Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | O ate said that the government is to allow all citizens to sue for damages over environmental hazards , and to accompany environmental inspectors on site visits . |
| 2 | Women are , however , very often left with the responsibility because , in the same way that they have had to worry about contraception over the years , men often do n't see it as an issue for them , or are reluctant and afraid to discuss it . |
| 3 | Conti , of Hampstead , north London , was speaking at the unveiling of the BBC 's £27 million package of films , comedy and drama to pull in viewers over the festive period . |
| 4 | ( The British land policy in India was to come to grief over this dilemma . ) |
| 5 | William Plumpton , cultivating Gloucester and his retainer John Pilkington in the hope of bringing pressure to bear on Northumberland over a Knaresborough office , was firmly warned off by a more sophisticated associate . |
| 6 | William Plumpton , cultivating Gloucester and his retainer John Pilkington in the hope of bringing pressure to bear on Northumberland over a Knaresborough office , was firmly warned off by a more sophisticated associate . |
| 7 | ‘ At present anyone who deals with sexual abuse is going to come across people over whose dead bodies they are going to continue to work , ’ she says . |
| 8 | Visits by National Insurance inspectors are to increase by 30% over the next year , according to the Contributions Agency 's new Business Plan . |
| 9 | Gas demand is likely to increase by 25% over the remainder of the century with saturation being achieved in domestic markets and increased penetration occurring in industrial and commercial markets . |
| 10 | Districts are , however , required to consult with counties over ‘ matters of concern ’ . |
| 11 | In order to engage in comparisons over time we were faced with a dilemma stemming from the change in the range of newspapers over this period . |
| 12 | In January 1978 , the Lord Chancellor announced that Judge Neil McKinnon had said that he wished not to preside in future over cases involving racial questions ; and that this wish would be given effect to . |
| 13 | Countries like Britain take that food from where it is needed most to feed to livestock over here . |
| 14 | Although initially encouraging , the approach proved to be fruitless and both bodies made independent arrangements within separately developed policies which were to lead to disagreement over the Cambridge Board 's RAC scheme for liberal adult education throughout the region , and which is considered in the next section of this chapter . |
| 15 | The story goes so far as to suggest that Hewlett-Packard threatened to resign from OSF over the pace of development but changed its mind . |
| 16 | An advancement means a sum of money paid to a child to start him in business or to make a permanent provision for him ; it does not include casual payments given as a present or to help to tide over temporary difficulties . |
| 17 | OEMs will have to pay USL $60,000 to get the source code in-house and another $25,000 in sublicensing fees to ship to customers over and above paying OSF $150,000 for a DCE license . |
| 18 | Holding down the latest addition to the incinerator with the prongs of his rake , Morpurgo slowly turned his head to look at Harry over his left shoulder . |
| 19 | She turned to look at Alice over her shoulder . |
| 20 | It would not be appropriate in a book of this kind to go into details over the clinical manifestations and classifications of mental disorder , although the booklist at the end of the chapter contains some introductory reading on the subject . |
| 21 | Yet Martha was a woman of courage , and she succeeded nobly in satisfying her hungry lodgers with wholesome fare , and spreading for them sheets a prince might fold around him ; and though the body was often weak , the spirit was lively , and soon found a way whereby to mount with ease over any difficulty that might arise in the government of her household or the entertainment of her hospices . |
| 22 | One woman described how she experienced an aggressive pattern : ‘ I found it very difficult to cope with women over me , especially if I thought that they were n't being fair — although I had no problems when dealing with men . |
| 23 | De Gaulle had made of France 's relations with the United States and the rest of NATO , what Ceauşescu seemed to do for Romania over the next decade within the Warsaw pact . |
| 24 | A similar problem arose when the USA had to deal with Iran over the seizure of its Embassy staff in 1979–81 . |
| 25 | Mr Patten , accused of playing a leading part in her downfall , has been taking her advice on how to deal with China over the 1997 hand-over of the colony . |
| 26 | To deal with disputes over such matters , regional health authorities will act as conciliators . |
| 27 | The Palestinian delegation , bolstered by several new members , insisted that it was only prepared to negotiate with Israel over the issue of settlements and over human rights violations in the occupied territories . |
| 28 | Finally , the dilemmas associated with abuse have more to do with anxiety over taking a moral position than with the complexity of the subject . |
| 29 | They suggest that in many circumstances , and particularly more recently , the central problems facing management are not so much to do with control over labour but are much more to do with such matters as obtaining orders for products , getting the design right , innovating , and handling their relations with the capital market . |
| 30 | Election ‘ 92 : Ashdown seeks to put on pressure over PR |