Example sentences of "[verb] to [noun pl] over [art] " in BNC.

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1 Evacuees were dispersed to billets over a wide area : for example , London children were spread from Land 's End to the Wash , under 476 billeting authorities and 73 education authorities .
2 There was a local tradition that Gloucester and the Stanleys came to blows over the division of authority , and their continuing rivalry may lie behind a royal command in 1476 that the tenants of Congleton should attend ‘ only upon the king 's highness and in his absence upon the lord Stanley ’ .
3 I remember we came to blows over the Queen Mother thing .
4 There was a local tradition that Gloucester and the Stanleys came to blows over the division of authority , and their continuing rivalry may lie behind a royal command in 1476 that the tenants of Congleton should attend ‘ only upon the king 's highness and in his absence upon the lord Stanley ’ .
5 There are many options open to the tourist — from car hire , coach tours and steamer trips to flights over the glaciers in a seaplane .
6 The 1944 Act was amended so that free milk was provided to pupils over the age of 7 only if they attended special schools or qualified on medical grounds .
7 The finance costs of debt should be allocated to periods over the term of the debt at a constant rate on the carrying amount .
8 This will be allocated to periods over the primary period at a constant rate on the carrying amount , as required by paragraph 25 of the [ draft ] FRS .
9 to contribute to debates over the role of cognitive factors in social perception ;
10 The new dietary proved to be an improvement although the youngest children were still wasting a great deal of the milk porridge , and alternation of a diet with tea and bread-and-butter was advised , similar to that given to children over the age of nine .
11 Mean maximal resting anal pressures and maximum squeeze pressures were significantly lower in older people , although the word ‘ older ’ referred to patients over the age of 65 rather than 50 as in this study .
12 ‘ But recent events have led to anxieties over the quality of some of these drugs . ’
13 It is understood the airline could face fines and costs totalling more than £300,000 in connection with the case which relates to events over a six-year period from 1981 .
14 I presume you have access to the various briefing papers we have circulated to branches over the last 18 months or so .
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