Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stand-off between Army and Bhutto over Sind |
| 2 | The Poundswick dispute in Manchester , when the LEA wished to reinstate pupils excluded for scrawling graffiti on a school wall , and the teachers , backed by the governors , objected because the graffiti allegedly contained personal insults to teachers , prompted a reappraisal of the respective powers of schools and LEAs over reinstatement . |
| 3 | Hostilities between India and Pakistan over Kashmir had ended in a ceasefire from Jan. 1 , 1949 . |
| 4 | The BVDG is currently lobbying in Bonn and Brussels over taxation issues affecting the art market : the uncertainty of preferential tax treatment of art works by the EC in 1993 , and the German wealth tax ( Vermögenssteuer ) now levied on collections worth over DM 20,000 . |
| 5 | On top of all that came uncertainties due to the referendums in France and Denmark over Maastricht . |
| 6 | Conflict between Russia and Ukraine over control of the Black Sea Fleet intensified during July when a Russian frigate defected to Odessa . |
| 7 | The postponement , decided on Sept. 16 by the presidents of Byelarus , Kazakhstan , Kirgizstan , Russia and Ukraine , apparently stemmed from disagreements between Russia and Ukraine over control of the nuclear weapons stationed in Ukraine . |
| 8 | On Sept. 24 , Yeltsin and the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev achieved a ceasefire agreement between the republics of Azerbaidjan and Armenia over Nagorny Karabakh , where an estimated 800 people had died in inter-ethnic conflict since 1988 . |
| 9 | THE WAR of words between the US and Canada over acid rain reached new heights last week . |
| 10 | Competition between incomers and Shetlanders over house sites seem to be an important factor . |
| 11 | CONFRONTATION between Hong Kong and China over Governor Chris Patten 's democracy proposals took a marked turn for the worse yesterday when the colonial administration ignored Beijing 's reservations and published his new democracy blueprint ready to go into law . |
| 12 | Ending 20 months of negotiations , the agreement eased the tension between the UK and China over consultation on Hong Kong 's affairs in the period leading up to 1997 when the colony was to revert to Chinese control , and ended the uncertainty over the US$16,200 million airport project , announced in 1989 , whose funding had been threatened by China 's opposition . |
| 13 | Investors were expressing relief about a partial solution to the contracts issue , which has become entangled in the row between China and Britain over Hong Kong 's political future . |
| 14 | It will be hard for us to be away from Andrew and Peter over Christmas and New Year but the boys have been really encouraging , telling us to go for all God has for us . |
| 15 | Late in 1895 a diplomatic storm blew up between Britain and America over Venezuela . |
| 16 | A growing rift was apparent between Iran and Turkey over competition for influence among the newly independent Central Asian states and over the future role and shape of ECO . |
| 17 | Neville Chamberlain announced that the dispute between Germany and Poland over Danzig must be settled by legitimate negotiation . |
| 18 | Sir Patrick was also closely involved in differences between London and Dublin over extradition and clashed with the Irish government over the validity of warrants in several cases and notably over the Irish refusal in 1989 to hand over Mr Patrick Ryan , who is wanted in Britain for alleged involvement with IRA bombings . |
| 19 | Tension between the Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan over administration of the bitterly-disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh threatened to erupt into full-scale confrontation . |