Example sentences of "[noun sg] over [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | bureaucratic models , emphasizing the limited control of the electorate over many aspects of public decision-making and the goals of those who administer government policies ; |
| 2 | Anomalous aspects of nature often venerated by ritual over long periods of time become charged with the directed mental/ psychic energy of their race . |
| 3 | Tension over Iranian claim to Gulf islands |
| 4 | The failure of the scandal to subside , and the continuing expression of public disgust over lenient treatment of Kanemaru by the prosecuting authorities , was demonstrated by a protest march in central Tokyo on Nov. 10 . |
| 5 | The Polish revolt , coming on top of evidence of underground activity by the radical wing of the intelligentsia , cast a suspicious light over all pressure for reform . |
| 6 | Stories simply handed down by word of mouth over that length of time are likely to be less accurate than those written down from the beginning . |
| 7 | CHANCELLOR Kenneth Clarke today waded into a fresh Tory rift over public spending after delivering a broad hint that his November Budget will bring rises in indirect taxes . |
| 8 | CHANCELLOR Kenneth Clarke today waded into a fresh Tory rift over public spending after delivering a broad hint that his November Budget will bring rises in indirect taxes . |
| 9 | We saw that there is some evidence that , where women do have command over financial resources in a way normally associated with men , they share in financial support in families in a way rather similar to men . |
| 10 | Their strategy for the achievement of this objective ‘ was essentially one of sustained ideological warfare in the context of steadily escalating action over concrete disputes with management ’ ( ibid. , p. 313 ) . |
| 11 | The dominance of wave action over current action in longshore movement is emphasised by estimates of the relative importance of movement as bed load and as suspended load summarised by Komar ( 1976 ) . |
| 12 | My complaining was only effective cos we actually took direct action over some advertising for erm swim wear . |
| 13 | One of the most serious incidents concerned the town of Batavia , Illinois , whose 17,000 residents allegedly suffer a cancer risk several hundred times higher than that which the EPA regards as acceptable , due to a reported failure by the agency to take action over high levels of radioactivity in drinking water . |
| 14 | It is well nigh impossible to compare the rate of crime over extended periods of time ( as Reading 10 , Chapter 5 , taken from Pearson 's study , indicates ) . |
| 15 | Pearson 's study of the history of street crime in Britain clearly illustrates the problem of using criminal statistics as a means for comparing the rate of crime over extended periods of time . |
| 16 | Unfounded optimism over anticipated revenue from oil exports had led to major increases in imports in 1989 [ see p. 37016 for unsuccessful commencement of oil exports in 1988 ] . |
| 17 | At the same time , Rome extended its rule over Celtic tribes in Serbia and Bulgaria , and by AD 14 the whole of the Balkans south of the Danube was in Roman hands . |
| 18 | In terms of regional structural controls most of the auriferous deposits in the project area are spatially related to first-order faults and shear zones within the belt and along its margins ; to major anticlinal fold axial traces and limb shears ; or to the fracture envelopes around the major granitoid intrusions Follow-up geochemical field testing of soils for arsenic over selected targets outside the known gold mining districts was 60–70% successful in demonstrating that certain predicted structural settings would be mineralised . |
| 19 | He has held a strong grip over all matters at the club , from choosing the team to financial dealings . |
| 20 | It is difficult to predict whether or not judicial review will be useful in clarifying the law over unmet need in the NHS and Community Care Act . |
| 21 | The popular press hailed this triumph of law over anarchic visions of order . |
| 22 | Most of the steps leading to the modern conifers seem to have taken place by the end of the Palaeozoic ; no other group of organisms of such antiquity has retained such an unbroken hold over vast areas of the earth as the conifers . |
| 23 | The move was an attempt to break the hold over local government of the FIS , which in June 1990 had won control of 853 municipalities and 32 provinces [ see pp. 37549-50 ] . |
| 24 | That is one day 's debate on an extremely serious matter , compared to what could be done by a Select Committee over many weeks of sitting , bringing evidence before it , questioning people involved , looking at the matter in depth . |
| 25 | The best way to place the liner on this edge is to put a row of bricks directly onto the collar , bring the liner over this row of bricks and then lay another row . |
| 26 | Where lay the basis for the belief that there was a corporate life , a level of interchange over academic matters in which all could feel themselves to be involved ? |
| 27 | Ward managers report on expected levels of work over specific period of time throughout a typical week . |
| 28 | The new brick facing blends very well with the surroundings and adds to Ray and Beth Arnold 's work over several years in restoring Horderley to the appearance of a station . |
| 29 | It provides a weighty diplomatic instrument in an overall European policy aimed at maximising influence over that part of Europe which the USSR does not control . |
| 30 | America 's new attitude towards India may result in its having a great influence over that country in its relations with the United States ' old ally , Pakistan . |