Example sentences of "[noun] over [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Public concern about war over such a trivial issue led Eisenhower to lower the temperature by offering to request a withdrawal of at least part of Chiang 's garrisons on the islands in return for a cease-fire . |
| 2 | My point of order is that , if the Government are having a difference with someone as important as a European Commissioner over such a substantial sum of European and public money , and with the charges that the British Treasury is laundering that money , surely a Minister should have been at the Dispatch Box today to make a statement . |
| 3 | As the ITVA 's rules on comparative whiteness claims in detergent ads have tightened , the ( by now ) several Persil products have not always been able to use this theme , but its development over such a long period was an astonishing piece of consistency by client management and virtuosity by the agency . |
| 4 | As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done . |
| 5 | The three central heating pump chambers are equally well-disguised by building over each a raised plinth , topped by a removable slab . |
| 6 | But the broad package of interventions and centralization over such a long period of time surely outstrips that carried out by any previous government . |
| 7 | Yanto was also having second thoughts about getting into a fight over such a silly incident , and realised it was caused as much by jealousy as anything else . |
| 8 | No-one has enjoyed such popularity over such a wide range of colleagues from the very junior to the very senior . |
| 9 | I believe that nationalization has become a dirty word in this country over many a year . |
| 10 | Tenants for short-term leases are generally reluctant to spend money on fitting out , because they are unable to write off their expenditure over such a short term . |
| 11 | no mitigating circumstances to excuse a condone the systematic , dishonest and cynical plunder of the Names ' ( investors ' ) premium over such a period of time and on such a scale . |
| 12 | She told me not to make a fuss over such a small thing . |
| 13 | Perhaps the main question is whether the market in its present state can absorb such a wealth of material over such a short period . |