Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | O ate said that the government is to allow all citizens to sue for damages over environmental hazards , and to accompany environmental inspectors on site visits . |
| 2 | The flames from hundreds of eruptions had once furnace-fashioned this valley and left it with rocks precariously dangling on steep hills , scattered warningly across the path , uncertainly wedged , it seemed , against the few huts which passed for homes over an ill-repaired double span of bridge which crossed the stream feeding the lake . |
| 3 | This assumption may be relaxed to a certain extent by allowing for tenure over a specified number of ( exogenously chosen ) periods ( see NN ) or for random terminations ( see Lancaster and Chesher , 1983 ) . |
| 4 | The courts often sit for months over scientific questions — for example , whether whooping cough vaccine caused brain damage — and the GMC may imagine itself stuck with cases lasting months and costing millions . |
| 5 | THE RUSSIAN and Ukrainian Presidents struggling for power over the Black Sea Fleet may be pleasing their nationalist countrymen , but the sailors at the fleet 's Crimean headquarters feel only shame and humiliation at the spectacle of a historic navy in chaos . |
| 6 | She drew deep breaths and fought for control over her trembling limbs . |
| 7 | But first , it is worth briefly summarising the evidence which our surveys have given about problems over credit use — as far as the relationship between borrower and lender is concerned . |
| 8 | If politics is regarded as conflict over whose preferences are to prevail in the determination of policy , then the budget records the outcomes of this struggle . |
| 9 | Many men and women are employed under contracts of employment which provide for transfers over a wide area . |
| 10 | A sample of 20 g of fine sediment is suspended in a 1000 ml measuring cylinder charged with water containing dispersant , and thoroughly mixed through end over end rotation or by means of a manual stirrer which travels from the base to the top of the fluid column . |
| 11 | Another approach to protecting the social element is to secure that there is an open and healthy political system through which citizens can act as watchdogs over their own social rights — this again highlights the importance of the political element of citizenship . |
| 12 | Some of us are puzzled by this phenomenon , because it seems incompatible with another idea we cherish , which is that people must not be blamed for acts over which they had no control , nor held responsible for unfair gains when they have gained nothing themselves . |
| 13 | It has to do with short-term planning and public accounting systems , which mean that , although money can in theory be voted for projects over a number of years , in practice , it usually arrives in annual dribs and drabs . |
| 14 | ‘ Private Eye ’ must wait for decision over libel retrial |
| 15 | On reaching the summit at 12.41 local time , 7.41 BST , Ms Stephens shouted for joy over a radio link to Mr Earl and her boyfriend and climbing colleague John Barry at the Advanced Base Camp Two at 23,000 ft . |
| 16 | Wright , unbeaten in nine paid bouts , faces former Central Area champion Kevin Spratt ( Bradford ) ; Maj looks for revenge over Mark Verikios ( Swansea ) ; Moffatt tackles Jimmy Vincent ( Birmingham ) and Churchill meets a selected opponent . |
| 17 | Women are , however , very often left with the responsibility because , in the same way that they have had to worry about contraception over the years , men often do n't see it as an issue for them , or are reluctant and afraid to discuss it . |
| 18 | It is worth recalling that in Section 3.3 the analogous question was addressed for transport over a curved surface . |
| 19 | Stoltenberg had been proposed by the Secretary-General after his predecessor , Jean-Pierre Hocké , had resigned amid controversy over expenses [ see p. 36989 ] . |
| 20 | On Dec. 18 Bush confirmed that talks between himself and the Iraqi Foreign Minister , Tariq Aziz , scheduled to be held in Washington between Dec. 20 and Jan. 3 , had been cancelled following disagreements over the precise date of the meeting . |
| 21 | The white blades rose and trembled like wings over the water , dipped , and rose again , scattering drops of emerald . |
| 22 | Enrichment of the hydrogen content is accomplished by passing the syn-gas mixed with steam over an iron catalyst , when the mildly exothermic ‘ water gas shift reaction ’ occurs , |
| 23 | Here I shall find you , Céline , soul of my soul , he told the summits of Arthur 's Seat as they rose into view over the flats of Dunbar . |
| 24 | I had already come into conflict over race and patriotism . |
| 25 | Since then they had come into contact over one or two smaller matters , and it was to him that Greg naturally went in the aftermath of Hilda Machin 's death . |
| 26 | They were on exactly the same wavelength as Massim d'Azeglio who said , after Italy had been politically unified : ‘ We have made Italy , now we have to make Italians ’ , that is out of the inhabitants of the peninsula who had all sorts of identities , but not one based on a language they did not speak , and a state that had come into existence over their heads . |
| 27 | The Whig and Tory groupings had come into existence over a particular crisis , and although that crisis was not about just one issue — Exclusion — it was the case that the parties polarised over how they thought the crisis could be resolved . |
| 28 | UK HOTELS have once again come under fire over the amounts they charge for telephone calls . |
| 29 | The vote was boycotted by a rival faction led by Kenneth Matiba and Martin Shikuku , who had differed with Odinga over methods of selecting FORD 's presidential candidate [ see p. 39040 ] . |
| 30 | Press into position over the shoulder pads , one half along each one . |