Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [noun] [adj] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a confrontation on Oct. 24 over the Azerbaijani authorities ' decision to appoint Siavush Mustafayev as the new Interior Minister of the autonomous republic of Nakhichevan . |
| 2 | Soviet commentaries pointed out that the foreign ministers of the non-aligned states had expressed their concern during a meeting in February 1981 over the aspirations of NATO to extend its activities outside Europe . |
| 3 | Its overall deficit was not the result of a trade deficit ( merchandise trade showed a surplus of $70 billion over the years 1950–67 ) . |
| 4 | According to the Suda , Simonides of Magnesia sang of a victory by Antiochus III over the Gauls , about which we know nothing — unless it is to be identified with the episode to which II Maccabees refers as a success by eight thousand Babylonian Jews and four thousand Macedonians against Galatian raiders ( 8.20 ) . |
| 5 | Hence , the set of critical columns will remain the same throughout a sequence of tableaux optimal over degenerate intervals . |
| 6 | When applied to a sequence of tableaux optimal over a degenerate interval , this process can be interpreted as applying the simplex method restricted to the critical columns . |
| 7 | That is estimated to cause a shortfall of £50 million over the next three years , which will eventually and inevitably make the problem worse . |
| 8 | But Mr Chance claimed that a sustainable UK coal industry would need the financial support of open-cast mining , which last year earned BC a profit of £171 million and has contributed a total of £3.7 billion over the past 50 years . |
| 9 | Bingham has had a number of options available over the last year but always contended that Rogan , irrespective of his omission , was still very much part of the set-up . |
| 10 | The scheme could provide nearly 800 shelters at a cost of £1.8 million over the next three years . |
| 11 | The theory states that if we receive an excess of definitions favourable over those unfavourable , then we will commit crime . |
| 12 | Erhard and Adenauer now clashed on other issues but in an argument in May 1962 over custom duties it was Erhard who won the Bundestags support . |
| 13 | In its Annual Report 1990 published on Sept. 17 , the World Bank revealed that net transfers from the developing world back to the developed world in 1989 totalled US$42,900 million , an increase of $5,300 million over the 1988 figure . |
| 14 | In 1988/89 the Housing Corporation invested more than £1 billion — an increase of £80 million over the previous year — and approved 25,000 dwellings : 22 per cent more than in 1987/88 . |
| 15 | Although this is an increase of £28 million over the figure for the previous year , Lord Hanson commented : ‘ We believe the recession has reached its nadir , but its effects will be felt longer than most anticipated , probably for another 12 months . ’ |
| 16 | With a total deal value of £960 million the fourth quarter was the strongest , showing an increase of £340 million over the third quarter but a rise of just £20 million over the corresponding period in the previous year . |