Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figures in Table 5.1 are from cross-sectional data , obtained in 1980 , and could therefore be misleading as indicators of changes in households over time . |
| 2 | The Sun at odds with Saturn in Aquarius on the 8th should give you fair warning of conflict with others over home , family or professional matters . |
| 3 | Technological innovation is the source of many manufacturing processes which produce harmful pollutants , of products which cause great harm in themselves and of processes which permit immense powers of control by governments over individuals . |
| 4 | Most conflict in groups occurs because of differences among members over goals , attitudes or feelings . |
| 5 | If one simply looks at the level of unemployment amongst architects over time , it is difficult to identify a clear pattern linked to any of the regulatory reforms . |
| 6 | A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Oct. 2 that Russia would press ahead with the sale of diesel submarines to Iran despite reports of difficulties over payments [ see p. 39122 ] . |
| 7 | The rest of the conference was humming with the anticipated controversy over sado-masochism , and with the anger of women with disabilities over non-accessibility to the venue and to the discussion papers . |
| 8 | In the chapter on evolution , Stuart rightly stresses the importance of a good stratigraphic and geographic record for studies of changes over time between species . |
| 9 | Golfers , with bags of clubs over shoulders , boarded tramcars which would take them to many of the numerous golf-clubs in and around the city . |
| 10 | The increasing numbers of colleges approaching the CNAA had to do in part with difficulties over validation by universities — particularly those which were unwilling or reluctant to validate honours degrees — and in part with the attraction of the CNAA as a validating body which could consider a range of courses , including those in the areas of proposed diversification . |
| 11 | Changes in usage of terms over time can also present problems . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Another argument in favour of fees over commission is that there will be more incentive for stockbrokers to take a real interest in their clients ' portfolios , since any increase in their value will bear directly on the brokers ' remuneration . |
| 14 | Disney has been plagued by difficulties ranging from rows with contractors over construction costs to grumblings by members of the Disney ‘ cast ’ over employment conditions . |
| 15 | The following four chapters ( Ch. 7–10 ) look at aspects of the delineation of the field of sexuality : in relation to debates over population , in its construction as an area of specialised knowledge , and in relation to organisations and movements that challenged the sexual status quo in the nineteenth century and first third of the present century . |
| 16 | During the preparations for the reorganisation in 1974 no fewer than 127 applications were made to government departments for decisions in disputes over agency ( Richards 1975b:84 ) . |
| 17 | Although only eight of the 23 British Columbia players who went to the World Cup were on hand for the two games it was enough to see the host province safely through to championship no.23 by virtue of wins over Alberta — and that was a close call indeed — and NEWFOUNDLAND . |
| 18 | Conservative Peter Jones told yesterday 's meeting of the borough transport committee he had been ‘ inundated ’ by complaints from traders over lack of access . |