Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] over [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this sense all that review over findings of fact means is that the court will decide what meaning the particular statutory provision should bear . |
| 2 | From the time of the re-establishment of Serbian rule over Kosovo in 1878 , the Albanian population of the province was persecuted , and throughout the interwar period their hostility to Serbian rule continued to mount . |
| 3 | Interactivity in an information system gives the user some influence over access to the information and a degree of control over the outcomes of using the system . |
| 4 | These intellectual breakthroughs actually coincided with a new social anxiety over incest throughout Europe . |
| 5 | Like a Napoleon or a Montgomery , in fact like any truly great captain , Pétain enhanced his magnetic influence over rank-and-file by frequent surprise visits to the front , presenting medals in person immediately after an attack , enquiring about the wounded . |
| 6 | There was not a sharp transition to the next phase because public sector over spill of a ‘ simple housing kind ’ continued into the early 1960s . |
| 7 | We had a long and interesting chat over coffee at a Yonge Street restaurant . |
| 8 | Madrid , level with Barcelona before the weekend but with an inferior goal difference , took a 2-1 lead over Logrones in the 88th minute and seemed certain winners . |
| 9 | There is a clear excess over expectation of cyanogenic forms in the areas of high and very high mollusc density and of acyanogenic forms in the areas of very low mollusc density . |
| 10 | The actor John Thaw accepted a public apology and undisclosed libel damages in the High Court over allegations in the People in December 1988 about his behaviour while filming the TV series Inspector Morse . |
| 11 | During the 1992 producing season , the four wells on the Panuke development are expected to produce over 3.5 million barrels of high quality 55° API oil ( Scotian Light ) which attracts a premium price over Brent in the world market . |
| 12 | As one of the composer 's biographers has observed , ‘ the German victory over France in 1870–71 was the grand occasion for the digging up of great heros of the French past . |
| 13 | Around 1720 Daniel Defoe witnessed a splendid triumph of determined old age over adversity near Lewes . |
| 14 | Monty Wright landed the decisive win in England 's 6-5 victory over Poland in the amateur international at HMS Nelson , Portsmouth , last night — a unanimous points triumph over Jan Kopreckocaika — in front of the England Commonwealth Games selectors . |
| 15 | ENGLAND 's women had no problem retaining the Triple Crown when they followed the 13–2 defeat of Scotland last week with a 10–0 victory over Wales at Birmingham on Saturday . |
| 16 | ST MARY 'S set up a mouthwatering final with Queen 's after a spirited victory over UCG at St Paul 's . |
| 17 | The move by a sub-committee of the council 's highways committee follows public concern over plans by British Rail to replace manned barriers at Chitts Hill , Lexden , and Church Street , Kelvedon , with automatic barriers covering only half the carriageway . |
| 18 | AN accident at a Ukrainian nuclear power station which killed one worker has raised fresh concern over safety at the former Soviet republic 's network of five plants , and caused a minor panic . |
| 19 | A warrior in the service of Cesare Borgia , he was stabbed to death in 1501 in a quarrel with another man over possession of a fancy Spanish shirt . |
| 20 | The only important examples are the two-week stoppage over differentials by ASLEF in 1955 , and the same union 's two-week strike in the summer of 1982 ( following a series of short strikes in January and February ) over flexible rostering . |
| 21 | There has always been some concern over levels of public spending and taxation , and this has played a part in the arguments about the scope and direction of social policy that are described in Chapter 13 . |
| 22 | Jack Tinker wrote in the Daily Mail , ‘ Not only do we grow to know the entire family environments of George and Doris ( well , even names like that deserve romance ) but we see the passing parade of America 's social life over quarter of a century . |
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers reached the second round proper of the FA Youth Cup with a 2-1 win over Blackpool at Bloomfield Road with goals from Mick Edwards and Rob Williams . |
| 24 | Edinburgh survived a narrow 65-64 win over Bedford in their pool and went on to defeat surprise semi-finalists Heriot Watt 70-42 . |
| 25 | The sanctions are designed to force Libya to hand over the two Lockerbie suspects and to co-operate in the investigation in a similar case , the mid-air explosion of a French airliner over Africa in 1989 . |
| 26 | Congolese officials admitted on Feb. 5 that the key witness linking the bombing of the French airliner over Niger to Libya had escaped from police custody in Brazzaville , Congo , on Jan. 26 . |
| 27 | ( It is interesting , however , that the tsar seems at first to have intended to give the college some jurisdiction over aspects of Russia 's internal administration ; and for a considerable time it did in fact handle quasi-internal issues such as relations with the Kalmuck tribes and with the Cossack hetman in the Ukraine . |
| 28 | If so , then it was a case of sweet revenge for Whittingham , who had been shot down by this unit over England during 1940 ! |
| 29 | Meanwhile the German fighter pilots were making their own claims ; Lt.Willi Kothmann of I/JG 27 claimed one Hurricane at 1700 ( probably Ayre ) , the only claim to be made by pilots of this unit over Malta during 1941. 7/JG 26 then arrived and Fw . |
| 30 | That surely gives British Coal a distinct advantage over importers in negotiations . |