Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this which establishes the control of the people over their political leaders or of the shareholders over their directors . |
| 2 | Mud and other solid matter taken from the beds of watercourses or from the ground over which a discharge has been made in the past may also be collected for analysis . |
| 3 | Say they needed it at eight , they thought they might need it at eight o'clock and then turned out they did n't , because one body else came in the restaurant , then they 'd just stick that in the fridge over night , and put it out the next morning . |
| 4 | They have some power over the length of the school day , they are an avenue for parental complaint and they have wider powers than in the past over matters of school discipline and in the appointment and dismissal of teachers . |
| 5 | In no recent case has the Court of Appeal gone further in its attempt to control trade union activity than in the dispute over the Government 's suddenly announced decision in April 1989 to abolish the National Dock Labour Scheme . |
| 6 | He was conciliatory towards the Lords over jurisdiction and towards the Crown over prerogative . |
| 7 | Skarsnik had other enemies to crush , and would launch huge attacks against Karak Azul , Barak Varr and throughout the Badlands over the course of the next three summers . |
| 8 | The sight of any other teacher dripping with water and with a bucket over her head would have been an occasion for great mirth among the pupils , but absolutely nothing could diminish Miss Hardbroom 's power . |
| 9 | Measuring 259 metres by 33.5 metres and with a depth over the sill of 12.3m at Mean High Water Spring Tide the new lock was built to allow ships carrying in excess of 20,000 tonnes of cargo to enter and leave the port . |
| 10 | It was entirely fitting that it should end with a sit-in at the Guildhall by a number of homeless families and with a dispute over the allocation of houses . |
| 11 | Just be thankful they 're safely in away from this weather and with a roof over their heads . |
| 12 | These standards vary both between cultures and within a culture over time — part of the sociologist 's ( and the historian 's ) job is to try to find out why . |
| 13 | We then passed beneath a ranch fence : Parque Nacional Torres del Paine , it announced , and in the distance over a range of low brown grasslands were the sharp spires of a dozen oddly-shaped mountains , twisted and contorted and coloured like no other mountains we had ever seen before . |
| 14 | There is even a sexual overtone in the use of hands and lips and in the dominance over fire and control of smoke . |
| 15 | Between the shelves and in the recesses over them were mirrors so that the rich splendour of the room seemed to be endlessly reflected , a vista of painted ceilings , leather books , of marble , gleaming mahogany and glass . |
| 16 | It relied heavily on Baldwin 's leadership and on the success over the years in persuading the new democracy not to be seduced by socialist abstractions , trade union militancy or Liberal demagogy , but to accept Conservative values as the guarantee of liberty and secure social improvement . |
| 17 | Next they deliver this ultimatum : " Unless you get at least X clients in and on the market over the next week , you 're history . " |
| 18 | All right up round here ideal , up and down the bumps over the guard , but when you get it out on the road , very hard work , similar sort of ride , well I suppose it will be , run around the you 've got ta push around |
| 19 | I was flicking the coal dust from my trousers and trying to look unconcerned when I saw Wesley Binks doubled up with mirth , pointing triumphantly at me and at the hole over the cellar . |
| 20 | BARBADIAN cricket fans are calling for a boycott of tomorrow 's historic Test match , not because of any anti-South African sentiment but as a protest over the omission of local fast bowler Anderson Cummins . |
| 21 | There was little structure to the market , Welsh Lamb Enterprise was seeking new markets but with no control over supplies , producer groups were operating mainly as dealers , and producers got neither the information they needed nor the returns . |
| 22 | THE TEXT of the Maastricht Treaty , which finally went on sale at Her Majesty 's Stationery Office ( HMSO ) in London last month , has been withdrawn , apparently because of a row over the spelling of ‘ ecu ’ , the European currency unit . |
| 23 | An agreement which could have secured the votes of the party 's 21 MPs was scuppered only because of a row over Wales . |
| 24 | The move follows news that the road could be at risk because of a wrangle over European cash grants , with the possibility of more than £4.5m to Durham County Council being blocked . |
| 25 | The centre-right coalition led by Jan P. Syse , in power for just over a year [ see pp. 36984-85 ] , had collapsed on Oct. 29 because of a deadlock over Norway 's policy towards European integration and the question of eventual membership of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 26 | Now his campaign is threatening to self-destruct because of a controversy over racial politics involving the comedian Jackie Mason . |
| 27 | He suggests that this was because of a dispute over the carrying of the Irish tricolour ; the NILP would not march with it and the republicans would not march without it . |
| 28 | The sugar harvest was delayed because of a dispute over terms for a new harvesting contract between the government-controlled milling company , Fiji Sugar Corp. , and the 22,000 ( pre-dominantly Indian ) sugarcane growers . |
| 29 | The MNR had until this time boycotted the CSC because of a dispute over the provision of accommodation in Maputo for MNR delegates . |
| 30 | Poland 's official trade unions were refusing to sign because of a dispute over how much workers should be compensated for rising prices . |