Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] of [adj] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In terms of day-to-day influence over policy or even in terms of control over the executive , its powers are risible . |
| 7 | 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 ) ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The cobblestones were soaked by streams of black blood over which swarms of fat flies hovered . |
| 11 | The mosaics of S. Sophia have been covered by layers of painted plaster over the centuries ; in most places it is two inches thick . |