Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If in doubt over the value of the answers provided , would n't you tend to be generous to the candidate whose work is neat and tidy and easy to follow ? |
| 2 | Kravchuk announced at a press conference on March 12 that Ukraine was suspending the transfer of tactical nuclear weapons to Russia for their destruction , because of doubt over the safety of the weapons . |
| 3 | Athletics Australia kept his identity secret and delayed taking action because of uncertainty over the drug 's status . |
| 4 | Meanwhile he added that Strathclyde may have to reconsider investment in diesel multiple units for the region 's rail service because of uncertainty over the future of British Rail . |
| 5 | But , as our correspondents in Europe report , this looks increasingly uncertain : The Irish may throw out the treaty at their referendum because of controversy over the ‘ abortion protocol ’ . |
| 6 | Only in areas remote from this authority , as in isolated mining settlements , or where the state was itself weak , as in the United States , could bourgeois masters exercise that sort of direct rule , whether by command over the local forces of public authority , by private armies of Pinkerton men , or by banding together in armed groups of ‘ vigilantes ’ to maintain ‘ order ’ . |