Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The preference for ideology over aesthetics , however , was a marked characteristic of the contributions of Zhdanov and Radek at the 1934 Congress , and it is clear , if only from the wording of the resolutions adopted , that this approach generally carried the day . |
| 2 | ‘ Private Eye ’ must wait for decision over libel retrial |
| 3 | MasPar sees the combination being used to take care of the problems created by the need for economical storage , low-speed transmission and bandwidth multiplication for applications such as video-on-demand over telephone networks , direct broadcast satellite and cable television services , optical disk and Compact Disk Karaoke . |
| 4 | The birth of commercial television in the early fifties was a victory for money over breeding , of corporate power over paternalism . |
| 5 | They are being backed by the United Kingdom Egg Producers and Retailers Association which says their plight has highlighted the problems being faced by thousands of small egg producers after publicity over salmonella infection . |
| 6 | I can remember the long cloudless days when we drove for mile after mile over desert that stretched out around us as flatly as an unruffled sea ; the way we would pull the throttle out so that the needle stood up straight at the figure forty , and then would laze back with our legs stretched out across the bonnet … . |
| 7 | Dec. 18 Bush confirms cancellation of planned Bush-Aziz talks in Washington after controversy over timing of visit . |
| 8 | This idea of unequal benefit links crucially to the point that competition for influence over behaviour is itself very far from free and equal . |
| 9 | America prepares for battle over TV satellites |
| 10 | however , the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology attacked ministers for complacency over reservoir safety . |
| 11 | The advantages of unity over diversity , or collectivism over individualism , are assumed to be self-evident and the obvious totalitarian overtones are ignored . |
| 12 | A joint commission of representatives of Croatia , the RSK , the EC and UNPROFOR set up in June suspended its negotiations on Nov. 9 due to lack of progress over demilitarization and other issues . |
| 13 | Patterns of support over time |
| 14 | However , in addition to providing information about the child , an indication of change over time may also be helpful in evaluating the success of previous attempts at remedial intervention . |
| 15 | In this kind of evaluation of change over time , it is argued that it is easier to attribute changes directly to the planned intervention , since it is unlikely that other experiences to which the child might be exposed would produce the same pattern of differential progress across different aspects of language . |
| 16 | We shall create an awareness of change over time , preserve an awareness of context and prepare a critique of the nature of sources . |
| 17 | The declaration , with its renewed emphasis on the importance of unity and on the obstacles to it , reads like the triumph of hope over experience : ‘ We urge our clergy and faithful not to neglect or undervalue that certain yet imperfect communion we already share . |
| 18 | Miss Caroline Crawford , the authority 's spokesman , said : ‘ We can all sneer at people who are caught out by outrageous offers , but it is often a case of the triumph of hope over experience . |
| 19 | And on St Cecilia 's : ‘ The school represents ‘ the triumph of hope over despair , of faith over doubt ’ . |
| 20 | The words , ‘ Let's get this country moving again , ’ and ‘ We stand on the edge of a New Frontier , ’ were actually spoken by Kennedy , while 32 years later Bill Clinton promised to ‘ lift up the American people , ’ and of , ‘ a victory of hope over fear … instead of four more tired old years , four new years . ’ |
| 21 | Celebrating a triumph of heart over mind |
| 22 | It is an explicit sense of continuing self which includes a sense of responsibility over time ( ‘ 1 did that ’ ) and , beneath this , a deep sense of psychological continuity ( ‘ I remember having that experience ’ , ‘ I was there then ’ ) . |
| 23 | The socially sanctioned dominance of male over female has hardly been questioned in Salvadorean society " and domestic violence and sexual assault are largely unrecognized and go unreported : |
| 24 | ‘ How near is madness to genius ’ , said Diderot ; while Dr Johnson , confessing that he himself had often been nearly insane , commented that ‘ all power of fancy over reason is a degree of madness ’ . |
| 25 | And on St Cecilia 's : ‘ The school represents ‘ the triumph of hope over despair , of faith over doubt ’ . |
| 26 | This expenditure was funded from a surplus of income over expenditure of £876,208 with the balance coming from specific donations to the Eagle Lodge and Therapy Wing projects and from the Association 's general funds . |
| 27 | * The surplus of income over expenditure will help to neet the heavy expenditure planned for the development of further supportive housing facilities for the elderly and frail . |
| 28 | The scheme involves unwanted good quality furniture being offered to families or individuals in need and its continuing success means it is now operating self-sufficiently with a small excess of income over expenditure . |
| 29 | Clearly , like many other crimes of the powerful , corporate crime is a ‘ legitimate racket ’ — to recall Al Capone 's famous phrase — which displays the ‘ triumph of money over conscience ’ . |
| 30 | The study assembled evidence on the sources of funds for social science research in Britain during the 1980 's and the patterns of expenditure by subject and type of research , and examined changes in the patterns of funding over time . |