Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Federal Assembly on April 20 voted by a large majority to accept a proposal to rename the state the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic ( CSFR ) , thereby ending weeks of controversy over the issue . |
| 2 | Chief Judge Platt had already shown signs of distress over the government 's intransigence . |
| 3 | Mr Fallon , the Schools Minister , hopes he has finally ended months of controversy over Government funding of building work at St Bede 's and St Augustine 's RC primary schools . |
| 4 | In the 1980s payments of this kind , and for related royalties and patents , have come to equal about 40 per cent of the income in dividends which accrues to foreign investors and they are usually given priority in payment over dividends . |
| 5 | So it 's usually made by stoichiometrically adding water to ethylene over an acid catalyst . |
| 6 | The socially sanctioned dominance of male over female has hardly been questioned in Salvadorean society " and domestic violence and sexual assault are largely unrecognized and go unreported : |
| 7 | Sprint has also announced demonstration of videoconferencing over the Internet sponsored by the National Science Foundation . |
| 8 | Waiters scurry to and from their cafes and tavernas , weighed down by great trays of food and drink , tripping over cats and noisily claiming right of way over passing cars . |
| 9 | Non-educational criteria almost invariably have priority in recruitment over educational ones and employers tend to have only the vaguest notions as to what particular qualifications entail or imply . |
| 10 | In March 1991 the OFT invited people in trouble over credit to send for Credit Wise , a sixteen-page guide telling them where to go for help , what to look for and what to avoid . |