Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stress on mineral extraction has left the settlers ( now almost 10 million as was estimated early in 1982 ) in effect abandoned , and their fate is reported in terms of disputes over land , the sowing of their land with weed seeds from the air and even the poisoning of their drinking water . |
| 2 | If it is seen as part of control over quality of education , the parent might ask why the child should be given access at all . |
| 3 | Although it had become easier for some middle-class men ( or their sons ) to earn membership of the national ruling culture by Edwardian times , their status as true " gentlemen " remained equivocal in an atmosphere of continued mistrust of the business community , albeit tempered by outbreaks of anxiety over the volatility of the lower orders which it was felt the task of their middle-class superiors to defuse . |
| 4 | John Barton , the Islands ' Director of Fisheries , agreed to participate provided that negotiations were limited to technical matters ( such as the conservation of squid stocks ) and did not touch on areas of sovereignty over the Falklands or the resumption of direct links with the Argentinian mainland . |
| 5 | You have to look at quality of earnings over the next decade , not over the next year . |
| 6 | I repeat that there is no system that can automatically preclude evil people getting into positions of power over vulnerable people . |
| 7 | It was common practice for marriage registers to record the places of abode of the newly-weds , and what Kendall did was to use this information to construct a crude measure of dissimilarity between villages based on frequency of intermarriage over a long period . |
| 8 | The shop stewards movement , contrary to the arguments from some quarters , would not necessarily be demobilised in a context of incomes policy , but would be able to use its bargaining strength at enterprise level to insist on measures of control over the broader issues of enterprise policy . |
| 9 | But I mean in terms of knitwear over the last few years I can give you one or two examples which I think you 'll readily er understand . |
| 10 | The new permissive society differs from its Victorian predecessor not only by virtue of its sexual and moral freedom , but also because it is characterised by lack of agreement over questions of morality , and over the role of the state in the enforcement of morals . |
| 11 | Giant migrating contractions are associated with transit of market over larger distances in a distal direction . |
| 12 | Thus , a study ( Korpi , 1978 , p. 332 ) of the unions and politics in Sweden concluded that , with the strengthening of their collective power base the levels of aspiration of wage-earners are likely to increase ( in a political sense ) , ‘ extending to issues of control over work and production ’ ; while another study ( Gallie , 1978 , p. 299 ) brought out important differences between British and French workers in their attitudes to the present system of industrial production , with the latter taking a much more political view : |
| 13 | The contrasts sound even more spectacular if the changes are expressed in terms of experience over a lifetime . |
| 14 | Well it was understood that Bisses got most of theirs from restaurants , and all restaurants I think had to sort of hand over all their waste for the war or something . |
| 15 | The water channel is four feet wide inside and is covered by slabs of stone over cemented sides . |
| 16 | ‘ I just hope that they 're not an indication of Irish troubles finding their way into Wales in the way they have in parts of England over recent days and weeks , ’ said Mr Wigley . |