Example sentences of "war of [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir David did not comment on Britain and China 's war of words over Hong Kong 's future , or Hong Kong 's recent differences with Peking over the Chinese swimmer , Yang Yang , who was allowed to leave Hong Kong for the United States . |
| 2 | But despite the political war of words over tax , she found it hard to prepare new strategies because no party had said very much about VAT . |
| 3 | BEHIND the war of words over their respective performances , there is good news for all three ferry operators on the Ulster-Scotland sea-route . |
| 4 | THE war of words over the £4.5m repair bill for a crumbling leisure centre is set to end in court action in the next few weeks . |
| 5 | THE WAR of words over the John Birt affair intensified yesterday when the former managing director of the BBC , Bill Cotton , criticised six senior journalists within the corporation for writing to the Times backing Mr Birt . |
| 6 | As the war of words over November the seventh heats up , is changing the names of forty streets and metro stations back to their pre-revolutionary titles , just hours before the tanks rolled through Red Square for the traditional Revolution Day parade . |