Example sentences of "[art] [noun] to [noun] over " in BNC.

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1 The final element in the policy making process is the response to developments over which governments have no control .
2 He emerged as a shrewd captain in Australia , leading the Lions to victories over New South Wales B and an Anzac XV .
3 That will put us on the route to victory over terrorism .
4 The European Commission has , however , threatened to take the UK to court over its failure to observe community rules on drinking water quality .
5 As early as 1895 he was a regular contributor to the Engineer and Engineering , taking the great engineers of the day to task over technical issues , and he soon became well known .
6 The trains to Brighton over this route brought echoes of the old Sunny South Express .
7 Several years passed before the claim to authority over the archbishop of York was put to the test .
8 Friends of the Earth is to take the government to court over its alleged failure to ensure that pesticide levels in drinking water meet legal requirements across much of the Thames Basin area .
9 FoE is taking the government to court over the delays in the clean-up programme .
10 MARTIN BAYFIELD believes the British Lions backs can roar the tourists to victory over the All Blacks in tomorrow 's first Test in Christchurch .
11 It also takes the Treasury to task over its intention to create a new offence which will be committed by any person acting in the course of any trade , business or profession who does not report his money laundering suspicions .
12 For some years the family had lived on the island of Rousay , where both the Social Work and Education Departments were actively involved with them , having been alerted by the school to concerns over the welfare of the children .
13 But Andrew said this last April , after leading the North to victory over the US , and the sharply increased requirements — club , divisional and national - of a new season have rapidly changed his , and Carling 's , mind .
14 Well it 's just brought out a budget to paper over a few cracks and make it look good because they knew that , they 've got no more chances this is it in n it ?
15 By contrast both productive opportunities yield positive NPVs ; that is , they provide a return to investors over and above that offered by the capital market .
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 ‘ And there has been no approach to Wigan over Lucas — yet ! ’
18 The Hungarian government has issued a protest to Czechoslovakia over the continued construction work on the Gabcikovo Dam on the Danube — a focus of growing tension between the two countries [ see ED 57 ; passim ] .
19 The communiqué , dated May 27 , reiterated Pyongyang 's past efforts to avoid formalizing a " permanent split " of the Korean peninsula through dual membership , but concluded that " we have no alternative but to enter the UN at the present stage as a step to tide over such temporary difficulties created by the South Korean authorities " .
20 But in keeping with the healing theme of the new album , ‘ Natural Beauty ’ is an ode to preservation over annihilation and extinction .
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