Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , when the subject under debate is the country 's richest cultural jewel , feelings are likely to run at least as high as they did in Paris over the pyramid at the Louvre or in London over the National Gallery extension . |
| 2 | I ca n't think of anywhere that the stage designs have been more consistently imaginative and beautifully realized than in Salzburg over the last twenty years . |
| 3 | The brothers found that on average over the six months they had incurred costs for advertising , petrol etc. which amounted to £10 for each bed sold . |
| 4 | So spare a thought for their original research they speak with feeling of badly-signed junctions and of chaos over the A1 and its renaming round Tyneside . |
| 5 | In fact , in 1932–33 , without all the goals of the FFYP having been achieved , 6.7 million workers and employees were working in Soviet factories , an increase of more than 110% over that of 1928 , and of 65% over the planned number of workers ! |
| 6 | The ending of the monopoly of solicitors over house sales conveyancing and of opticians over the sale of spectacles has already been noted . |
| 7 | On June 8 Andre Milongo was elected Prime Minister with the power to appoint members of the government and with control over the armed forces . |
| 8 | If in doubt over the value of the answers provided , would n't you tend to be generous to the candidate whose work is neat and tidy and easy to follow ? |
| 9 | Accreditation was not a concept that had gained currency in Britain at this time , and in developments over the next few years it was to receive a variety of interpretations in British further and higher education . |
| 10 | Anyone who has seen the martins and swallows in September , assembling on the telephone wires , twittering , making short flights singly and in groups over the open , stubbly fields , returning to form longer and even longer lines above the yellowing verges of the lanes — the hundreds of individual birds merging and blending , in a mounting excitement , into swarms , and these swarms coming loosely and untidily together to create a great , unorganized flock , thick at the centre and ragged at the edges , which breaks and re-forms continually like clouds or waves — until that moment when the greater part ( but not all ) of them know that the time has come : they are off and have begun once more that great southward flight which many will not survive ; anyone seeing this has seen at work the current that flows ( among creatures who think of themselves primarily as part of a group and only secondarily , if at all , as individuals ) to fuse them together and impel them into action without conscious thought or will : has seen at work the angel which drove the First Crusade into Antioch and drives the lemmings into the sea . |
| 11 | The effects of this can be seen both in the current major reviews of BBC funding and in discussions over the future of Channel Four . |
| 12 | Walking silently and in stealth over the harsh grass I remembered all the things an English gentlewoman should n't do , and the thing my mother had done . |
| 13 | Er the unemployment rate while still relatively in relation to national and even er regional levels , has increased very rapidly over the last few years and in fact over the last two or three years we 've had something like three thousand jobs lost i in Harrogate . |
| 14 | From the age of about four onwards , and at intervals over the years , Shanti would ask , ‘ Did n't my mother love me ? ’ |
| 15 | Attempts to co-operate with Hungary were clouded by the failure to agree on the future of the Danube hydro-electric system [ see p. 38161 ] , and by problems over the treatment of national minorities on their respective territories . |
| 16 | During the rest of the month sterling was adversely affected by uncertainty in the UK over the Maastricht Treaty ratification process and by unrest over the decision to reduce the size of the coal industry [ see this page ] ; the pound closed on Oct. 30 at DM2.41 . |
| 17 | The guide is designed to assist companies exploring for minerals in Great Britain : it summarises geological knowledge on the potential for metalliferous minerals and on styles of mineralisation , and reviews mineral exploration undertaken by companies and by BGS over the last 25 years . |
| 18 | The two vehicles , which will be used on normal service routes in and around Preston over the next 12 months , are just part of an overall £40,000 which BNFL is putting into the prestigious event . |
| 19 | The delay was partly because of disagreements over the allocation of contracts for the construction of 36,000 apartments for returning soldiers at a cost to Germany of DM7,800 million . |
| 20 | District authorities in Devon banned the jump in the county because of fears over the type of crane to be used , said Mr Collier , who has been blind for 22 years . |
| 21 | District authorities in Devon banned the jump in the county because of fears over the type of crane to be used , said Mr Collier , who has been blind for 22 years . |
| 22 | On April 24 , 1990 , the government legalized the Eastern Rite Catholic Church , although the return of church buildings taken over by the Orthodox Church remained difficult to resolve because of uncertainties over the current number of Uniates . |
| 23 | Kravchuk announced at a press conference on March 12 that Ukraine was suspending the transfer of tactical nuclear weapons to Russia for their destruction , because of doubt over the safety of the weapons . |
| 24 | Athletics Australia kept his identity secret and delayed taking action because of uncertainty over the drug 's status . |
| 25 | Meanwhile he added that Strathclyde may have to reconsider investment in diesel multiple units for the region 's rail service because of uncertainty over the future of British Rail . |
| 26 | But , as our correspondents in Europe report , this looks increasingly uncertain : The Irish may throw out the treaty at their referendum because of controversy over the ‘ abortion protocol ’ . |
| 27 | There are problems in assessing these claims , in part because of disputes over the starting date — 1979 , when Mrs Thatcher came to office , or 1981 , the low point of the recession — and whether comparison is made with the 1970s or 1960s . |
| 28 | It currently appears unlikely that either directive will be implemented before the end of 1991 because of disputes over the whole Company Law Statute , which the Germans in particular are not happy about . |
| 29 | Ministers from six European countries , including Britain , have agreed to set up a high speed network by 1998 although there are doubts that Britaincan meet the timetable because of delays over the Channel tunnel . |
| 30 | In fact , as we shall see , employers in the USA — particularly in the manufacturing sector where enterprise-level bargaining and large corporations predominate — have felt less need for association with other employers for negotiating purposes , while in Britain over the past two decades there has been a trend towards the adoption of company-centred industrial relations policies rather than continued adherence to the norms laid down by an association . |