Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [adj] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As part of the technology initiative announced during a stop in California 's Silicon Valley , President Clinton also pledged billions of dollars in additional help to high-tech enterprises over the next four years to encourage new business initiatives . |
| 2 | The first public meeting to draw attention to local concern over the proposed mining for andalusite on Tomduff Mountain , near Borris , Co . |
| 3 | Nicholson 's fine form since his move to new stables over the summer adds to confidence . |
| 4 | As China 's reaction to Western sanctions over the events in Tiananmen has shown , further international pressure on the Dalai Lama 's behalf may only reinforce Peking 's siege mentality and strengthen its conviction that the West is conspiring to undermine socialism in China . |
| 5 | There were several contemporary examples of similar patriarchal claims by the archbishops of Hamburg , Lyons , and Milan ; Lanfranc may have been inspired by these examples when he vigorously supported the Canterbury claim to patriarchal authority over the whole of the British Isles . |
| 6 | There is no need to say more here about Anselm 's primatial activity : he certainly thought that the evidence was sufficiently strong for him to make a most uncompromising claim to primatial authority over the whole of the British Isles , and it is quite clear that he did not think that the Canterbury claim to this position rested on a series of specific grants by popes after Gregory the Great . |
| 7 | He was abroad from 11 1 5 to 1120 , always with Eadmer as his constant companion , bitterly upholding , but with ever-diminishing hope of success , his claim to primatial authority over the archbishopric of York . |
| 8 | Iranian leaders in early June reacted adversely to a resolution passed at the summit on May 29 , which supported Iraq 's long-standing claim to full sovereignty over the Shatt-al Arab waterway . |
| 9 | The particular relationship between the state and the family embodied in the system of public welfare gives rise to considerable concern over the extent to which such provisions boost or erode family autonomy . |
| 10 | In short , tariffs by themselves would have been unlikely to have provided little more than a temporary palliative to ailing industries over the period under review . |
| 11 | Councillor Bob Middleton , the Labour convener of Grampian Region , paid tribute to Mr Sim 's tremendous contribution to local government over the past four decades . |
| 12 | Councillor Bob Middleton , the Labour convener of Grampian Region , paid tribute to Mr Sim 's tremendous contribution to local government over the past four decades . |
| 13 | Smith , 28 , was chosen for his contribution to English cricket over the last 12 months , his batting and ‘ outstanding fielding ’ , both close to the wicket and in the deep , and his performance in last summer 's West Indies Test series , which included two centuries . |
| 14 | Hampshire batsman Robin Smith received some consolation for missing the World Cup final , in the shape of a £500 cheque from Test sponsors Cornhill as England 's Player of the Year for his ‘ major contribution to English cricket over the last 12 months ’ . |