Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] over [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once in her room she took a seat by the windows and , pushing her distress over Paul to the back of her mind , tore open the packet he 'd given her . |
| 2 | As Rank and ABPC 's interest in production declined , their influence over exhibition in Britain increased . |
| 3 | Rangers nevertheless extended their lead over Aberdeen in the championship to ten points after a performance which had seemed destined to go unrewarded before the floodgates opened . |
| 4 | With support from the Royal Institute of Public Administration and the Society of Local Authority Chief EXecutives in planning and execution , the research studies the genesis of the role , its development over time in response in different and changing environments , its present status , problems and fitness to needs , the characteristics of its occupants , and directions in which the local government executive function might most aptly develop to meet postulated future needs of local communities and environmental change . |
| 5 | The French tract , while not primarily concerned with the sea and the exercise of sea power , none the less tried to show not merely France 's equality but its superiority over England in matters maritime . |
| 6 | Forces of the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ) consolidated during early and mid-June their control over areas to the west and south of Addis Ababa . |
| 7 | He complained that health authority officials sitting on the Ling Trust board , including unit general manager Murray Duncanson , would not surrender their control over staff at the homes . |
| 8 | Great Britain , he said , had emerged as a force once more after their victory over Australia in Sydney last year and their recent wins over New Zealand , and next summer 's tour was a vital preparation for the visit of the Australians in the autumn of 1990 . |
| 9 | Great Britain , he said , had emerged as a force once more after their victory over Australia in Sydney last year and their recent wins over New Zealand , and next summer 's tour was a vital preparation for the visit of the Australians in the autumn of 1990 . |
| 10 | Motor Racing : Mansell completes hat-trick in the heat Timothy Collings sees the Williams team stamp their superiority over McLaren in the Brazilian Grand Prix |
| 11 | The bishop was requested to advise them maturo consilio to restrain their passions and to come to terms with the Plantagenet administration in their quarrel over attacks upon ducal officers and subjects in the vicomté of Marsan . |
| 12 | When the foreign ministers of the non-aligned states assembled in February 1981 a Soviet commentary linked their concern over tensions in the ‘ Arab Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula ’ to the expansion of the American military presence in Oman and American arms sales to Somalia and Egypt . |
| 13 | But it has expressed its concern over proposals in the Treasury 's consultative document which seek to impose similar formal and detailed requirements for control and communication on professionals , such as lawyers and accountants , as well as on banks and building societies . |
| 14 | BARRISTERS could retain much of their monopoly over advocacy in the higher courts under a subtle agenda for discussion spelled out by Lord Donaldson , the Master of the Rolls , as he opened the Bar 's annual conference in London at the weekend . |
| 15 | The suggestion could mean that barristers would retain much of their monopoly over advocacy in the higher courts . |
| 16 | Round she went , mouth slightly parted , eyes seeing who knew what in that circle of lights running into a liquid line as the machine quickened ; in the faces , all one blur below her as she was swung out to them and back away from them again ; in the dark caverns of leaves away above in the trees which seemed so distant , so other , lit in strange patches by the wandering spotlights , strange shadows feeling their way over branches as the lighted islands in the gathering dark turned and twirled , swayed , shuddered , slowed and came to rest . |
| 17 | Probably because Rome had no alternative if she hoped to establish her dominion over Ireland at all . |
| 18 | Another official said Mr Kohl had earlier accepted the British government 's decision to take its time over ratification in a lengthy parliamentary process that will probably extend into the second half of this year . |
| 19 | Both leaders agreed to submit their dispute over sovereignty over the 1,000-km Aouzou territorial strip , seized by Libya in 1973 , to the adjudication of the International Court of Justice at The Hague , as stipulated in the " Algiers Accord " signed by both sides in August 1989 [ see p. 36841 ] . |
| 20 | Before doing so , the UK and France settled their dispute over rankings in voting power in the IMF league . |
| 21 | 3.10:NORTHERN raider Sybillin was a very useful hurdler and hacked up on his debut over fences at Uttoxeter earlier this month . |
| 22 | She made the promise in remorse for his suffering over revelations of their close friendship . |
| 23 | Both Robert Jones and Dewi Morris will be in action on the final Saturday of the Five Nations but Jones — probably only Ireland 's Simon Geoghegan has lost more ground than him in the course of the season — would need just about the game of his life to regain his lead over Morris as the other scrum-half to Gary Armstrong . |
| 24 | The minister disagreed with Lord Carlisle 's recommendation that the Home Secretary should give up his veto over decisions by the Parole Board in cases involving ‘ the worst kind of offenders ’ . |
| 25 | Lucius Cornelius Scipio , brother of Publius Scipio Africanus who was famed for his victory over Hannibal in Africa , defeated Antiochus III of Syria at the Battle of Magnesia in western Asia Minor in 189 BC . |
| 26 | Why did he always choose to lose his temper over issues in which he was in the wrong ? |
| 27 | Graham repeated his win over Martin in Monday 's downhill by taking the Super Giant title yesterday by 0:93sec . |
| 28 | The destruction of property or the accused 's putting his hand over money in the victim 's pocket will be an usurpation of one of the rights of the owner . |
| 29 | The decisive victory won by Ieyasu and lords allied to him at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 established his supremacy over rivals throughout the islands of Honshu , Shikoku and Kyushu . |
| 30 | TOP class chaser Docklands Express could well make his reappearance over hurdles at Cheltenham on Friday . |