Example sentences of "[verb] right [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not , however , necessary that the defendant should assert rights of ownership over the goods : taking for the purposes of acquiring a lien or of temporary use have been held to be conversion . |
| 2 | The usual legal connotations of ownership are therefore irrelevant , but the possession of information , or the ability to control it , may nevertheless be of great significance ; in an entirely trivial sense the paper or computer tape on which information is recorded can be owned , and while this does not confer rights of ownership over the information itself , this distinction may seem empty if what really matters is control of access to and use of information . |
| 3 | Waiters scurry to and from their cafes and tavernas , weighed down by great trays of food and drink , tripping over cats and noisily claiming right of way over passing cars . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , it is good practice to grant the tenant express rights of access over the common parts of the building . |
| 5 | Before capitalism , the worker had rights of use over some land , and had enough tools to grow some food and have some produce left to barter for other goods . |