Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the judge thought that the remark was wrong or even unprofessional he should have asked the jury to leave court and dealt with the matter by perhaps a reprimand or a verbal rap over the knuckles , followed by sensible discussion as to what should be done . |
| 2 | THE result of the ballot regarding possible strike action by First Division players will be known today but a solution to the dispute between the Professional Footballers ' Association and the Premier League over payments for televised matches is expected to be announced shortly . |
| 3 | The pressures of the health market which the Government have created mean that balanced books and a worried look over the shoulder at the competition are the immediate concerns of NHS managers and accountants . |
| 4 | They also remarked with astonishment a sort of combat between God and her without being able to determine whether God was more occupied in seeking in the secrets of his wisdom the means of exercising her by suffering than she was disposed to suffer for his love ; for she showed an incredible avidity for crosses and an invincible patience over her trials and over every affliction which Almighty God sent to exercise her love and fidelity . |
| 5 | The vendor wore campaign medal ribbons and a black patch over one eye , and there was a card pinned to the tray which said , ‘ Wounded on the Somme ’ . |
| 6 | His first world title came the following year when his Alfa enabled him to register three more wins and a six-point win over Ascari in the championship . |
| 7 | Both cells will be most active when an edge is just off-centre of each , with the bright area over the ‘ on-centre ’ field and the dark area over the ‘ off-centre ’ field . |
| 8 | As Olazabal stood watching in virtual disbelief , South Africa 's David Frost made his seven-footer for the birdie and a one-shot victory over the Spanish star for the $1 million first prize , Frost 's second straight triumph in the event . |
| 9 | He would never in life agree willingly-or let the king agree — to any settlement but a total victory over the Welsh , and the hanging of all their leaders into the bargain . ’ |
| 10 | However , it looked as though the talents of Prost were to be rewarded in 1983 when he went into the final race of the season at Kyalami with four wins to his credit and a two-point lead over Nelson Piquet . |
| 11 | Yet the bowler could have had him three times , two sixes just clearing the fielder and a top edge over the wicket-keeper falling harmlessly . |
| 12 | FORMER deputy Tory party chairman Lord Aldington yesterday accepted £30,000 agreed High Court damages and a public apology over war crimes allegations from the publishers of historian Count Nikolai Tolstoy 's book , The Minister and the Massacres . |
| 13 | The former Tory party deputy chairman , Lord Aldington , has accepted £30,000 agreed damages and a public apology over war crimes allegations from the publishers of the historian Nikolai Tolstoy 's book , The Minister and the Massacres . |
| 14 | The time is ripe for a show-down or a major confrontation over money matters . |
| 15 | Until such time as the Secretary of State agrees to such a Commission , the Council agrees to support the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities ' call for a policy of non-co-operation between the Authority and The Scottish Office over the question of local government reorganisation . |
| 16 | It agreed after a difficult session ( marked by objections from Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union over terminology ) to recommend the dispatch of an EC-based mission to Yugoslavia to supervise the fragile ceasefire , and also to send a CSCE " good offices " mission to assist political dialogue . |
| 17 | However , during a visit to the spill site on Jan. 2 , the French Environment Minister , Brice Lalonde , said that the delay in managing the crisis had been caused by days of " haggling " between the Iranian government and the Dutch company over fees to be charged for the salvage operation . |
| 18 | Despite the increase in numbers ‘ there was no very great change in the overall relationship between the consumption of cereals and the total population over the 18th century as a whole ’ ( Deane and Coale 1969 ) . |
| 19 | Her improvement on gancyclovir and no further relapse over the subsequent year of follow up would fit with this diagnosis . |
| 20 | That gives him clout not only in tricky talks with America , Britain , France and the Soviet Union over how the new Germany will fit into Europe , but also in negotiations within the European Community over what sort of Europe it will be . |
| 21 | Only the very perceptive and those with clear information and a wide perspective over events could fully grasp the interrelationship of these developments . |
| 22 | Loxford church was medieval , with a square tower and a Norman tympanum over the south door of the Harrowing of Hell . |
| 23 | In old days they put mountain ash berries and a cast horseshoe over the lintel to frighten away the Fairy Folk . |
| 24 | You had to wear long , elasticated shorts and a long skirt over them . |
| 25 | The amount of the effect can be estimated in shale sections and a corrective function over the total affected interval can be applied ( Fig. 6 ) . |
| 26 | The Grand National day attendance of 55,383 was nearly 1,000 down on last year and the total attendance over the three days , 87,859 , was also marginally down on 1991 . |
| 27 | Corruption could occur or it could prove impossible to induce much positive interest in and enthusiasm for political matters among a population that had no tradition of political involvement and no overt disputation over policies to excite its interest . |
| 28 | With the old development plans , an appeals system entailed a confrontation between an appellant and the local authority over a disputed proposal , before an inspector appointed by the minister . |
| 29 | Two hundred and fifty hours later , after fitting an alarm and the full system over numerous late nights , early mornings and long weekends we drove the finished product out of the garage at 3.00am on Saturday 5 September , yes four hours before we had to register at Wembley . |
| 30 | A dimly lit gully beckons to a short easy solo and a luminous dawn over a deserted plateau : the light of Aviemore far away . |