Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurd tries to heal split with China over Hong Kong |
| 2 | I will also focus on the strategies feminists have used to resist sexism in language over the last two decades , which are more varied in their aims and effects than the discussion so far might suggest . |
| 3 | Her order of preventive detention caused consternation among lawyers over a possible breach of civil liberties . |
| 4 | We would begin to thread our way up the railway 's magical valley with sonorous rumbling as we negotiated bridge after bridge over the River Onny . |
| 5 | The report calls on boards to ‘ give precedence to substance over form' , in applying and interpreting the code , but it is doubtful whether companies realise that this could be the last chance for self-regulation . |
| 6 | In the meantime , he appealed to the republics to declare a moratorium " on decisions which give rise to arguments over the issue of competence " , complaining that the alternative was incurable paralysis . |
| 7 | The Labour Party Conference : Trade unions face cut in power over making of policy |
| 8 | The auditors do try to avoid entanglement with arguments over local policy ; nevertheless they are permanent watchdogs with powers of scrutiny and criticism . |
| 9 | So it 's usually made by stoichiometrically adding water to ethylene over an acid catalyst . |
| 10 | When you visit the factory , you will see the different stages of manufacturing , from the mixing of ingredients to the extrusion of the mixture and the lettering in the rock , the preparation of the famous John Bull Fudge and Toffees — made with real cream and butter the old fashioned way to recipes over a 100 years old . |
| 11 | W w why why was it that horses were were given pride of place over the cattle ? |
| 12 | It can be seen that the central position of the MTFS is the ‘ monetarist view ’ of inflation that controlling the rate of growth of the money supply is a necessary and sufficient condition for bringing inflation under control over the medium term , covering a period of 3–4 years . |
| 13 | maintaining contact with families over a period of time |
| 14 | Overnight stayers at the Parkside pit camp get priority for drinks over those who have woken at 5am or earlier to register their protest before they carry on to work . |
| 15 | Takes precedence at carcasses over Egyptian Vulture but is dominated by Black Vulture . |
| 16 | In the 1980s payments of this kind , and for related royalties and patents , have come to equal about 40 per cent of the income in dividends which accrues to foreign investors and they are usually given priority in payment over dividends . |
| 17 | In addition , repeated exposure to violence over time can desensitize or dull a child to the effects of aggression and the signs of pain in others . |
| 18 | In recent months a good deal of concern has been expressed about students no longer having access to benefits over the summer vacation . |
| 19 | The New Statesman 's In Memoriam to Mr Major is a collector 's item , like the newspaper headlines giving victory to Dewey over Truman . |
| 20 | Quit call to officers over coal dust row |
| 21 | Firstly because editors and journalists and so forth get an awful lot of them , and do n't have time to pore over them , and secondly because they pick them up , they sort of come in , they look at it and say , ‘ I ca n't see how I can use this . ’ |
| 22 | Arab nationalism came within an ace of overthrowing King Husayn in Jordan , and the latter 's acceptance of UNRWA 's resettlement programme , which also implied agreement with Israel over the Jordan waters , might have tipped the scales against him . |
| 23 | Better to lose face and be open about not understanding the cryptic message , than to lose sleep at night over it . |
| 24 | MERCURY LAYS BLANKET OF SILENCE OVER ITS PERSONAL NUMBERING TRIAL |
| 25 | Stan was an in-flight engineer on Halifax bombers , taking part in operations over Germany , Italy , and occupied France . |
| 26 | Grant denies rift with Brady over boardroom leak |
| 27 | Sprint has also announced demonstration of videoconferencing over the Internet sponsored by the National Science Foundation . |
| 28 | TWO Irishmen have declared war on Britain over a lump of rock . |
| 29 | DISCUSSIONS have been taking place in Birkenhead over the future of St Laurence 's parish , and one proposal is that it should be joined to Our Lady 's Parish . |
| 30 | Now the company has 270 staff ( it started out with just 30 three years ago ) , has increased production by 20% over the past year and has a turnover of £l2m ( it expects that to rise to £l4m next year ) . |