Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir David did not comment on Britain and China 's war of words over Hong Kong 's future , or Hong Kong 's recent differences with Peking over the Chinese swimmer , Yang Yang , who was allowed to leave Hong Kong for the United States . |
| 2 | But why , 7 centuries on ; long after swan lost its appeal as a delicacy , are people still negotiating with the Queen 's Keeper of Swans over who owns what ? |
| 3 | Thatcher said she was ‘ deeply wounded ’ by Reagan 's threats of sanctions over the pipeline . |
| 4 | It is also the key to a Pandora 's Box of problems over rights and copyright . |
| 5 | Hence the confusion evident in situations where superior military might has little utility — the economic challenge of Japan , the European Community 's recalcitrance in negotiations over the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) or attempts to agree global policy on environmental issues at the June 1992 Earth Summit . |
| 6 | Despite an inflation-busting 37 per cent rise in allocations over the current three-year period , the council 's status inside a fiefdom that oversees the £1 billion-plus state culture industry will drop . |
| 7 | Millions of customers are still paying huge interest rates , despite Chancellor Norman Lamont 's three per cent cut in rates over the past seven weeks . |
| 8 | In tourism , 1990 figures showed a 30 per cent increase in earnings over the previous year ( in spite of the Gulf crisis occurring halfway through the season ) , bringing the annual total to some US$3,300 million . |
| 9 | There was a 70 per cent increase in shop raids in London between 1925 and 1929 , for example , and a 90 per cent increase in bag-snatches over the same four-year period . |