Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] of [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presenting a detailed manifesto for the country 's economic and political survival , he appealed for the creation of a " coalition government of popular trust and national concord " to run the Soviet Union , and for removal of communist influence over the judiciary , the security services , the civil service and state bodies . |
| 2 | White and Stevenson ( 1975 ) offer further support for signing as part of Total Communication over oral methods , though their study was relatively small and involved an interpreter presenting information . |
| 3 | Last July , after months of furious debate over whether the artist 's wishes were being respected , Picasso 's ‘ Guernica ’ was removed at dawn from the Prado 's annexe , El Cason del Buen Retiro . |
| 4 | A second survey was undertaken to establish the level of loss of requested items over a six month period . |
| 5 | However , the data in Table 2 do not suggest that the disadvantaged areas of Continental Europe have any major advantage in terms of yields of primary product over those in Britain and Ireland ( Table 3 ) . |
| 6 | Plowden established the principle that decisions involving substantial future expenditure should always be taken in the light of surveys of public expenditure over a number of years , and in relation to the prospective resources . |
| 7 | They would pass into the hands of number of different owners over the years , but Charles Titford was to remain the occupier until his death in 1802 . |
| 8 | Spoke to mother who as we arrived was holding a conversation with Head of Senior Department over the telephone . |
| 9 | Evidence also emerged during August of deep divisions over the issue within the Palestinian community . |
| 10 | In February 1951 , a huge rally in support of Spanish sovereignty over Gibraltar was staged in Barcelona , and Franco declared 4 August " Gibraltar Day " . |
| 11 | Two decades after the World Bank report , another commission of inquiry was complaining that the state ‘ interferes excessively in the running of the [ railway ] companies , without that resulting in the clarification of the objectives that they should pursue or in exercise of effective control over them ’ ( CEFE 1984 : 33 ) . |
| 12 | In spite of various difficulties over these early broadcasts and the general absence of supplementary printed material for class use , together with some antipathy towards this innovatory form of teaching , the Cambridge branch persisted with radio programmes into 1929 . |
| 13 | Newton was one of them , and in spite of public fears over a similar junction elsewhere , it had been given the go-ahead . |
| 14 | The Boundary Commission for Scotland concludes that the number of Scottish seats in the House of Commons should remain at 72 in spite of widespread speculation over the loss of Glasgow seats . |
| 15 | While , so far , economic inequality has been discussed in terms of measured command over market resources , there is a connection to poverty when this command is viewed as inadequate . |
| 16 | Instead , they have explained it in terms of political conflict over the programmes of central government ( particularly after the election of a Conservative government in 1979 ) or longer-term central-local tensions , in which the centre is concerned to minimize the pressure generated by the existence of local political autonomy . |
| 17 | In terms of day-to-day influence over policy or even in terms of control over the executive , its powers are risible . |
| 18 | The announcement yesterday came after members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union voted heavily in favour of industrial action over the threat of compulsory job losses . |
| 19 | Moreover , a basic premise of Dunlop 's prescription for the advancement of knowledge in industrial relations is the need to break away from the restrictive and myopic confines of problem-solving , institutional studies within individual countries — what has been termed an ‘ ethno-centric ’ bias — in favour of broader comparisons over the course of time and across countries . |
| 20 | The only real shock was the Chancellor 's decision to maintain the price differential of around 20p per gallon in favour of unleaded petrol over leaded four-star . |
| 21 | Hank Holland , president and chief executive , said the firm would continue to support its E and M mainframe series software for another seven to 10 years , but would start to reduce research and development expenditure in favour of client-server environments over the next three years . |
| 22 | A newspaper survey has found that concern about the environment has led to a sharp rise in members of environmental organisations over the 1980's . |
| 23 | Here in China is an unending prospect for the lovers of poetry ; its poems are like delicate threads of mosaics of brittle glasslike images that flow in streams of little pictures over water-falls that cascade from the scrolls . |
| 24 | Is not the right hon. Gentleman 's attitude to this judgment typical of the decline in standards of political integrity over the 11 years of the regime of the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) ? |
| 25 | If a method can be devised of enabling employees to acquire and sell shares in an unquoted company , and benefit from the increase in value of those shares over the employee 's period of ownership , then it is perceived that employees will wish to participate in the share capital and growth of their employing company and will be motivated to work to increase the value of the business . |
| 26 | In view of these concerns over the mode of inheritance of chronic inflammatory bowel disease , attempts to map susceptibility loci should be analysed by a robust linkage test ( for example , affected pedigree member of ‘ sib pair ’ test ) so as to minimise false positive claims of linkage . |
| 27 | The ceremony must take place in front of two witnesses over the age of 18 . |
| 28 | Medical audit should relate to aspects of clinical activity over which one has some control so that change can be initiated if a problem is identified . |
| 29 | Local Management of Schools also entails the delegation to schools of various powers over pay and conditions . |
| 30 | There can be little doubt that the administration of criminal justice has paid insufficient attention to problems of sexual abuse over the years , and recent improvements in police procedures and in services for victims are to be welcomed . |