Example sentences of "with the [noun] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.

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1 AN ENGLISH-based ports authority is poised to begin talks with the Ministry of Defence over buying a large area at Rosyth Dockyard for a combined passenger and freight service to Europe .
2 We hope it does not interfere with the enjoyment of viewers over Christmas Day . ’
3 This argument starts from a different point on the balance of payments circle , with the excess of imports over exports .
4 Harcourt 's reasons for fleeing Normandy are not entirely clear : he was at odds with the Comte of Tancarville over the office of Chamberlain of Normandy , and he appears to have had personal grievances against Philip VI .
5 The couple have clashed with the Archbishop of York over their wish .
6 By the end of June , however , the failure to agree on all of the details , together with the lack of progress over the nuclear issue , appeared to have jeopardized the planned exchange .
7 I am rather surprised to hear that , because Greater Glasgow health board is very dissatisfied with the lack of consultation over the closure of two wards in Ruchill hospital in my constituency .
8 Edward I and Edward II had two principal courses of action open to them in their rivalry with the king of France over judicial supremacy in Aquitaine .
9 When they get drunk , have a binge , take on yet another new project or make even more plans for someone else 's recovery , they are not relapsing ; they are still suffering , still believing that they can compromise with the concept of powerlessness over mind-altering substances or behaviours .
10 An old symptom of restless legs in bed had returned and this with the ailments from indignation over her husband 's desertion led to Staphisagria LM1 .
11 According to a survey of delegates , the majority were happy with the preponderance of ideas-related over object-related sessions .
12 A third set of dilemmas revolves around the question of how greater consumer choice can be reconciled with the need for controls over the total growth of services to prevent an expenditure explosion .
13 The claim that science starts with problems is perfectly compatible with the priority of theories over observation and observation statements .
14 Apparently , 15 and 16-year-olds have to remain in prison while the Home Office argues with the Department of Health over what is to happen to them .
15 The appellants considered the mortgage could not be redeemed without their consent unless in accordance with the covenant for repayment over a period of 21 years .
16 Bryan Thomson 's match was already at the first tee when Patrick strolled up with the bag of clubs over his shoulder .
17 Putterman ( 1984 ) , whilst accepting the necessity for hierarchy in a complex organization , questions whether this needs to be associated with the domination of capital over labour .
18 The adverse consequences of such loose rein appointment procedures were not lost on one White House aide who served both Nixon and Reagan During the transition the Reagan forces took a number of steps designed to deal with the sort of problems over appointments that Nixon had encountered .
19 It is rather connected with the sort of conversation over the bar the other night .
20 In oral as well as in literate culture , it would appear that there are techniques whereby the directness and immediacy of everyday experience are contrasted with the holding of traditions over time , and with the ‘ fixing ’ and ratifying of definitions and meanings .
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