Example sentences of "[noun sg] with [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.

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1 A core group of individuals does seem to stay in association with each other over extended periods , although there may be some coming and going within that time .
2 The top station has a large revolving restaurant and a sun terrace with wonderful views over Switzerland , including the Eiger , Monch and Jungfrau mountains .
3 An Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) news agency report of Dec. 8 said that ICO Foreign Ministers who met for a preparatory session in Dakar on Dec. 5-9 , had adopted a draft resolution expressing " full solidarity " with Libya in its confrontation with Western states over the Lockerbie affair [ see p. 38599 ] and underlined their " concern over … the possible use of force " .
4 In fact it provided the industry with more control over its environment by making conflicts over environmental damage an administrative problem whose outcome could be predicted by corporate executives .
5 The vertical axis is headed by elected Deans of Faculties and appointed Heads of Department with immediate control over the distribution of resources .
6 The Environment Secretary , Chris Patten has suffered his most serious defeat yet in his battle with local authorities over poll tax levels .
7 The widow of a man who died from asbestosis has begun another court battle with British Rail over compensation .
8 However , readers may be glad to know that Family and Youth Concern are hosting a one-day conference at the Wellington Park Hotel on 11th September , when Mrs Victoria Gillick , the arch-enemy of the Brook Advisory Centre will tell of her battle with this agency over the years .
9 we have two hotels — Loutrouvia and Eros , which stand next to each other on the waterfront with lovely views over the bay .
10 And third , huge spending programmes are dumped on the city by the state and federal governments , leaving City Hall with discretionary power over less than half the money it spends .
11 I am not a modernist , though I presided at the Arts Council with liberal equanimity over the public funding of much modernist art which I did not understand .
12 I had discussed the possibility of a proper campaign with several friends over the past months and the idea had taken root in my mind .
13 Andrew Gamble , in an article on " Continuity and discontinuity in economic policy " , has explored the first question with great care over the period 1960–81 .
14 However , in 1898 , when America went to war with Catholic Spain over Cuba , international arbitration was forgotten and English Nonconformists were united in their support for Protestant America .
15 In 1859 he went to the brink of war with American troops over San Juan Island , despite his council 's urging restraint .
16 Yet every afternoon , a group of journalists weaves its way along several gloomy corridors and up various flights of stairs to a cold , windy place with impressive views over the gilded roof of the Houses of Parliament , Westminster Bridge and the River Thames .
17 A delightful 18th Century farmhouse with lovely views over open countryside to Glastonbury Tor .
18 This includes an account of the organization of services and a critical evaluation of initiatives resulting from the growing dissatisfaction with residential care over recent years .
19 Müncheberg himself , promoted and highly-decorated , would fall in combat with American fighters over Tunisia during March 1943 after his 135th. victory .
20 The South Coast Air Quality Management District is a body with considerable powers over greater LA .
21 BRECHIN stretched their lead at the top of the Second Division with 1-0 win over their nearest rivals , Clyde , thanks to an amazing blunder by the home goalkeeper , Scott Howie , in the 67th minute .
22 Her hands are clasped in the traditional manner , at centre chest with right hand over left , the index finger of the left hand placed between the index finger and thumb of the right , and clasping a bunch of small summer flowers .
23 On a ridge with fine prospects over Edinburgh , the Pentlands and the Firth of Forth are outcrops and boulders with the stylized incisions of circles , cup shapes and concentric grooves which appear at ritual sites in many countries from Ireland to India , and in especially large numbers in Scotland .
24 I am keen for the Bill to cover estuaries , in view of my experience with private Bills over the years .
25 But the very fact that the French were the most intransigent as regards releasing Germany from the cruelties of the Versailles treaty made all the more imperative the need to bring to the gathering at Darlington Hall at least one French gentleman with unambiguous influence over his country 's foreign policy .
26 Subsequently , however , the Chronicle of 452 complicates matters more seriously , not only by being in conflict with other sources over the dating of events , but also by itself providing two alternative dating systems , wrongly correlated .
27 Over the years councils had been forced into deep conflict with Scottish ministers over matters which were too often more akin to right-wing dogma than to relevance .
28 The period of intensive fieldwork lasted from the summer of 1983 to the summer of 1984 , but there was continuing contact with both companies over the following two years .
29 Just sometimes , this one had crimson nails , left over from the other , who wore a tight black skirt and a black jacket with padded shoulders over a pink silk shirt and was carefully made up with pink and brown eyeshadow , brushed blusher along the cheekbone and plummy lips .
30 Trading links have survived right-wing military coups in Argentina ( 1976 ) , Brazil ( 1964 ) , Uruguay ( 1973 ) and Bolivia ( 1971 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 ) , countries which have accounted for the bulk of Soviet trade with Latin America over the past two decades .
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