Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although its size is not yet known , suggestions have been made that it was larger than a normal auxiliary fort and may have accommodated either a vexillation , possibly of Legio IX , whose tile-works may have been situated some 8 km ( 5 miles ) south of Carlisle at Scalesceugh , ( though the stamped tiles from there may belong to a slightly later period ) , or the Ala Petriana before its transfer to Stanwix over the river . |
| 2 | Evidence of excessive demand There is some observable good sense in this argument , and it helps to explain why sterling has not hit the fan a lot earlier , during a truly spectacular swing from surplus to deficit over the past two years . |
| 3 | In the event , the meeting decreed an adjournment after only 90 minutes ; observers noted that there seemed to be a general desire to paper over the rifts caused by the Gulf war . |
| 4 | A few years later , the Farrers moved the flourishing business to premises over the Empire Meat Company in The Ox Row at the side of the Market Place and it continued there for the next thirty years . |
| 5 | The Cabinet is split from top to bottom over the Prime Minister 's policy of using Common Market grants for tax cuts instead of for the provision of help to deprived areas . |
| 6 | American voters , anxious for a change in economic policy , propelled the Arkansas governor to victory over the Republican President on a tide of discontent . |
| 7 | Private home owners in Cleveland have been given leave to take their local authority to court over the contracts . |
| 8 | It hails from a strong mainframe background , which still represents 85% of it sales , though it says it is looking to downsize this commitment to 70% over the next two years . |
| 9 | One of the striking things about Havel is his commitment to drama over the past quarter-century and his insistence , in the period immediately before the Czech revolution , that he was first and foremost a writer . |
| 10 | Denis Evans , secretary of the WRU , said : ‘ Both men have demonstrated their great commitment to Wales over the last nine months and have shown they have the talent and organisational ability to help generate success for the Welsh team at the highest level . ’ |
| 11 | Reports in early April , covering the Rao-Wickremasingh meeting , noted the Indian government 's desire to bring LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran to justice over the May 1991 assassination of Rajiv Gandhi [ see p. 38175 ] ( although no specific request had been made to Sri Lanka ) , and the claim that the LTTE planned a further series of assassinations in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to counter the state government 's clampdown on its activities there . |
| 12 | Throughout the remainder of the 1530s , royal propagandists were systematically employed to justify and publicize Henry 's claim to supremacy over the English church . |
| 13 | However — with the loss of Jordanian sovereignty — until the United States accepts the Palestinian claim to sovereignty over the occupied territories , Resolution 242 is bound to remain bereft of meaning , since there is no US-recognized state to which the West Bank and Gaza can be returned . |
| 14 | When Argentina recognises the right to self-determination and freedom of association of the Falklands people , and gives up her claim to sovereignty over the territory , we might be more amenable to trade and contact . |
| 15 | However , he confirmed that Argentina 's claim to sovereignty over the Falklands , set to one side during the negotiations , would continue to be pursued in international forums . |
| 16 | Less than a week after achieving full independence on June 19 [ see p. 18159 ] , Kuwait was threatened by a claim to sovereignty over the whole of its territory by the Iraqi leader , Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem . |
| 17 | It concerned Canterbury 's claim to primacy over the whole of the British Isles . |
| 18 | The question which remains to be solved is : were these phrases added to existing documents in 1070–72 to support Lanfranc 's claim to primacy over the whole area of the British Isles , or were they added as a last resort in 1120 , when the claim which Lanfranc , Anselm and Archbishop Ralph had all supported was facing final and irrevocable defeat ? |
| 19 | In the long term the crowning of Charles by Leo III led to an increasing papal claim to power over the imperial ruler of the West , but short-term benefits to Charles were clear . |
| 20 | Several years passed before the claim to authority over the archbishop of York was put to the test . |
| 21 | In recent months a good deal of concern has been expressed about students no longer having access to benefits over the summer vacation . |
| 22 | The Employment Training Programme , set up in 1988 to help the long-term unemployed , gives a low priority to workers over the age of 54 who are regarded as non-mainstream ( indeed those over 60 are not eligible to participate ) , even though it is older workers who are most at risk of experiencing long-term unemployment . |
| 23 | President Bush has made a major concession to industry over the implementation of the new Clean Air Act , overturning a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) . |
| 24 | In the meantime , he appealed to the republics to declare a moratorium " on decisions which give rise to arguments over the issue of competence " , complaining that the alternative was incurable paralysis . |
| 25 | In addition to doubts over the ability of the system to survive , there is a noticeable loss of confidence in the basic institutions of the system itself : corporations , trade unions and governments . |
| 26 | The plans have been drawn up in response to concern over the nuclear industry 's long-term financial future , particularly after the end of the non-fossil fuels levy in 1998 . |
| 27 | A current travelling retrospective which opened in her home town gallery and was organised by the gallery 's chief curator , Michael Aupling , includes 80 works on paper and canvas , documenting the artist 's process from sketch to oils over the past 18 years ( 1974–1992 ) . |
| 28 | DAVID WALSH argues that Ireland can no longer rely on fire and fury to paper over the cracks in a country where there are fifteen gaelic footballers for every rugby player . |
| 29 | On Nov. 12 Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said to be concerned about alienating international opinion were quoted in Tokyo as saying that they would press the government " to think carefully about our future plans " to transport more plutonium to Japan over the next decade . |
| 30 | Later she sat and watched the golden sky turn to ruby over the roofs , the distant trees of the park blacken and fade . |