Example sentences of "[art] great [noun sg] of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the house of Foix-Béarn emerged as the neighbouring territorial power with the greatest measure of control over Bigorre and the important Pyrenean passes which lay within its boundaries . |
| 2 | Castile itself had been named after the fortresses built along the border between Christian and Moslem Spain , and essentially those who held these castles held the greatest degree of control over the lands on either side . |
| 3 | Alas , the great mass of weight over the tail also meant that , at high speed on damp surfaces , the 911 had a habit of disappearing off roads , backside first . |
| 4 | Directly and indirectly , they have a great deal of influence over curricular matters . |
| 5 | People had been staging revolutions without a great deal of success over the years and it was seventy percent of the people who were disadvantaged was n't it ? |
| 6 | We have repaid a great deal of debt over recent years . |
| 7 | Interactive Systems Corp — now SunSoft Inc — began by marketing the product strongly , but later faced a barrage of complaints and problems over speed and stability , and reportedly lost a great deal of money over the venture . |
| 8 | ‘ I caused the party a great deal of anxiety over my views ’ he explained and added ‘ but strangely enough with this book it has not been such a struggle . |
| 9 | Black Holes are fascinating , and have caused a great deal of excitement over the past 20 years . |
| 10 | After James II had been overthrown , a new system of government began to develop under which Parliament met every year and voted taxes annually , the King chose ministers who were acceptable to Parliament , the administrative departments became independent of direct royal intervention ( though the King still had a great deal of authority over his ministers ) and Parliament took responsibility for national financial policy . |
| 11 | Interim reporting has been attracting a great deal of attention over the past year . |
| 12 | The Bank of England has a great deal of power over the financial markets because of its role as lender of last resort . |
| 13 | In conclusion , we believe that our study avoided the methodological and analytical problems of previous reports , which have given rise to a great deal of controversy over the efficacy of EFA supplementation in AD . |
| 14 | The ribbon is made , and thenceforth she spends a great deal of time over her hair . |
| 15 | I could hardly blame him here — at least his feelings ; but even if , with an earlier and exact diagnosis he could have been spared a great deal of pain over a considerable period of time , I realize that nothing could have saved him . |
| 16 | Both family and part-time farmers felt that with the farm they had a greater degree of control over their future . |
| 17 | LDCs ' governments also insisted on domestically-generated funds being used to finance economic development programmes and thus sought a greater degree of control over the operations of British banks . |
| 18 | It is argued that this gives unions a greater degree of control over their members and greater bargaining strength . |
| 19 | The House of Commons was moving forward to assert a greater degree of control over the colonies than before ; partly to evade this , William created a Board of Trade and Plantations , made up of civil servants and privy councillors , that was unlikely to pay much more attention to the Commons than its predecessor , the Lords of Trade , had done . |
| 20 | Several former advocates of behaviourist approaches have since changed their stance significantly , and begun to argue that all pupils , including those who experience difficulties in learning , should have a greater degree of control over their own learning ( Ainscow 1989 ) . |
| 21 | There were strong pressures from still further national minorities for a greater degree of control over their own affairs . |
| 22 | Since this case law was developed in the context of the exercise of delegated powers by the Commission , it would seem highly unlikely that the Court would wish to exercise a greater degree of control over the exercise of original legislative power by the Council of Ministers . |
| 23 | For the French king , the opportunity of exercising a greater measure of control over Brittany , with its maritime outlets , was not to be missed . |
| 24 | All said they were experiencing a greater sense of control over their eating . |
| 25 | Sometimes Bentham is represented as having held a significantly different view from that just described , according to which an action which it is right for me to do at any moment is either one which produces a greater surplus of pleasure over pain than any alternative action then open to me ( in which case it is the one right action ) or produces as great a surplus as any alternative ( in which case it is a right action ) , while all actions not thus right are wrong . |