Example sentences of "in [noun] of the [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Microsoft Corp is expected to pay IBM Corp between $10m and $35m in settlement of the disagreement over operating system software royalties . |
| 2 | The article quoted the former editor of the Catholic News , Edgar D'Souza , who accused Lee of using the controversial Internal Security Act ( ISA ) against the Church and of " tricking " the Catholic Archbishop of Singapore , Gregory Yong Sool Nighean , into appearing at a press conference in support of the government over the arrests . |
| 3 | The Board 's General Manager Tom Frawley said today that the decision to close the Shantallow home had been a difficult one , but claimed it was the only possible course of action ‘ in light of the increase over the last few years in the level of nursing home accommodation and the reduced demand for residential accommodation which has come about as a result of improvements in housing in general and the development of sheltered accommodation and other community alternatives . ’ |
| 4 | The rural development centre CEPROR ( Centro de Romocion Rural ) ran special courses for young women , Sister Asuncion , who was in charge of the programme over a period of two years ( 1975–7 ) , helped train approximately 2.000 young women in community work . |
| 5 | clearly intended to create a public distinction between good and bad trade union behaviour , in advance of the bargaining over post-war reconstruction … |
| 6 | I write to confirm that the Economic Development Committee at their meeting on 5 November approved your application for a loan of £300,000 under the above scheme , on condition that the existing loan is repaid in full , and subject to a first charge in favour of the Council over the whole of your existing and proposed premises at Penicuik . |
| 7 | This would result in flow of the matrix over the undeformed fibrils giving , again , a permanently deformed product but one in which the fibril length was unchanged . |
| 8 | A GENERATION ago mammalian neuroanatomy seemed a scholarly subject , a frame for functional studies but unlikely to provide an impetus for the astonishing advances in understanding of the brain over the last four decades , in which Hans Kuypers became one of the leaders . |
| 9 | The debate on the defence section of the party 's policy review report , Britain in the World , brought to a head the anger felt in sections of the party over Neil Kinnock 's shift away from unilateralism . |
| 10 | Commenting on its figures ( see page seven ) , Datapoint Corp says that the decline in revenue as of January 30 was down mainly to unfavourable foreign currency translations and an interruption of the French subsidiary 's operations following a fire in its leased warehouse — but there are some bulls of the shares around these days : analyst Howard Harlow of New York 's Whale Securities sees a major turnaround and a doubling in value of the shares over the next 12 months ; he sees earnings of $0.60 a share in 1993 followed by $1.20 a share in 1994 . |
| 11 | minor on Heard Island is entirely resident , not surprisingly so in view of the distance over water to more agreeable wintering grounds . |
| 12 | The image Mr Lawson presented holed up in his home behind a securely locked gate was unfortunate , in view of the speculation over his political future . |
| 13 | A study in West Germany in 1978 said that , with a 30 per cent shortfall in supplies of the metal over a full year the country 's output of goods and services would fall by a quarter . |
| 14 | As the world comes to depend more and more on telecommunications and computer networks , AT&T is striving ever harder to pre-empt or avoid the kinds of breakdowns that have plagued its long-distance network and caused chaos in parts of the US over the past couple of years . |