Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [v-ing] [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a vital part of retaining control over the finances of the business . |
| 2 | The tank was gently filled , but not to the top — there would be a danger of slopping water over the floor when adding the bogwood and plants . |
| 3 | One general problem of socialism is to find a satisfactory mode of institutionalising conflict over the allocation of resources within the context of planning , and minimising the antagonisms it could generate . |
| 4 | Alarmed by the sense of losing control over the sprawling Empire , the government moved further and further away from the spirit of the ‘ enlightened ’ bureaucrats . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it would seem sensible to say that , given a set of firms in a perfectly competitive market , some of which ( perhaps because of a more concentrated distribution of shares ) face quite tight constraints on their efficiency , these relatively efficient firms are likely to provide some form of policing function over the others . |
| 6 | COPING AWARD : a local laundry has offered Mrs J vouchers to cover fifty per cent of the cost of washing bed-linen over the next six months . ’ |