Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun prp] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Lutz Stavenhagen said that he expected 11 out of the 12 EC leaders in Strasbourg to endorse the proposal — a reference to the renewed isolation of Mrs Thatcher over the issue . |
| 2 | Alfred Gomolka ( CDU ) resigned on March 16 as Minister President of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania over the privatization of the five main shipyards in the region . |
| 3 | Observers related this development to the loss of CPSU control over the city soviet . |
| 4 | A better memorial to him is the statue of Cardinal Wolsey over the gate to Christ Church College , Oxford , which he caused to be erected and underneath which he is named in a Latin inscription . |
| 5 | Over 300 amateur golfers from across the United Kingdom and Ireland have signed up to play in next weekend 's Bass-sponsored Heart of Down tournament over the Spa , Downpatrick and Ardglass courses . |
| 6 | The new Bishop also paid tribute to the Ministry of Bishop Harris over the past 14 years . |
| 7 | It seemed like a huge sword of Damocles hanging over the sprinters ' heads . |
| 8 | A stone in Altarnun churchyard , carved when he was about fourteen , shows a dove flying into the sun 's rays and a head of John Wesley over the door of Altarnun 's Methodist Chapel was carved when he was eighteen . |
| 9 | Of all the campaigns Mrs Whitehouse has been involved in , one of the most contentious was the private prosecution of Michael Bogdanov over The Romans in Britain . |
| 10 | The objective in 1993 is to make our budget , which is achievable providing we stop scoring own goals as we have done in th Northern Area of Wimpey Asphalt and the Eastern Area of Wimpey Hobbs over the last two years . |
| 11 | The performance of UK manufacturing over the last decade shows what can be achieved Companies based in Britain are able to compete sucessfully in some of the toughtest technology-intensive markets in the world ’ |
| 12 | If some of these proposals come to pass , they will confirm the trend of BBC policy over the past five years . |
| 13 | The lieutenant had then flown the banners of the king of France and the church of Le Puy over the barbican at Vic-de-Bigorre , and had refused to countenance Roger-Bernard 's protest on behalf of his sister-in-law . |
| 14 | Baden-Powell was particularly fond of this extravagant , but nevertheless deeply felt historical posture , and he saw the shadow of Rome hanging over the huge crowds attending the football stadiums which he likened to the ‘ unmanly ’ attitude of the young Romans who loafed around the circus entertainments — ‘ they paid men to play their games for them , so that they could look on without the fag of playing , just as we are doing in football now ’ — as he charged into battle against this betrayal of the British traditions of ‘ fair play ’ and sportsmanship : |
| 15 | The monopoly of Osaka merchants over the rice market , and Osaka 's role as a supply source for the demands of Edo and elsewhere , brought substantial prosperity . |
| 16 | In October 1924 the Labour-led coalition of Ramsay MacDonald was defeated in a House of Commons vote over the proposal to prosecute Workers ' Weekly and an election campaign began . |
| 17 | On the other hand , Reinsel ( 1981 ) studied ozone data from a network of Dobson stations over the period 1958–79 and , in agreement with several other research groups , cautiously suggested a total ozone decrease of between 2.0 and 4.5 per cent due to nuclear testing effects in the early 1960s . |