Example sentences of "[noun pl] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | CHAIRMAN Sir Peter Parker was doing his best , but the 1980s opened with much the same worries of insecurity over government policy , lack of investment , and working practices which harked back to the old company rules . |
| 5 | Her clashes with other European heads of state over Britain 's budgetary contribution to the Community aroused all her basic emotions : here , indeed , she had strong support in Britain itself where sympathy for the bureaucrats of Brussels , with their butter mountains and wine lakes , was distinctly muted . |
| 6 | Although it had become easier for some middle-class men ( or their sons ) to earn membership of the national ruling culture by Edwardian times , their status as true " gentlemen " remained equivocal in an atmosphere of continued mistrust of the business community , albeit tempered by outbreaks of anxiety over the volatility of the lower orders which it was felt the task of their middle-class superiors to defuse . |
| 7 | Southern counties , although rather cloudy , will be mainly dry , except for outbreaks of drizzle over south-west England and South Wales . |
| 8 | Between sender and receiver lies a process — channels of communication over which the sender may have little control . |
| 9 | In another factory , this time a machine shop , managers were divided on whether to allow shop-floor workers some aspects of control over setting computerised tools . |
| 10 | Melt the plain chocolate with three tablespoons of water over a pan of hot water . |
| 11 | Another reform that gave schools an incentive to save money was the passing to schools of control over their own budgets . |
| 12 | Chauthala had been forced to resign by the Janata Dal leadership after months of controversy over a state-level by-election in Haryana 's Meham constituency . |
| 13 | In May Devi Lal 's son , Om Prakash Chauthala , had been forced to resign as the Janata Dal Chief Minister of Haryana ( a post he had effectively inherited from his father in December 1989 ) after months of controversy over a state-level by-election [ see p. 37452 ] . |
| 14 | Mr Fallon , the Schools Minister , hopes he has finally ended months of controversy over Government funding of building work at St Bede 's and St Augustine 's RC primary schools . |
| 15 | The Blinky Bill case ( International News , 6th November 1992 ) has been settled after six months of wrangling over the interpretation of Australia 's trademark and copyright legislation . |
| 16 | Investors were heartened by news that Saudi Arabia has set the second phase of the Al-Yamamah arms deal in train by making a £1½ billion down-payment , ending months of uncertainty over the contract 's future . |
| 17 | Prime Minister Felipe González , the leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) , on April 5 won a vote of confidence in the Congress of Deputies , concluding five months of uncertainty over the exact distribution of seats in the 350-seat Congress resulting from the October general election , after which recounts and repeat elections had been necessary in a number of constituencies . |
| 18 | After several months of uncertainty over the future political direction of the Civic Forum movement , its contending factions agreed in February to form separate organizations ; the Democratic Right Club 's supporters were to become the Civic Democratic Party , while the Liberal Club would formed itself into the Civic Movement . |
| 19 | Ronald Venetiaan , the candidate of the coalition New Front for Democracy and Development ( NF ) , was elected President on Sept. 7 , ending four months of uncertainty over the future government of the country . |
| 20 | But 18 months of argument over the treaty has left Denmark deeply divided . |
| 21 | In the day-to-day life of a legal system its rule of recognition is very seldom expressly formulated as a rule ; though occasionally , courts in England may announce in general terms the relative place of one criterion of law in relation to another , as when they assert the supremacy of Acts of Parliament over other sources or suggested sources of law . |
| 22 | Lay one of the long strips of cardboard over this join and staple through card and fabric on to the batten . |
| 23 | Of the old forest cantons , Uri was always the leader in policies of expansion over the Gotthard into the Ticino . |
| 24 | Amnesty said that the torture of those detained by the army and police was a daily routine , and that it had received reports of more than 200 cases of torture over the past two years , but believed the true figure to be much higher . |
| 25 | Rave kids should be throwing petrol bombs at the Houses Of Parliament over the way their right to party has been thrown in the proverbial dumper , but they are n't . |
| 26 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales showed no signs of anxiety over the blanket coverage of their alleged marriage problems as their hectic schedule of engagements continued in South Korea . |
| 27 | They showed no signs of anxiety over the coverage of their alleged marriage problems as their hectic schedule of engagements continued in South Korea . |
| 28 | Chief Judge Platt had already shown signs of distress over the government 's intransigence . |
| 29 | If the headache is continuous with no signs of improvement over several days even if the headache is mild . |
| 30 | He showed no signs of improvement over the next 48 hours . |