Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun] over [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ( Totally homogenous capital and labour markets ; constant returns to scale over all ranges of output ; marginal productivity pricing for all factors ; continuously variable relationships between factors over time ; land as an insignificant input . )
2 CHAIRMAN Sir Peter Parker was doing his best , but the 1980s opened with much the same worries of insecurity over government policy , lack of investment , and working practices which harked back to the old company rules .
3 Southern counties , although rather cloudy , will be mainly dry , except for outbreaks of drizzle over south-west England and South Wales .
4 Mr Fallon , the Schools Minister , hopes he has finally ended months of controversy over Government funding of building work at St Bede 's and St Augustine 's RC primary schools .
5 Candidates in wrangle over training funds Darlington training groups could be forced to pull out of a government scheme because of a lack of funds , the town 's Labour 's candidate predicted this week .
6 The distortions of communication which occur in these social institutions are as they are , as a result , in part , of unconscious activity of groups of people over time .
7 The study assembled evidence on the sources of funds for social science research in Britain during the 1980 's and the patterns of expenditure by subject and type of research , and examined changes in the patterns of funding over time .
8 Patterns of support over time
9 Whether this has serious implications for the efficiency of large companies depends on the effectiveness of other forms of control over management , and on the prior question of the intensity of non-profit motivations .
10 It has been argued that forms of control over state enterprises are inherently problematic .
11 Agencies are not , however , without various strategies of control over field staff ( ch. 4 , s. ii ) .
12 Education provides two major areas for arguments over access to information .
13 Powell drafted a letter to Branson , laying out his areas of disagreement over company policy and raising the consideration of whether they should go forward together .
14 Many areas of disagreement over policy and philosophy exist both within and between organisations although , broadly speaking , opponents in the debate fall into two camps .
15 Sources of information may well be : hearsay ( which can be inaccurate ) ; articles in journals ( which are not usually followed up , making analyses of pay over time impossible ) ; and surveys by international management remuneration consultancies ( which can be expensive and often only contain data from their own members ) .
16 The advantages of unity over diversity , or collectivism over individualism , are assumed to be self-evident and the obvious totalitarian overtones are ignored .
17 One of the major advantages of letters over telephone conversations is that they provide a permanent record .
18 UN in battle of wills with Serbs over relief convoys
19 Groom 's parents take the bride 's parents to court over wedding bill
20 PARAS AT WAR OVER TV SERIES ‘ ERRORS ’
21 This argument was to be repeated in succeeding years during discussions over reform of the international monetary system , in which the United States consistently held that balance of payments targets should be defined in terms of current and capital account combined .
22 Austin Texas-based Alliance Technologies Inc will introduce TextMachine , a set of tools for indexing , storing and accessing large volumes of documents over client/server architectures .
23 This is a delightful , funny , quirky old thriller , belting along on high octane enthusiasm and using its copious quantities of High Tech to dress up a more human story which gleefully sings the praises of Spirit over Machine .
24 After several days of confusion over Labour 's plans over future privatisation , Mr Smith confirmed that an incoming Labour government will not have the benefit of an extra £9.5 billion which the Conservatives had planned to raise through the disposal of the Government 's remaining holdings in former public utilities .
25 It is important to consider the incomes of people over pension age .
26 There were several attacks on women over Christmas .
27 There seem to be quite a few local authorities with difficulties over barrier designs , and certainly we , as cyclists , come across more ‘ bad ’ barriers ( require dismounting ) than good .
28 As he said , it makes some criticism of the European dimension , but in paragraph 8 headed ’ Europe ’ it also says : ’ While local government structure in the UK can not be determined by the nature of European structural funds and the case for regional authorities with power over service delivery has not been made out , the European dimension must nonetheless be considered in the longer term . ’
29 They are being backed by the United Kingdom Egg Producers and Retailers Association which says their plight has highlighted the problems being faced by thousands of small egg producers after publicity over salmonella infection .
30 The concepts of mind over matter to overcome problems , and the reverse process where fear of an illness can produce that illness , illustrate the part such mental factors can play .
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