Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] of [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Southern counties , although rather cloudy , will be mainly dry , except for outbreaks of drizzle over south-west England and South Wales . |
| 2 | Chauthala had been forced to resign by the Janata Dal leadership after months of controversy over a state-level by-election in Haryana 's Meham constituency . |
| 3 | In May Devi Lal 's son , Om Prakash Chauthala , had been forced to resign as the Janata Dal Chief Minister of Haryana ( a post he had effectively inherited from his father in December 1989 ) after months of controversy over a state-level by-election [ see p. 37452 ] . |
| 4 | In the day-to-day life of a legal system its rule of recognition is very seldom expressly formulated as a rule ; though occasionally , courts in England may announce in general terms the relative place of one criterion of law in relation to another , as when they assert the supremacy of Acts of Parliament over other sources or suggested sources of law . |
| 5 | Take a typical staircase in your home ( 3–35° ) , tilt it to match the angle of the sides of Egypt 's Great Pyramids at Giza ( 52° ) , remove some of the steps , and shovel ice and a couple of feet of snow over the whole affair . |
| 6 | ‘ Chuck a couple of buckets of water over him , we might be able to recognise what it is , ’ Yanto suggested . |
| 7 | For the measurement of changes of performance over time items were to be analysed using the Rasch model . |
| 8 | The obtaining of access and maintenance of rights of way over Pennine moorlands , particularly in the Peak District , was fundamental to their activities . |
| 9 | Chronology is one of the cornerstones of geomorphology , and researchers are urged to balance their studies of present geomorphic processes by an appreciation of rates of work over timescales of 10 4 — 10 6 years . |
| 10 | After the death of Chilperic and the revolt of Gundovald in 584 , Guntram recognized his nephew as being fit to rule in his own name , but even this did not ensure consistently good relations between the two kings , not least because of differences of opinion over control of certain cities , and because of the ramifications of the Gundovald affair . |
| 11 | She lay down on the bed intending simply to relax and restore herself , but within minutes she was deeply asleep , her red-gold hair fanning out like tongues of fire over the white pillows . |
| 12 | I repeat that there is no system that can automatically preclude evil people getting into positions of power over vulnerable people . |
| 13 | With changes of government over time reflecting different views about inflation and unemployment , a cross-section Phillips curve with different countries as the observations is postulated . |
| 14 | These funny-looking blokes just turned up on the doorstep with rolls of carpet over their shoulders asking if we wanted to buy them . |
| 15 | The sides are a bit icy and there 's sort of puddles with sheets of ice over them . |
| 16 | Others possess cultures of phosphorescent bacteria in special organs with flaps of skin over them which can be moved to expose or conceal the bacteria in a series of winks and flashes . |
| 17 | Of the old forest cantons , Uri was always the leader in policies of expansion over the Gotthard into the Ticino . |
| 18 | ( They forget , though General Powell never does , that the army has placed more black Americans in positions of authority over whites than any other body in the country . ) |
| 19 | The contrasts sound even more spectacular if the changes are expressed in terms of experience over a lifetime . |
| 20 | In terms of day-to-day influence over policy or even in terms of control over the executive , its powers are risible . |
| 21 | The first point is that Ramsey pricing has advantages both in terms of static efficiency and also arguably in terms of equity over cost-based pricing . |
| 22 | But I mean in terms of knitwear over the last few years I can give you one or two examples which I think you 'll readily er understand . |
| 23 | Another reform that gave schools an incentive to save money was the passing to schools of control over their own budgets . |
| 24 | John Barton , the Islands ' Director of Fisheries , agreed to participate provided that negotiations were limited to technical matters ( such as the conservation of squid stocks ) and did not touch on areas of sovereignty over the Falklands or the resumption of direct links with the Argentinian mainland . |
| 25 | They are to maximize the lineage 's accumulation of symbolic capital , and not primarily over principles of power over a whole society . |
| 26 | The shop stewards movement , contrary to the arguments from some quarters , would not necessarily be demobilised in a context of incomes policy , but would be able to use its bargaining strength at enterprise level to insist on measures of control over the broader issues of enterprise policy . |
| 27 | Thus , a study ( Korpi , 1978 , p. 332 ) of the unions and politics in Sweden concluded that , with the strengthening of their collective power base the levels of aspiration of wage-earners are likely to increase ( in a political sense ) , ‘ extending to issues of control over work and production ’ ; while another study ( Gallie , 1978 , p. 299 ) brought out important differences between British and French workers in their attitudes to the present system of industrial production , with the latter taking a much more political view : |
| 28 | Although it had become easier for some middle-class men ( or their sons ) to earn membership of the national ruling culture by Edwardian times , their status as true " gentlemen " remained equivocal in an atmosphere of continued mistrust of the business community , albeit tempered by outbreaks of anxiety over the volatility of the lower orders which it was felt the task of their middle-class superiors to defuse . |
| 29 | The water channel is four feet wide inside and is covered by slabs of stone over cemented sides . |