Example sentences of "[verb] an [noun] [prep] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet on the other hand surviving evidence tends to vindicate Richard Padley 's accusation , in the Fabian survey of evacuation , that Whitehall used the decentralised local government system to shirk its responsibilities ; the Ministry of Health and Board of Education , he maintained , doled out ‘ platitudinous ’ advice via circulars and adopted an attitude of complacency over the possibility of medical problems among evacuee children , such as malnutrition , head lice , impetigo , etc . |
| 2 | Another trial in 97 patients showed an advantage for surgery over radiotherapy in forestalling the appearance of distant metastases over five years . |
| 3 | We shall create an awareness of change over time , preserve an awareness of context and prepare a critique of the nature of sources . |
| 4 | The driver yelled an order for silence over his shoulder and flapped his reins . |
| 5 | Measurements reveal a pronounced seasonal range in concentration at Mauna Loa of about 6–7 ppm , which reflects an excess of photosynthesis over respiration during the spring and summer , and the reverse during the autumn and winter . |
| 6 | In fact , if you have a cold greenhouse or well-lit shed , I think there is a good case for removing all containerised aquatic plants and overwintering them in trays just deep enough to allow an inch of water over the compost in the pots . |
| 7 | Bill Clinton 's defeat of George Bush in the US presidential elections cast an air of uncertainty over the talks . |
| 8 | The EEC Habitat Directive , although not yet in force , proposes an element of control over such things as hedgerows , dry stone walls and heathland . |
| 9 | Where the landlord is able to choose how to divide ownership and responsibility for a party structure it is suggested that the structure be divided between adjoining owners and that each owner have an easement of support over the other 's half . |
| 10 | So , although we have an element of choice over our actions , these are circumscribed by virtue of biology , features of our personality and by the social and cultural context into which we are born . |
| 11 | Hopefully they may at least be able to feel they have an element of control over what is happening . |