Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun pl] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new political force emerged in late 1990 as a result of disagreements over policy and coalition alliances in Sicily . |
| 2 | In oral as well as in literate culture , it would appear that there are techniques whereby the directness and immediacy of everyday experience are contrasted with the holding of traditions over time , and with the ‘ fixing ’ and ratifying of definitions and meanings . |
| 3 | Prima facie the rules against perpetuities applies to the grant of easements over things not in existence at the date of the lease . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | TV payment is a vital part of negotiations over boxers ' fees . |
| 6 | The reasons why cereal based ORS have been so successful has not been examined but a number of possible mechanisms have been proposed including increased substrate availability without increased osmolality , kinetic advantage of oligosaccharides over glucose monomers , and low osmolality . |
| 7 | If the pond-building books fail to acknowledge Murphy 's Law , it is nowhere more evident than at the point where neat diagrams demonstrate the laying of slabs over flap of liner . |
| 8 | Progress of talks over US bases |
| 9 | Law consulted Lansdowne on all matters of importance , kept him informed of the progress of negotiations over Ulster , but found him difficult to convince of the merits of compromise . |
| 10 | It can be seen that there is a wide range of statutory and semi-public bodies exercising a variety of controls over development in particular areas of the countryside . |
| 11 | Nothing could be further from costume drama or the spreading of cloaks over puddles . |
| 12 | ONE of the great advantages of villages over cities for chronic insomniacs , such as I am , is that late at night there is nothing to do in a village except read . |
| 13 | One of the major advantages of letters over telephone conversations is that they provide a permanent record . |
| 14 | It recommends a full evaluation study of the problem , and urges an end to the disagreement in the Council of Ministers over regulations governing finance for pollution research . |
| 15 | This will have a wide range of powers over health , education and housing and over significant aspects of industrial and economic policy ’ . |
| 16 | In recent months , after the computerisation of employment records , the service has been the focus of a wide range of stoppages over staffing . |
| 17 | Austin Texas-based Alliance Technologies Inc will introduce TextMachine , a set of tools for indexing , storing and accessing large volumes of documents over client/server architectures . |
| 18 | Sir David did not comment on Britain and China 's war of words over Hong Kong 's future , or Hong Kong 's recent differences with Peking over the Chinese swimmer , Yang Yang , who was allowed to leave Hong Kong for the United States . |
| 19 | But despite the political war of words over tax , she found it hard to prepare new strategies because no party had said very much about VAT . |
| 20 | As the war of words over November the seventh heats up , is changing the names of forty streets and metro stations back to their pre-revolutionary titles , just hours before the tanks rolled through Red Square for the traditional Revolution Day parade . |
| 21 | The adverse consequences of such loose rein appointment procedures were not lost on one White House aide who served both Nixon and Reagan During the transition the Reagan forces took a number of steps designed to deal with the sort of problems over appointments that Nixon had encountered . |
| 22 | Jean de Grilly , seneschal of Gascony , told Edward I in 1282 that he was quite unable to predict the upshot of negotiations over Bigorre ‘ not least because of the changeability and inconsistency of the count ’ . |
| 23 | After the second fuel stops , Mass resumed with a lead of 52secs over Baldi , with Bailey another 27 secs down and under threat from the Jaguar of Andy Wallace and Davy Jones . |
| 24 | But the strapping Middlesbrough centre half insists : ‘ There 's no tug of loyalties over Wednesday 's game . |
| 25 | Indictment of congressman — Issuing of subpoenas over Post Office scandal |
| 26 | The population level remained stable despite a surplus of baptisms over burials . |
| 27 | Any overall surplus of exports over imports would result from an excess of saving and a lack of consumption and investment within the economy . |
| 28 | It will be noticed that the personal sector has a surplus of receipts over expenditure of £500 million , the public sector has a deficit of £1,500 million , the external sector has a surplus amounting to £1,000 million , and the industrial and commercial sector is in balance . |
| 29 | Even allowing for a slight predominance of boys over girls among children , this still suggests that around two-thirds of the first generation of mill workers were female . |
| 30 | Semi-detached MOTHER of three Elizabeth Sibley , Tory candidate in Durham North , faces a clash of loyalties over Sunderland 's FA Cup semi-final next Sunday . |