Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] of the [noun] over " in BNC.

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1 THE BBC 'S influential general advisory council will today urge Marmaduke Hussey to resign as chairman of the corporation over his role in the appointment of John Birt as director-general .
2 The Bulgarian State TV and Radio Choir — known as Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares , recently visited England as part of the Voice Over Festival of international singing .
3 It was intended to see if the total programme of instruction-orientation , introduction and advanced courses in information retrieval affected the pattern of use of the library over a period of five years .
4 If so , they would be prepared to supply further evidence of use of the path over a number of years .
5 For Comte the fundamental law of human evolution consists in the ‘ growing ascendancy of our humanity over our animality , brought about by a double process , namely the increase of power of the intellect over the instincts and of the other-regarding instincts over the self-regarding ’ .
6 Microsoft Corp is expected to pay IBM Corp between $10m and $35m in settlement of the disagreement over operating system software royalties .
7 The article quoted the former editor of the Catholic News , Edgar D'Souza , who accused Lee of using the controversial Internal Security Act ( ISA ) against the Church and of " tricking " the Catholic Archbishop of Singapore , Gregory Yong Sool Nighean , into appearing at a press conference in support of the government over the arrests .
8 The Board 's General Manager Tom Frawley said today that the decision to close the Shantallow home had been a difficult one , but claimed it was the only possible course of action ‘ in light of the increase over the last few years in the level of nursing home accommodation and the reduced demand for residential accommodation which has come about as a result of improvements in housing in general and the development of sheltered accommodation and other community alternatives . ’
9 The rural development centre CEPROR ( Centro de Romocion Rural ) ran special courses for young women , Sister Asuncion , who was in charge of the programme over a period of two years ( 1975–7 ) , helped train approximately 2.000 young women in community work .
10 clearly intended to create a public distinction between good and bad trade union behaviour , in advance of the bargaining over post-war reconstruction …
11 I write to confirm that the Economic Development Committee at their meeting on 5 November approved your application for a loan of £300,000 under the above scheme , on condition that the existing loan is repaid in full , and subject to a first charge in favour of the Council over the whole of your existing and proposed premises at Penicuik .
12 You knew perfectly well I had to stay within reach of the hospital over the weekend .
13 This would result in flow of the matrix over the undeformed fibrils giving , again , a permanently deformed product but one in which the fibril length was unchanged .
14 A GENERATION ago mammalian neuroanatomy seemed a scholarly subject , a frame for functional studies but unlikely to provide an impetus for the astonishing advances in understanding of the brain over the last four decades , in which Hans Kuypers became one of the leaders .
15 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 .
16 minor on Heard Island is entirely resident , not surprisingly so in view of the distance over water to more agreeable wintering grounds .
17 The image Mr Lawson presented holed up in his home behind a securely locked gate was unfortunate , in view of the speculation over his political future .
18 Michael Barnes was forty-five , an Oxford-educated barrister who specialized in planning law and whose main involvement in major public inquiries had been on behalf of the government over the proposed Stansted Airport .
19 The statistics on use of the library over a period can prove useful in presenting reports to the school hierarchy and arguing for increases in resources .
20 A recent report by the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) said the iodine-131 may have killed 13 people through cancer of the thyroid over a period of decades .
21 This may in part be explained by one half of the reciprocity taking the form of labour services and trade in consumables ; a large proportion of the goods which may be considered of high value by reason of the distance over which the raw materials had been transported , and their resulting rarity , may have been given for services , gifts or payments for work , what may be termed institutional exchange .
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