Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun sg] of [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( On Sept. 7 , at the end of a two-day debate for which the UK House of Commons had been recalled from its summer recess , the UK government had won a vote of confidence over its handling of the Gulf crisis , by 437 votes to 35 . ) |
| 2 | Furthermore , disagreement over racial desegregation and the policy of bussing revealed a lack of consensus over the social goals that schools were supposed to advance . |
| 3 | Could it also be that Darlington 's fun and games loving Labour councillors have finally had a change of heart over conferences ? |
| 4 | I have had a lot of pleasure over the years keeping and breeding tropical fish , and cichlids in particular . |
| 5 | She would have had a sort of power over him . |
| 6 | An innkeeper has a lien for his charges upon the traveller 's goods brought to the inn , and , contrary to the usual rule , has by statute been given a power of sale over such goods . |
| 7 | The wind of God certainly blew on that man , Christian though he already was ; he has not become a paragon of virtue over night , but the manifest change in his disposition and attitudes can not be denied . |
| 8 | For while the other structural changes altered the range of options open to states and to firms , this one cast a shadow of doubt over which of the available options to choose within the range . |
| 9 | But it also brought a smile to manager Brian Horton , and I was thrilled to bits for him because he 's taken a lot of stick over recent results . |
| 10 | This was emphasised by those heads of department who had taken a lot of time over their self-appraisal and who claimed that as a consequence other things had had to suffer . |
| 11 | Thus RENFE unions achieved a position of influence over the day-to-day organization of railway work comparable to that exerted by the unions in BR . |
| 12 | This would lead to a clearer understanding of the relationships between international organisations , such as the European Community , which have acquired a measure of control over national policy , and the nations themselves . |