Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] [noun] of [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even her father could n't exert that kind of power over her . |
| 2 | Armed with some or , very rarely , all of the above resources , presidents may achieve some degree of mastery over the American political system . |
| 3 | To hypothesize , it was as if the king of France held the earldom of Cornwall or Lancaster from the king of England , who could therefore exert some degree of control over the foreign policy and behaviour of the king of France . |
| 4 | Not that that in itself was a bad thing , she acknowledged — but she bitterly resented the fact that he , Adam Burns , should have that kind of influence over her . |
| 5 | At that moment I did have some kind of advantage over him , because I knew a little more about some things than he did . |
| 6 | Fourth , the holder of a floating charge will have some measure of control over the company even without taking any steps to enforce it . |
| 7 | You think I 'm trying to get you into bed so I can have some sort of hold over you . |
| 8 | planning applications , erm the sort of locational aspects are important , the the existing policy in the structure plan did have some sort of control over the the number of jobs , but it 's as as David Potter has said , it 's been very difficult to monitor er the level of jobs being provided , and in practice it 's been really impossible to implement that aspect of of the policy . |
| 9 | However , there are things that you can do to help yourself , to help others around you , to actually get some sense of mastery over these , you know , what can be very overwhelming fears . |
| 10 | If you could make a profit of approximately £2,500 per week for the fourteen or so unoccupied weeks ( a big if ! ) you would turn that excess of expenditure over income into an income surplus . |