Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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1 | Admiralty Pacific would like to send 25 million tonnes of garbage to the islands over the next five years . |
2 | On July 10 the Országgyülés ( National Assembly ) passed by 194 to 95 votes , with 23 abstentions , a law for the return of property to the churches over a period of 10 years . |
3 | This in turn drew many striking and picketing miners into conflict with the police over the rights and wrongs of conducting protest during industrial disputes . |
4 | An alternative explanation focuses on self-interest , arguing that miners in areas most under threat by the policies over which there is conflict would be much more likely to strike than would those in areas little , if at all , affected . |
5 | The processes of rethinking and reorganization set in motion by the scandals over unprotected children were slow and painful . |
6 | An innkeeper has a power of sale in relation to the goods over which he or she is exercising his or her right of lien . |
7 | For instance , although the Farjana tribe generally supported Magharba , one section was in dispute with the others over land rights : the Zuwaya nominated a man from this dissident section . |
8 | In a highly charged political atmosphere it was a short step from dispute with the authorities over student issues to broader criticism of the socio-political structure . |
9 | But in the highly-charged political atmosphere of late tsarist Russia , it was a short step from dispute with the authorities over issues of higher education to more general criticism of the socio-political structure . |
10 | Commenting on its figures ( see page seven ) , Datapoint Corp says that the decline in revenue as of January 30 was down mainly to unfavourable foreign currency translations and an interruption of the French subsidiary 's operations following a fire in its leased warehouse — but there are some bulls of the shares around these days : analyst Howard Harlow of New York 's Whale Securities sees a major turnaround and a doubling in value of the shares over the next 12 months ; he sees earnings of $0.60 a share in 1993 followed by $1.20 a share in 1994 . |