Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can write your weight in a diary or on a chart or graph and see progress develop in the right direction over time . |
| 2 | Regional split over conflict — Further failure to secure ceasefire |
| 3 | And the principles underlying it , despite short-term political bargaining over boundaries , were relatively simple , too : to have major services , councils had to have populations large enough to sustain an efficient delivery system ; to have strategic planning functions , still larger bodies were needed , to reflect the need to attract technically adequate staff and to interest political leaders of a sufficiently high calibre . |
| 4 | Some 230 starters contested the race which followed an undulating course over chalk , sand and mud from Whitley . |
| 5 | They can offer little advantage over pressure jet cleaners , are sometimes dangerous and are generally more expensive to run . |
| 6 | Apart from the odd wrangle over samples , the two opponents have enjoyed a fairly benign standoff , and thankfully avoided a revival of the late-Seventies ' punk vs disco debate . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the ability of a British prime minister to decide the timing of a general election must still be considered a significant political advantage over opponents . |
| 8 | While , so far , economic inequality has been discussed in terms of measured command over market resources , there is a connection to poverty when this command is viewed as inadequate . |
| 9 | In this sense all that review over findings of fact means is that the court will decide what meaning the particular statutory provision should bear . |
| 10 | Despite her normal command over words , June Braithwaite found it difficult to ask in ways that were likely to obtain for her what she wanted . |
| 11 | But whether the engine in question is a model Newcomen in Glasgow University , or a warp-drive in geostationary orbit over Barnard 's Star Six , the hand on the spanner could hardly be anything but home-grown and very likely , Clyde-built . |
| 12 | It seems likely that his real mission was to find an escape route for the board , so that it could steer clear of the incident and avoid involving the central state in any direct decision over sex education . |
| 13 | Implicit is the idea that A has some form of control over B , or at least a strong bargaining position that enables A to score a ‘ victory ’ over B. Companies sometimes have power of this kind over suppliers , as where the company is one of only a limited number of buyers of a supplier 's goods or services , and even to an extent over governments , manifested , for example , in negotiations over subsidies or in successful attempts to dilute the content of regulation . |
| 14 | Yet Appendix II ( section 3 ) shows that many people feel that bank loans would be cheaper for them than HP or finance company loans , and better with the manager ‘ a real person ’ they could go to if there was some difficulty over repayments . |
| 15 | The British entries received a mixed reception : enthusiasm ( but not from this correspondent ) for ‘ Naked ’ , a study in ‘ gritty realism ’ which won Mike Leigh the prize for best director ; some revulsion over Peter Greenaway 's ‘ The Baby of Macon ’ , which is for strong stomachs ; and mild pleasure for Kenneth Branagh 's ‘ Much Ado About Nothing ’ . |
| 16 | Kühdorf claimed another Hurricane over Luqa , but again this does not seem to have been confirmed . |
| 17 | The widow of a man who died from asbestosis has begun another court battle with British Rail over compensation . |
| 18 | In ‘ Beyond the Micro : Laxton , The Computer and Social Change Over Time ’ , published in The Local Historian , volume 16 , no. 8 ( 1985 ) , pp. 451–6 , they remark on the contrast between a high turnover of individuals in the village and an underlying stability of households . |
| 19 | Epitomized in this struggle over Athman , and especially in Gide 's correspondence with his mother , is a hesitant yet certain knowledge of how sexual discrimination relates inextricably to other kinds of discrimination . |
| 20 | Public scepticism over elections |
| 21 | From the time of the re-establishment of Serbian rule over Kosovo in 1878 , the Albanian population of the province was persecuted , and throughout the interwar period their hostility to Serbian rule continued to mount . |
| 22 | Here again we find some confusion over dates and details : some biographers erroneously believed that he came North because of ill-health . |
| 23 | There also appears to have been some confusion over photo credits : the colour photo on page 507 was actually taken by this reviewer , but is one of a number of photos incorrectly credited to another person . |
| 24 | get on her high horse over abortion . |
| 25 | The Second Report in 1955 ( HMSO 1955 ) was more optimistic , with the Committee stating that its earlier recommendations had had some influence over employers . |
| 26 | Both families will retain some influence over Phil and Maggie . |
| 27 | Interactivity in an information system gives the user some influence over access to the information and a degree of control over the outcomes of using the system . |
| 28 | In Victorian Britain or France during the Second Empire the critic had some influence over taste . |
| 29 | The 1840 Treaty , signed between the British Crown and the Maori chiefs , marked the formal establishment of British sovereignty over New Zealand , and was seen by many modern Maoris ( who comprised more than 10 per cent of the current population of 3,200,000 ) as the symbolic beginning of a process whereby their culture and status had been systematically undermined . |
| 30 | These intellectual breakthroughs actually coincided with a new social anxiety over incest throughout Europe . |