Example sentences of "[noun] over [adj] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Public concern about war over such a trivial issue led Eisenhower to lower the temperature by offering to request a withdrawal of at least part of Chiang 's garrisons on the islands in return for a cease-fire .
2 My point of order is that , if the Government are having a difference with someone as important as a European Commissioner over such a substantial sum of European and public money , and with the charges that the British Treasury is laundering that money , surely a Minister should have been at the Dispatch Box today to make a statement .
3 As the ITVA 's rules on comparative whiteness claims in detergent ads have tightened , the ( by now ) several Persil products have not always been able to use this theme , but its development over such a long period was an astonishing piece of consistency by client management and virtuosity by the agency .
4 The three central heating pump chambers are equally well-disguised by building over each a raised plinth , topped by a removable slab .
5 But the broad package of interventions and centralization over such a long period of time surely outstrips that carried out by any previous government .
6 Yanto was also having second thoughts about getting into a fight over such a silly incident , and realised it was caused as much by jealousy as anything else .
7 No-one has enjoyed such popularity over such a wide range of colleagues from the very junior to the very senior .
8 Tenants for short-term leases are generally reluctant to spend money on fitting out , because they are unable to write off their expenditure over such a short term .
9 She told me not to make a fuss over such a small thing .
10 Perhaps the main question is whether the market in its present state can absorb such a wealth of material over such a short period .
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