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

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1 Instead of staying with me as he 'd planned , he rents this ancient pile , miles from anywhere , just so he can keep an eye on this stupid female who seems to have got herself into all sorts of trouble over a piece of land — ’
2 Interactive Systems Corp — now SunSoft Inc — began by marketing the product strongly , but later faced a barrage of complaints and problems over speed and stability , and reportedly lost a great deal of money over the venture .
3 People had been staging revolutions without a great deal of success over the years and it was seventy percent of the people who were disadvantaged was n't it ?
4 Black Holes are fascinating , and have caused a great deal of excitement over the past 20 years .
5 To someone accustomed by the existing advanced accounting courses , with no involvement in the National Certificate , the proposals seemed somewhat revolutionary and the document generated a good deal of discussion over the following few weeks on the relative merits of the B1 and B2 models etc .
6 Directly and indirectly , they have a great deal of influence over curricular matters .
7 We have repaid a great deal of debt over recent years .
8 ‘ I caused the party a great deal of anxiety over my views ’ he explained and added ‘ but strangely enough with this book it has not been such a struggle .
9 There is a good deal of confusion over the use of concepts to analyse the institutions and processes of policy-making .
10 Interim reporting has been attracting a great deal of attention over the past year .
11 Other polls have been published in the newspapers , however , and the issue has gained a good deal of attention over the past few weeks .
12 I could hardly blame him here — at least his feelings ; but even if , with an earlier and exact diagnosis he could have been spared a great deal of pain over a considerable period of time , I realize that nothing could have saved him .
13 The ribbon is made , and thenceforth she spends a great deal of time over her hair .
14 Constanze was to spend a good deal of time over the next two years at Baden , where her husband often visited her .
15 The Bank of England has a great deal of power over the financial markets because of its role as lender of last resort .
16 The programmers in the company initially had a good deal of control over the computer installation , which provoked management to cut down their influence .
17 From the Carlowitz peace negotiations with the Habsburgs in 1699 , successive grand viziers began to leave him a good deal of control over foreign affairs , though he again was also entrusted with a wide variety of other and quite different functions .
18 After James II had been overthrown , a new system of government began to develop under which Parliament met every year and voted taxes annually , the King chose ministers who were acceptable to Parliament , the administrative departments became independent of direct royal intervention ( though the King still had a great deal of authority over his ministers ) and Parliament took responsibility for national financial policy .
19 There is a good deal of controversy over this issue .
20 In conclusion , we believe that our study avoided the methodological and analytical problems of previous reports , which have given rise to a great deal of controversy over the efficacy of EFA supplementation in AD .
21 Although the [ draft ] FRS requires appropriations of profit over and above the dividends payable to be made in some circumstances in respect of non-equity shares it does not affect the total amount of distributable profits .
22 El Segundo , California-based systems integrator , Computer Sciences Corp , and Sun Microsystems Inc are teaming to offer client/server solutions to aeroplane builders — the two expect to win $80m of business over the next 18 months : CSC won the $3bn , 10-year outsourcing contract with General Dynamics in 1991 .
23 Then he slides his saucepan of milk over the flame .
24 Erm so you would have done er yeah then you 've got You 've got your speed of distance over time correctly .
25 So whatever the numerical distribution of jobs or of unemployment , the tentacles of control over those jobs , and over the functioning of the economy as a whole , in the main lead back — if they stay within Britain at all — to London .
26 It peaked in the election years of 1983 and 1987 and even the collapse of optimism over the period 1978–80 was halted and temporarily reversed at the 1979 election ( The Economist , 1990 , p. 34 ) .
27 Codes of practice were supposed to protect the customer , by dangling the threat of expulsion and consequent loss of income over the practitioners .
28 Apart from loss of control over females , there is also another danger in overinflating the size of the harem .
29 Loss of control over events .
30 The family 's loss of control over the youth is crucial to his development in sport , for , if there was a more balanced social management within the West Indian community , it is likely that the vibrance and energy expended in sport could be directed into more orthodox areas .
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