Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] an [noun] over [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had apparently lost his fortune through business failures and was claiming legal aid in an action over his 1990 divorce from his second wife Sarah . |
| 2 | This type of investment , which involves the establishment of an enterprise over which the parent company exercises decisive management control , is termed foreign direct investment ( FDI ) , and it is this type of foreign investment with which this chapter is mainly concerned . |
| 3 | Jacques Devraux pressed her fingers briefly and bent his dark head for an instant over her hand . |
| 4 | Wilson was quick to see how provocative such a development would be to the shipowners and refused to accept the post , though he confessed to have been " foolish enough to have allowed myself to be nominated and elected as honorary general manager , which meant that I was lending my name to an organization over which I had no control " . |
| 5 | Soviet accusations followed that Washington was trying to create the basis for a military alliance through strengthening mutual dependence between its regional partners in an arrangement over which it presided . |
| 6 | Then he lifted his arm and brought it down , hard and fast , and suddenly from behind the cars rose three freedom fighters in terrorist gear , black berets at an angle over their brows , black tracksuits , lace-up boots on their long shins , bandoliers slung oblique , rifles in one hand . |