Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] over [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 102 , here attributed to Willem Drost ) , the first depicting the artist 's sick wife Saskia , the second previously thought to be of his son Titus , Mr Royalton-Kisch felt that emotional attachment to the supposed subject matter had clouded judgement over attribution of drawings such as these . |
| 2 | I guessed you 'd fall head over heels for him . |
| 3 | Press speculation over plans by Western allies to take military action against Iraq to force compliance intensified after US officials confirmed on March 13 that the US aircraft carrier America had entered the Gulf to send a " clear signal " to President Saddam Hussein . |
| 4 | The informal petty bourgeoisie , like the dominant class , has control over means of production and labour power , since its members own their own small enterprises . |
| 5 | Such ‘ advertorials ’ blur the distinction between editorial content and advertising and so shift control over content to the advertisers and away from news organizations . |
| 6 | It was the first appeal court ruling that relatives had a right to claim compensation over damage to a foetus which later caused the child 's death . |
| 7 | The assumptions underpinning the theory are that new suppliers can easily enter the market and there are no restraints on trade ; that consumers are well-informed about their wants and the choices open to them and can exert leverage over sellers by threatening to take their business elsewhere . |
| 8 | COSE FAVOURS BREADTH OVER DEPTH IN DESKTOP SPEC |
| 9 | The Supreme Soviet had resolved to reassume control over Izvestiya in October , but the Mass Media Committee of the Supreme Soviet decided on Oct. 27 to renew examination of the issue and to submit information to the Constitutional Court and the Court of Arbitration [ for background see pp. 39020 ; 39058 ] . |
| 10 | Michelle Dixon had claimed she was sacked from the massive Trees Park Village home in Middleton St George near Darlington after expressing concern over allegations of mice and cockroaches on the premises . |
| 11 | Expressing concern over events in eastern Europe , it rejected outright the possibility of major political reforms and a leading reformist Tran Xuan Bach was dismissed from the politburo . |
| 12 | In addition to expressing disquiet over reports of continuing violations of rights in Iran , the resolution included a reaffirmation ‘ that governments are accountable for assassinations and attacks by their agents against persons on the territory of another state , as well as for the incitement , approval or wilful condoning of such acts ’ . |
| 13 | He turned defence over Scotland into attack . |
| 14 | Two drivers stand trial over deaths of five young people . |
| 15 | She crashed through a tinsel and spray-snow Christmas decoration and , curled up tight , turned head over end through the air , landing neatly on her feet in the street . |
| 16 | Gripping the ski-poles I tried to keep myself steady as the velocity increased and then , all of a sudden I sailed over the edge and felt myself going head over heels towards a white mass of snow far below . |
| 17 | The study of equilibrium growth paths , on the other hand , takes as given that investment and full employment savings are equal , and proceeds typically by analysing development over time in terms of the behaviour of savings . |
| 18 | The problem of filling quotas to specification is probably the most severe disadvantage of a participant-observation study ; since the groups studied are self-recruited , the fieldworker by definition relinquishes control over choice of subject . |
| 19 | Here the Lignite Action Group was set up in March 1985 after a public meeting in Moortown to express concern over test-drilling in the area was attended by 500 people . |
| 20 | It depends , however , … entirely on the attitude which we as conquerors adopt towards the conquered , whether we stop the free circulation in the body politic by our institutions or so organise the dependent races as to leave open opportunities for a proper exercise of the social ambitious instinct [ defined previously as the desire to exercise power over others for their own good ] on the part of the individual native leaders so endowed . |
| 21 | Nelson had fallen head over heels in love with Billie , and had unofficially appointed Charity chief consultant of matters of the heart , which was about the biggest joke she had ever heard . |
| 22 | She would tell him all about her not being Cara Kingsdale , but , of the stupid idiot Fabia Kingsdale who had fallen head over heels in love with him , he would hear not a thing . |
| 23 | It was devised in the mid nineteenth century , at a time when the Commons had considerable direct power over the government , the purpose being to ensure that the Commons could exercise control over officials by pressing the appropriate minister . |
| 24 | Parental wishes and the filling of every desk in the school ( as it has been described ) takes priority over matters of efficiency and economy . |
| 25 | The committee expressed concern over loss of public access as Forestry Commission woodland was sold off , and said that as a first step , all existing rights of way should be maintained . |
| 26 | This in particular ( i ) warned that it was essential that the additional demands on resources associated with reconstruction in the Middle East , unification in Germany , the economic transformation of eastern Europe and prospects for reform in the Soviet Union should be met by reductions in the absorption of saving by governments and an increase in private saving , and that an important contribution could be made by " reassessing spending on defence and subsidies " ; ( ii ) expressed concern over delays in the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations [ see this page ] ; ( iii ) welcomed the continuing commitment of eastern European countries to stabilizing and reforming their economies along market-oriented lines in spite of the added difficulties caused by the collapse of trade in the former COMECON area ; and ( iv ) also welcomed the intention of the authorities in the Soviet Union to " intensify reliance on market mechanisms and to integrate the economy into the multilateral trade and payments system " . |
| 27 | The IMF 's own financial problems were highlighted by its Interim Committee which , after a meeting on Sept. 20-21 , expressed concern over delays in US contributions worth US$12,000 million . |
| 28 | your , your duty under article five is to be guided by the European court and indeed yes the competition law takes precedence over consideration of solvency and protection of policy holders , these are matters which can be reconciled under article eighty five three , not eighty five one |
| 29 | P&O Properties International are developing the DM80 million project with Citibank A>G> Working closely with five architects and local authorities , they have reached agreement over revisions to the 1991 plans . |
| 30 | In February , 43-year-old Holmes scored a shock 12-round points victory over Mercer in Atlantic City , New Jersey to earn a title shot against Evander Holyfield , recently deposed as world champion by Riddick Bowe . |