Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A press conference on the subject , which was scheduled for Monday , was cancelled due to the suicide of former Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy over the weekend . |
| 2 | A High Court judge on Dec. 2 severely criticized alleged failings on the part of Home Secretary Kenneth Baker over the proposed deportation of an Indian Sikh dissident ( Karamjit Singh Chahal ) who had sought political asylum in the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | Indeed , the huge capital exports by US business provided a ‘ justification ’ for the United States running a current account surplus and were used as such during the Smithsonian discussions over the size of adjustment of the exchange rate . |
| 4 | A wind of change has been blowing around Windsor Park over the past 12 months and Campbell is now regarded as just another new player who will breeze in . |
| 5 | The government has been obsessed with secrecy as is indicated by the prosecution of Clive Ponting and Sarah Tisdall over the disclosure of material covered by the Official Secrets Act and by their efforts to prevent the publication of Spycatcher by Peter Wright . |
| 6 | A better memorial to him is the statue of Cardinal Wolsey over the gate to Christ Church College , Oxford , which he caused to be erected and underneath which he is named in a Latin inscription . |
| 7 | THERE has been a considerable outcry from St Helens supporters over the eight-match ban imposed on the club 's Kiwi loose forward Shane Cooper two weeks ago . |
| 8 | Wielding the gavel in front of 1,500 people in sweltering heat under a tent on a village football pitch , Paris auctioneer Jacques Tajan sold off the entire contents of the château of antique dealer Bernard Steinitz over the weekend of 29-31 May for FFr 20,049,290 ( £2,045,845 ; $3,682,522 ) . |
| 9 | McAuley , who has driven for the factory teams of Swift and Van Diemen over the past two years , had hoped to graduate to Formula Three this season , but was unable to raise the £150,000 budget . |
| 10 | The monopoly of Osaka merchants over the rice market , and Osaka 's role as a supply source for the demands of Edo and elsewhere , brought substantial prosperity . |
| 11 | She turned to the end of the document and saw a signature S. KETTERING over the address of the villa , LA FELICITÀ , MONDANO-IN-CHIANTI , SIENA , ITALY . |
| 12 | Looking Glass 's voice , though , dominated the council , and it was agreed that he should lead the Nez Perce on the Lolo trail over the Bitterroots , to join the Crows in Montana , and perhaps on to the ‘ Old Woman 's Country ’ , Canada , where Sitting Bull had sought sanctuary after the Custer massacre . |
| 13 | Christopher Boyle and Darren Mills had struck a deal with David Hawthorne over the sale of t-shirts . |
| 14 | DAVE BASSETT last night hit out angrily at David Hirst over the England striker 's horror tackle on Sheffield United left-back Tom Cowan . |
| 15 | THREE people were rescued from a yacht which got into difficulties in heavy seas off Bardsey Island over the weekend . |
| 16 | SDLP leader John Hume has clashed with Unionist MP David Trimble over the impact of his continuing talks with Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams . |
| 17 | ‘ We have made very consistent efforts to brand Phaidon books over the last few years , putting the Phaidon name on the front and back of all our books as a brand image of quality , ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's right , love , ’ shouted Mrs. Hennessy over the noise , as she switched on the vacuum-cleaner . |
| 19 | It is near this point that the Pennine Way crosses Swaledale from Tan Hill over the bleak mass of Stonesdale Moor , falling down into Keld and on by Thwaite to Shunner Fell . |
| 20 | ‘ Boy ’ Mould had served in France with 1 Squadron in 1939/40 , where he had shot down the first German aircraft to be claimed by R.A.F. fighters over the Western Front ; he had over eight victories to his credit at this time . |
| 21 | In table 9.8 are shown some examples of the changes in unit costs which were used in the GRE formulae over the short period from 1983/4 to 1986/7 . |
| 22 | Excitement mounted ; the hills we got to know so well ; on the left Heathmynd , then Rhadley and Linley Hill ; and then on the right the dramatic landmark of the Beech Avenue curling over the top of Norbury . |
| 23 | But it certainly was not all rest and relaxation for Courtney Walsh over the winter . |
| 24 | After the election in February , 1974 , Edward Heath stayed put in Downing Street over the weekend while trying to do a deal with Jeremy Thorpe , the Liberal leader . |
| 25 | Such deterrent action seems obvious but there has been an across-the-board reluctance by BCU committees over the years for the membership to have been informed of punishments handed out for any misdemeanours . |
| 26 | Over 300 amateur golfers from across the United Kingdom and Ireland have signed up to play in next weekend 's Bass-sponsored Heart of Down tournament over the Spa , Downpatrick and Ardglass courses . |
| 27 | For Green , the flexibility of the proposal allowed for the meeting of local demand by either or both organisations , it encouraged further co-operative endeavour between them and facilitated the WEA role over the establishment of a county federation of students as an organisational framework to help overcome the perennial difficulty of isolated university extension centres . |
| 28 | Then he took two detectives to the Queenshill Bridge over the river Severn , Shrewsbury Crown Court was told on the third day of the trial . |
| 29 | The Magdalene Bridge over the River Cam is a cast-iron structure of 1823 . |
| 30 | What comes through the screen is the sheer sense of enjoyment of the game and that is why more than 10 million people have watched the programme on Tuesday nights over the past 26 weeks . |