Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE RUSSIAN and Ukrainian Presidents struggling for power over the Black Sea Fleet may be pleasing their nationalist countrymen , but the sailors at the fleet 's Crimean headquarters feel only shame and humiliation at the spectacle of a historic navy in chaos . |
| 2 | Women are , however , very often left with the responsibility because , in the same way that they have had to worry about contraception over the years , men often do n't see it as an issue for them , or are reluctant and afraid to discuss it . |
| 3 | On Dec. 18 Bush confirmed that talks between himself and the Iraqi Foreign Minister , Tariq Aziz , scheduled to be held in Washington between Dec. 20 and Jan. 3 , had been cancelled following disagreements over the precise date of the meeting . |
| 4 | The white blades rose and trembled like wings over the water , dipped , and rose again , scattering drops of emerald . |
| 5 | Here I shall find you , Céline , soul of my soul , he told the summits of Arthur 's Seat as they rose into view over the flats of Dunbar . |
| 6 | UK HOTELS have once again come under fire over the amounts they charge for telephone calls . |
| 7 | Press into position over the shoulder pads , one half along each one . |
| 8 | FRENCH trainer Francois Doumen is brimming with confidence over The Fellow 's bid for a second successive victory in Kempton 's King George . |
| 9 | Marx in the notebooks is opposed to McLennan , Maine , Phear , and other who disagreed with Morgan over the commonality of the gens , principally because they saw society growing out of the individual monogamous family with its private property . |
| 10 | Erskine , long resident in Stockholm , is known for the warm , humane domestic , public and commercial buildings he has designed in Sweden over the past 50 years . |
| 11 | Finance director Keith Todd announced that ICL has gained one point of market share in the UK , in a declining overall market — stealing back a little of the market share that IBM UK has won from ICL over the past 20 years . |
| 12 | Thousands of pensioners have protested in London over the government 's plans for V A T on domestic fuel . |
| 13 | Conti , of Hampstead , north London , was speaking at the unveiling of the BBC 's £27 million package of films , comedy and drama to pull in viewers over the festive period . |
| 14 | An amputee , she could not yet accustom herself to what was lost and gone , lost as her parents scattered in fragments over the Nevada desert . |
| 15 | Sir Hugh , in his first major interview for 12 months , said the 15 bombs the IRA has detonated in London over the past few weeks were comparatively minor . |
| 16 | America 's faltering recovery continued with a 6.7% rise in housing starts in April over the previous month , lower than had been expected after a first quarter in which housing starts had been curbed by bad weather . |
| 17 | Claudia exclaimed in delight over the presents Ricky had brought , which included a dark red cashmere jersey , a length of Harris Tweed , a striped silk Turnbull and Asser dressing gown and a Herbert Johnson tweed cap for Alejandro . |
| 18 | Two Crystal Palace directors have resigned in protest over the ‘ dictatorial policies ’ of chairman Ron Noades . |
| 19 | Neil Owen , who 's councillor for Milton-under-Wychwood , Fifield and Bruern , became an Independent when the eighteen rebels resigned in protest over the Government 's level of Community Charge in west Oxfordshire . |
| 20 | The Income & Growth PEP allows you to invest in the Capital House Income & Growth Unit Trust which , despite one of the most difficult periods for stock market investment , has seen an investment of £100 grow to £183 over the last five years — had you been able to invest in the Income & Growth PEP over this period you would have received this return free of all personal taxes . |
| 21 | The list of foreign players attracted to Whaddon over the years has been endless . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's part of the pattern , Charles ; society disintegrates before our eyes and we are expected to paper over the cracks . ’ |
| 23 | The sharp decline was blamed on fears over the falling yen and over-valued stock prices on the Tokyo stock exchange . |
| 24 | Superintendent if any other information had come to light over the next few hours would you have reconsidered the matter ? |
| 25 | In contrast , the Districts of Warwickshire experienced very little actual change in their assessed expenditure needs per head over the three years , with relatively small increases and decreases , although their ranking alters dramatically . |
| 26 | Critical self-reflection does not have to be confined to self-questioning over the grounds of one 's beliefs and actions . |
| 27 | Felipe de Santis sat at the wheel , his eyes dark and irritated as he approached at speed over the rough ground . |
| 28 | Sales and unit growth of the small scale multi-user systems market is forecast at 6% over the period , with average cost falling from $38,000 to $36,400 in 1997 . |
| 29 | The meeting , reportedly called at the instigation of Japan , was dominated by concern over the recent advance of the US dollar which , according to the Financial Times of June 24 , had risen by up to 20 per cent against the German deutschmark and other currencies in recent weeks [ see pp. 37978 ; 38170 ] . |
| 30 | The value of the shares in a hypothetical portfolio of acquired banks rose by 420% over the period studied , against a 160% increase for a portfolio of wallflower banks . |