Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] over [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Two forty a hundred and twenty plus V times it by oh have to divide it by , so it would be er watts over voltage is er
2 Oh it was er cry over war wound !
3 and er paper over cracks before they come .
4 She had a bad er flu over Christmas
5 Croydon 's Faith Over Reason are n't celebrities yet , though it probably wo n't be long before more pick up on their competent folk-rock .
6 Croydon 's Faith Over Reason are n't celebrities yet , though it probably wo n't be long before more pick up on their competent folk-rock .
7 In short if you er ta er taking er Kennedy 's decision over Vietnam , if he decided to do nothing , this would have been very damaging to him politically because of the declared er policy of the global containment of communism and the expectations of his domestic public that the United States would take action to defend the free world wherever the free world was challenged without much questioning about what the free world actually was , I mean the fact that er er South Vietnam was run by a rather squalid dictatorship was neither here nor there erm so erm you have to er evaluate when you 're contemplating er actions of this kind what failure would mean in domestic political terms .
8 Most foreign governments ( remember Britain 's lobbying over Concorde landing rights ) and an enormous number of domestic interests also throw apparently blank cheques at Washington lobby agencies .
9 THERE were no surprises in the opening round of the Bell 's Scottish Championship finals at Kirkcaldy last night , except perhaps for the 8-3 winning margin of Colin Hamilton 's Gogar over Mike Hay 's Atholl , writes WH Kemp .
10 She was barefoot and wearing a man 's shirt over jeans , the sleeves rolled back on her thin arms .
11 In this system one individual worker , employed by an agency responsible for community care services , is appointed to assess the needs of an individual client , plan a comprehensive set of services for the individual , coordinate the various services and follow up the individual 's progress over time .
12 THIS year 's machinations over disposal of the Ivory Coast 's cocoa crop indirectly pushed up prices on the London Futures & Options Exchange yesterday as dealers scrambled to obtain cocoa to deliver against a substantial long position controlled by Philipp Brothers , the big American commodity trading group .
13 Europe 's struggle over state subsidies to steel makers continues .
14 During the leadership contest in November 1990 , Conservative MPs were split three ways between Thatcherites , Heselteenies and one-nation Tories , who were embarrassed by the poll tax and sympathised with Sir Geoffrey Howe 's resignation over Europe .
15 April 26 Baker returns to Jerusalem for talks with Israeli leaders , but is forced to cut short his visit because of the death of his mother ; US State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler expresses Baker 's discontent over Israel 's refusal to compromise .
16 The DTI still has a long way to go before it can seriously contest the Treasury 's hegemony over matters economic .
17 So important , in fact , that such a cloud would have had a braking effect on the Sun 's spin over aeons of time .
18 Mrs Kennedy saluted the Echo 's action over gas fire deaths .
19 Mrs Kennedy saluted the Echo 's action over gas fire deaths .
20 Norman 's stormin' over Premier 's snub
21 Builder 's sand over chipboard base and sides , solve the problems of seeping water and rough projections .
22 By virtue of its nature and scale , the Z-Score is unsuitable for monitoring trends in a company 's solvency over time and averaging to provide an industry picture .
23 THE closed world of special hospitals has been exposed to unusual public scrutiny since last year 's outcry over conditions at Ashworth , Merseyside .
24 Ironically , according to Silviu Brucan , who briefed the Romanian politburo on the implications of such a step , Ceauşescu was the most prominent member of the Romanian politburo who opposed Dej 's desire to make clear the limits of Khruschev 's influence over Romania .
25 It will increase the European Parliament 's influence over Community law-making .
26 PREMIER John Major 's complacency over poverty was savaged by John Smith .
27 However , prospects of a change in the Government 's attitude over Mar Lodge seem unlikely after Scottish Office Minister Lord James Douglas-Hamilton said during the adjournment debate that the existing system would be adequate to safeguard the estate .
28 From this point on , Maud 's hold over Yeats was decisively weakened — he kept in touch with her , in the real world , but any intense contacts had to be achieved through Georgie .
29 The DYP and the SHP both argued that the President had exceeded his constitutional powers in his policy-making ; some Cabinet ministers claimed in February 1991 that they had not been kept informed of Özal 's decision-making over coalition forces operating from Turkish bases .
30 That she could deal with the philosophical and ideological issues related to women 's position in the family is evident from the poem ‘ Man the Monarch ’ in which she debunks the view that men 's sovereignty over women derives from Adam :
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