Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] over [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this also involves , crucially , the identification of areas where there are disagreements between agencies over objectives or methods . |
| 2 | Those sectors of production which can not easily move ( by virtue of the fixed capital they employ or other spatial constraints ) will tend to support an alliance and be tempted or forced to buy local labour peace and skills through compromises over wages and work conditions . |
| 3 | Carey plea for peace over women priests |
| 4 | Most difficult to resolve in the struggle for jurisdiction over clerks who were charged with crimes was whether they could be tried twice , as clause three of the royal Constitutions of Clarendon ( 1164 ) outlined , first in the king 's court and then in the church court , and whether , if found guilty , they should be handed over to a civil court for the passing of the sentence . |
| 5 | The former brigadier Toby Low was continuing his evidence in his action for damages over accusations that he repatriated 70,000 Yugoslavs and Cossacks from Allied-occupied Austria in 1945 , knowing they faced almost certain death . |
| 6 | Apart from loss of control over females , there is also another danger in overinflating the size of the harem . |
| 7 | Loss of control over events . |
| 8 | Even these plans were subject to delay ; in November 1962 , at a special corporation meeting , Alderman James Hegarty moved a vote of censure over delays which meant that 300 out of 500 houses planned in the autumn of 1960 had been delayed . |
| 9 | A precedent lies in the success of securities house Smith New Court in winning £14 million in an action against Citibank over shares in Ferranti bought two months before a fraud . |
| 10 | TML , a 10-member Anglo-French consortium , has had endless disputes with Eurotunnel over costs . |
| 11 | However , in a few cases there were serious disputes in families over questions of inheritance , apparently always followed by very cool relationships between the parties , or ceasing contact altogether . |
| 12 | Prima facie the rules against perpetuities applies to the grant of easements over things not in existence at the date of the lease . |
| 13 | First , under an approved share option scheme overseas participants are restricted to shares under option up to a maximum of £100 000 value ( UK resident participants are not restricted to £100 000 value and are eligible for the grant of options over shares up to an aggregate value of four times annual remuneration ) . |
| 14 | On rocky ground the friction of rope over crests and round corners much reduces fall impacts . |
| 15 | TV payment is a vital part of negotiations over boxers ' fees . |
| 16 | It was viewed by the BBFC last week in the wake of a storm of controversy over claims that the game depicted torture and mutilation . |
| 17 | Unions are hoping it could persuade one company to have a change of heart over plans for a pay freeze for some of it 's workers . |
| 18 | Could it also be that Darlington 's fun and games loving Labour councillors have finally had a change of heart over conferences ? |
| 19 | This thorough stayer , bought out of Guy Harwood 's yard for 25,000 guineas , was a decent staying handicapper on the Flat and will be very hard to beat if reproducing that kind of form over hurdles . |
| 20 | A central theme is that the ‘ transmission ’ of state objectives to the enterprises is problematic , and that this gives rise to typical patterns of negotiation over changes in business strategy and in industrial relations . |
| 21 | But matters were so arranged that for most the outlook was not completely bleak ; almost everyone could arrive eventually at a state of relative freedom from intimidation and enjoy a measure of authority over others . |
| 22 | They feared that to alienate the Grand Prince , who had a wide measure of control over appointments to the hierarchy , would leave them vulnerable to the intellectual vigour of the ‘ heresy ’ . |
| 23 | Mancini , as usual , sees the situation in exclusively personal terms , and explains the animosity between Hastings and Dorset as rivalry over mistresses . |
| 24 | Mancini , as usual , sees the situation in exclusively personal terms , and explains the animosity between Hastings and Dorset as rivalry over mistresses . |
| 25 | The sport 's governing body is also considering suing the American athlete for libel over accusations he made during a campaign to clear his name after he tested positive for steroids in Monte Carlo in August 1990 and was subsequently banned for two years . |
| 26 | Nothing could be further from costume drama or the spreading of cloaks over puddles . |
| 27 | Personality factors also enter into the equation ; some assessors being known in advance to favour certain lines of enquiry over others , or simply to dislike or to mistrust other individual researchers . |
| 28 | Thus , if people achieve a fair degree of mastery over outcomes and have experience in controlling and manipulating the sources of reinforcement in their lives before they are exposed to uncontrollability , they should be more resilient to depression . |
| 29 | Lord Denning observed : ‘ In the OLA 1957 the word occupier is used [ as ] … a convenient word to denote a person who had a sufficient degree of control over premises to put him under a duty of care towards those who came lawfully on to the premises . ’ |
| 30 | Lord Denning stated : Wherever a person has a sufficient degree of control over premises that he ought to realise that any failure on his part to use care may result in injury to a person coming lawfully there , then he is an occupier and the person coming lawfully there is his visitor . |