Example sentences of "[coord] the [noun sg] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fall-out from the highly-charged display of white , predominantly Afrikaner , nationalism at Ellis Park , and the furore over the official playing of the ‘ Die Stem , ’ anthem contrary to the tour agreements , rapidly marginalised the achievements of Laurie Mains and his ‘ macho ’ crew . |
| 2 | While there were periods of internal stress , notably the emergence of the various racial , Irish , and student troubles of the late sixties , and the concern over the alleged ‘ ungovernability ’ of the unions at the time of the ‘ winter of discontent ’ in the late seventies , Britain was a relatively stable society internally throughout these forty-four years . |
| 3 | The plans then were delayed considerably whilst discussions were pursued with the Scottish Office and the Treasury over the financial details . |
| 4 | Prefaces by Margherita Asso , Alvise Zorzi , and others outline the problems still facing Venice , especially the lack of detailed studies of the urban fabric and the stalemate over the mobile dams to be constructed in the lagoon . |
| 5 | This means that the painting changes slightly when seen from different angles and the title over the central image flashes up in iridescent colours . |
| 6 | At the heart of the debate , and of the promotion of cigarettes to young people , is a crisis of confidence in the House and the country over the good will of the tobacco industry . |
| 7 | Sceptics might feel that they betrayed a lack of informed thought on the issue of objectives ; and certainly a good deal of the time of the economic planners , the Treasury , the Ministry and the industry over the following decades was to be devoted to the search for more meaningful objectives and standards of performance to supplement these minimal statutory requirements . |
| 8 | However , the question : ‘ Has the North-South divide widened under the Conservative government ? ’ is a difficult one to answer — a limited amount of data has been presented , but the evidence over the ten-year period studied is not conclusive . |
| 9 | The government in Moscow persistently denies that any such plans exist , but the arrival over the past year of some 20,000 Germans from Kazakhstan has kept the rumours alive . |