Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] over [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dec. 18 Bush confirms cancellation of planned Bush-Aziz talks in Washington after controversy over timing of visit . |
| 2 | In the salon where they were all sitting after dinner over glasses of brandy and half-finished cups of coffee , the first courageous guest rose to his feet and bowed with a smile to the lady of the house . |
| 3 | Free Speech 3 : No cause for panic over risks on site |
| 4 | The Bar Conference : Donaldson sets the tone for battle over rights of audience |
| 5 | Unions are hoping it could persuade one company to have a change of heart over plans for a pay freeze for some of it 's workers . |
| 6 | This expenditure was funded from a surplus of income over expenditure of £876,208 with the balance coming from specific donations to the Eagle Lodge and Therapy Wing projects and from the Association 's general funds . |
| 7 | It is necessary to keep distinct two issues which can arise under the general rubric of review over findings of fact . |
| 8 | In the USA , in national opinion polls conducted since Chernobyl , there has been a consistent two-to-one margin of opposition over support for new construction of nuclear power stations . |
| 9 | Blocking of vote over return of Aristide |
| 10 | The Estonian parliament agreed to postpone discussion of provisions of its election law amid disagreement over demands by Russians for a second chamber to represent local minorities . |
| 11 | The Estonian parliament agreed to postpone discussion of provisions of its election law amid disagreement over demands by Russians for a second chamber to represent local minorities . |
| 12 | And here I am , Kate thinks , sitting opposite you and thinking there 's more distance between us in terms of class and sex awareness than a million years of chat over drinks at six dollars a go on the Oriental Hotel terrace could ever hope to bridge . |
| 13 | The line numbers given here give a better sense of the preponderance of dialogue over narrative in the Shipman 's Tale , a ratio of about 2:1 . |
| 14 | Chronology is one of the cornerstones of geomorphology , and researchers are urged to balance their studies of present geomorphic processes by an appreciation of rates of work over timescales of 10 4 — 10 6 years . |
| 15 | The director of the prison was dismissed on July 24 and on the same day the Acting Commander of the Air Force , Gen. Hernando Monsalve , requested an immediate transfer , having been accused of incompetence over operations at the prison . |
| 16 | After the death of Chilperic and the revolt of Gundovald in 584 , Guntram recognized his nephew as being fit to rule in his own name , but even this did not ensure consistently good relations between the two kings , not least because of differences of opinion over control of certain cities , and because of the ramifications of the Gundovald affair . |
| 17 | Very much in the local history mould comes Wings Of War Over Gwynedd by Roy Sloan . |
| 18 | The latter , s.92(1) ( f ) , a sweeping up provision , would include , for example , ‘ any pond , pool , ditch , gutter or watercourse prejudicial to health or a nuisance ’ , designated a statutory nuisance by s.259(1) ( a ) , and under s.101 certain smoke nuisances , the Clean Air Act 1956 having introduced a new system of control over emissions from chimneys but retained certain emissions as statutory nuisances subject to the control of the 1936 Act . |
| 19 | The main advantage of elicitation procedures is that they give a relatively high degree of control over areas of linguistic ability which are being assessed . |
| 20 | There are two parallel statutory systems of control over Church of England churches : the Church 's system , and the secular system . |
| 21 | If it is seen as part of control over quality of education , the parent might ask why the child should be given access at all . |
| 22 | This element of control over entry to the trade was crucial to the prospects of artisan unions . |
| 23 | Southend United .... 3 Tottenham Hotspur .. 2 ( aet ; score at 90 min 3-2 ; agg 3-3 ; Tottenham win on away goals ) TOTTENHAM ended last night playing party tricks to waste time at Roots Hall , but it had taken them nearly two hours to establish a semblance of control over Southend in a throbbing , snarling , extraordinarily eventful Littlewoods Cup second round , second leg . |
| 24 | Azerbaijani attempts to open a new front in the east through attacks on the Askeran region of the enclave from Agdam could not prevent their loss of control over Lachin on May 17 . |
| 25 | The state was forced to assume some measure of control over distribution of food and levels of profits , and thus intervene in the market . |
| 26 | In an interview with Pravda in March 1979 , the Iranian Minister of Information and Propaganda drew attention to measures such as ‘ the establishment of control over bases from which the Pentagon was carrying out electronic intelligence observations of the territory of the Soviet Union , the termination of the services of American military advisers in the armed forces , and a sharp cutback in the military budget ’ . |
| 27 | And the Western experience of sex , he argues , is not the inhibition of discourse , is not describable as a regime of silence , but is rather a constant , and historically changing , deployment of discourses on sex , and this ever-expanding discursive explosion is part of a complex growth of control over individuals through the apparatus of sexuality . |
| 28 | They feared that to alienate the Grand Prince , who had a wide measure of control over appointments to the hierarchy , would leave them vulnerable to the intellectual vigour of the ‘ heresy ’ . |
| 29 | The first gave him a degree of control over appointment to benefices in the Church ; the second referred certain cases to his court and gave him certain prerogative powers . |
| 30 | But labour has consequences for consciousness in that rules for instrumental action are developed which enable the subject to have a measure of control over nature through the use of tools . |