent pa , but uncertainty over recycling will damage prospects for the automotive polyesters — annual growth is forecast to be as low as 2 per cent for cars and 1.7 per cent for commercial vehicles .
30 Uncertainty over Mr Mulroney 's future has existed since the defeat in a referendum last October of his government 's proposals for constitutional reform aimed at solving the separatist dispute in French-speaking Quebec .
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