Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [prep] [noun] over the " in BNC.

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1 Investors were heartened by news that Saudi Arabia has set the second phase of the Al-Yamamah arms deal in train by making a £1½ billion down-payment , ending months of uncertainty over the contract 's future .
2 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 .
3 It can be seen that the central position of the MTFS is the ‘ monetarist view ’ of inflation that controlling the rate of growth of the money supply is a necessary and sufficient condition for bringing inflation under control over the medium term , covering a period of 3–4 years .
4 In recent months a good deal of concern has been expressed about students no longer having access to benefits over the summer vacation .
5 DISCUSSIONS have been taking place in Birkenhead over the future of St Laurence 's parish , and one proposal is that it should be joined to Our Lady 's Parish .
6 Thus change in household and housing circumstances of people over the 1970s will be analysed by their characteristics at the earlier census to establish which factors are important in this process .
7 He 's sanctioned a request by Malvern Hills Council to create a 5 mile exclusion zone around the common , banning convoys of travellers over the coming Bank Holiday .
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