Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] 's [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | They appear to have been initiated by the head of the Party Chancellery , Martin Bormann , probably under pressure from anti-Christian activists at Gau level , for whom the apparent strengthening of the Church 's hold over the population during the war was a notable provocation . |
| 2 | Having complained on several occasions of the Church 's reticence over taking the moral lead , on this occasion her plea was successful . |
| 3 | to be useful for teachers and parents and children to read as an informative and convincing story of the child 's progress over the years |
| 4 | The Honorary Secretary read the Minutes of the previous BGM and gave a report of the Committee 's activities over the past two years . |
| 5 | Added to this is the perpetual insecurity reserve police suffer as a result of the management 's control over the renewal of their contract : and sergeants are not averse to using this as a threat in parades . |
| 6 | A gem from Kydonia shows the Master of Animals grasping two lions as they apparently sit upright , just as if he was holding a pair of pups by the scruff of the neck ; the image speaks clearly of the god 's dominion over wild beasts . |
| 7 | Colin McRae , of Scotland , continues his defence of the champion 's crown over four stages in Kielder Forest after winning the opening round in his Subaru in north Wales two weeks ago . |
| 8 | Conventionalism protects the authority of convention by insisting that conventional practices establish the end as well as the beginning of the past 's power over the present . |
| 9 | Myddelton carried out the work at his own expense , but the city corporation was responsible for building and maintaining bridges ‘ for the passage of the King 's subjects over the said river or cut ’ . |
| 10 | So I strewed the pieces of the Italian 's card over the cobblestones . |
| 11 | However , the determining factor in each case is the extent of the investor 's influence over the invested in the financial and operating policy decisions of a company . |
| 12 | In 1712 the Goldsmiths , finding themselves responsible for yearly payments not only to the charities which they supported or were still required to pay for but also to the many hundreds of the Company 's annuities over the years 1695–1709 , resolved to mortgage their properties . |
| 13 | The full extent of the taxpayer 's liability over atomic energy has been flushed into the open because of accounting changes demanded by City analysts in the run-up to next year 's electricity privatisation . |
| 14 | The permission of the Chief Constable was also a disadvantage in the field because it raised doubts among respondents about the purpose of the researcher 's questions over and above those that naturally arise from the political situation in Northern Ireland . |
| 15 | Parkinson and his colleagues pointed out that out of seven regular observers using the Royal Greenwich Observatory 's meridian circle since 1851 , five produced self-consistent observations of the Sun 's diameter over each of their periods as observer . |
| 16 | As for follow-through , & name will continue to run a small office at the corporation to monitor implementation of the commission 's proposals over the next two years . |
| 17 | They hope people will come forward with information about the boy who vanished in one of the town 's parks over a week ago . |
| 18 | The UN Fund for Population Activities ( UNFPA ) has revised upwards its projections of the growth of the world 's population over the next century . |