Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The elections had been called 15 months early after a group of five Green legislators — who had kept the minority government of Michael Field in office since June 1989 [ see p. 37877 ] — withdrew its support after disagreements over the issue of logging [ for May 1989 elections see p. 36658 ] . |
| 2 | The former brigadier Toby Low was continuing his evidence in his action for damages over accusations that he repatriated 70,000 Yugoslavs and Cossacks from Allied-occupied Austria in 1945 , knowing they faced almost certain death . |
| 3 | At his son 's home in Hayes , Middlesex , Mr Murphy , 52 , said he was contemplating action for damages over his treatment . |
| 4 | A few years earlier a friend and fellow member of Brooks 's , Cyril Salmon , a former Lord Justice of Appeal , had put my name down for election to the Seniors Golfing Society , an English-based club for golfers over the age of fifty-five who met from time to time at a variety of attractive courses . |
| 5 | Two-term double modules are used mostly in humanities and social sciences and give longer periods of study for students over broader subject areas . |
| 6 | Seen from the outside the nature , and above all , the neck-breaking speed of achievements over the past two months may seem remarkable . |
| 7 | The official peace negotiations in Rome had been blocked by a succession of differences over a wide range of political and constitutional issues . |
| 8 | They have trained-in a succession of concepts over the years : decision making , then situational leadership , and then contingency theory . |
| 9 | Study in Midlothian had shown a 33% loss , East Lothian a 23% loss and Bedfordshire in England had shown a remarkable 82% loss of ponds over the last century . |
| 10 | A new political force emerged in late 1990 as a result of disagreements over policy and coalition alliances in Sicily . |
| 11 | It was generally accepted , however , that the organization was in some disarray as a result of splits over revolutionary doctrine and personal leadership . |
| 12 | Relations improved with South Korea as a result of concessions over the treatment of the Korean minority within Japan , and Japan 's admission of guilt over its past treatment of Korea [ see p. 38623 ] . |
| 13 | Other accusations were the result of disputes over the ownership of animals . |
| 14 | In addition most clubs organise a full programme of races over the season which , once you 've mastered the basics of sailing , can improve your skills very quickly by matching them up with other boats in the fleet . |
| 15 | Configured like the reticulated rib-cage of some enormous alien creature , long dead and looming over them , the vault appeared not to have been carved but rather rubbed into shape painstakingly , no doubt by the labour of slaves over many decades , millennia earlier . |
| 16 | A review of debates over the past two or three years reveals another unusual aspect . |
| 17 | The proliferation of disputes over scarce water resources , particularly between states bordering the Nile , Euphrates and Jordan rivers , attests to the impact of resource depletion , as does the relationship between deforestation and desertification . |
| 18 | Sir Bryan told the insurance industry yesterday that commissions should be related to the long-term maintenance of policies over their full lifetime , rather than paid out as a lump sum immediately a policy was sold . |
| 19 | This change of outlook was the result of a fusing of perceptions over some years about the character and behaviour of the West Indians as partners in the project of amelioration and gradual emancipation . |
| 20 | Its basis is systematic monitoring of the full complement of courses over this period , and its direct evaluation of some twenty-five of them . |
| 21 | Its organization was similar in that it was controlled by persons of relatively high social status , that ransoming was a major source of profit , and that the transporting of animals over long distances was usual when a payment was not forthcoming . |
| 22 | In oral as well as in literate culture , it would appear that there are techniques whereby the directness and immediacy of everyday experience are contrasted with the holding of traditions over time , and with the ‘ fixing ’ and ratifying of definitions and meanings . |
| 23 | Disappointingly there was little evidence of any change in the condition of attenders over the course of two years from the interviewing of the original sample . |
| 24 | There was some confusion amongst respondents over whether the question related merely to the keeping of a copy of an undertaking on the relevant file , or to a central record of undertakings as intended in the paper . |
| 25 | The auditors do try to avoid entanglement with arguments over local policy ; nevertheless they are permanent watchdogs with powers of scrutiny and criticism . |
| 26 | Mockery from others over one 's appearance ; withdrawal of external appreciation of your beauty . |
| 27 | Middlesbrough cricket club is to join the town 's rugby club in talks over the possible sale of the Acklam Park ground they jointly own in Green Lane , Acklam , Middlesbrough . |
| 28 | Drape the triangle of fabric in folds over the curtains and pole . |
| 29 | Millions of customers are still paying huge interest rates , despite Chancellor Norman Lamont 's three per cent cut in rates over the past seven weeks . |
| 30 | Impasse in discussions over Danube dam |