Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [noun] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had developed some measure of showmanship over the years , I felt it was not much use to me or anyone else while I sat in my office and let junior producers have all the fun . |
| 2 | Words and names , as we all know from everyday experience , possess magical power : naming and identifying experiences and things imposes some degree of control over them and gives at least the illusion of bringing them within our power . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It hails from a strong mainframe background , which still represents 85% of it sales , though it says it is looking to downsize this commitment to 70% over the next two years . |
| 5 | Virginia found herself desperately hoping Guy would be back at Armscott Manor , because suddenly she was possessed with a burning need to talk to him , build some kind of bridge over the chasm she 'd caused with her accusation over Farthingdales . |
| 6 | Even her father could n't exert that kind of power over her . |
| 7 | Armed with some or , very rarely , all of the above resources , presidents may achieve some degree of mastery over the American political system . |
| 8 | To hypothesize , it was as if the king of France held the earldom of Cornwall or Lancaster from the king of England , who could therefore exert some degree of control over the foreign policy and behaviour of the king of France . |
| 9 | They spread this reduction in consumption over their lifetime , so that total savings fall initially by sdG ( where ) . |
| 10 | Since his ordeal began two years ago , Mr Greenway has shown little sign of anxiety over the case . |
| 11 | The easiest way to exercise this type of control over index terms is to list or store the acceptable terms in a vocabulary . |
| 12 | The state was forced to assume some measure of control over distribution of food and levels of profits , and thus intervene in the market . |
| 13 | A court must be able to exercise some measure of control over the cases which are brought before it , to prevent injustice to either party and to ensure that the various issues can be fully and effectively dealt with . |
| 14 | This explains why the Commission wishes to exercise some degree of control over the freedom to subsidise . |
| 15 | The shire and hundred meetings may have been able to exercise some kind of control over this , although a king who allowed himself and his servants too much leeway would have been difficult to oppose directly . |
| 16 | The PIMS data still give some cause for puzzlement over the question of investment intensity , however , because Buzzell and Gale show that five-year averages of ROI are highly positively related to increases in the long-term value of the business , both being closely and positively associated with initial competitive position . |
| 17 | ‘ Political in the sense that if I threw this glass of water over you in an interview , that would be a political act . |
| 18 | Rosemary teaches people with learning difficulties at Oulton Broad while Marlene has taught many classes in Suffolk over the past 20 years ( including 50+ groups ) , assisted with the Norfolk Training Course , and has brought several teams of class members to perform items at our Annual Reunions . |
| 19 | In fact , the courts have progressively narrowed this species of manslaughter over the last century or so : there was a time when the mere commission of a tort or civil wrong sufficed as the ‘ unlawful act ’ , and when there was no additional requirement of ‘ dangerousness ’ to be satisfied . |
| 20 | During the autumn and winter keep the compost from drying out completely , which means providing some kind of protection over the plant . |
| 21 | The project aims to rectify this omission for England over the period 1650-1914 by the construction of national rent index , and then to investigate two further problems : a regional breakdown of the index to see of there was a space-related differentiated land market ; and secondly to focus attention on three periods of outstanding agricultural depression within the long run to see whether there was a time-related differentiation . |
| 22 | Try to retain some sort of control over an emotional matter and expect partners to behave unpredictably and thoughtlessly . |
| 23 | And one detects some shaking of heads over the committee 's decision not to keep Mark Davies . |
| 24 | Not that that in itself was a bad thing , she acknowledged — but she bitterly resented the fact that he , Adam Burns , should have that kind of influence over her . |
| 25 | The popular press hailed this triumph of law over anarchic visions of order . |
| 26 | And , although I was instantaneously and utterly in love with you — and quite determined that we should marry as soon as possible — I have been trying my damnedest to keep some kind of control over my emotions . ’ |
| 27 | At that moment I did have some kind of advantage over him , because I knew a little more about some things than he did . |
| 28 | Fourth , the holder of a floating charge will have some measure of control over the company even without taking any steps to enforce it . |
| 29 | You think I 'm trying to get you into bed so I can have some sort of hold over you . |
| 30 | 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 . |