Example sentences of "and death over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Soviet and foreign estimates of the numbers threatened with starvation and death over the period 1921–2 varied enormously , and no amount of detailed research is ever likely to come up with reliable figures . |
| 2 | If therefore these words [ Genesis 3:16 ] give any Power to Adam , it can only be a Conjugal Power , not Political , the Power that every Husband hath to order the things of private Concernment in his Family , as the Proprietor of the Goods and Land there , and to have his Will take place before that of his wife in all things of their common Concernment ; but not a Political Power of Life and Death over her , much less over any body else . |
| 3 | But no human being has the right of life and death over another . |
| 4 | It lays down that loyalty to the nation — and in established States , the State — ought to take priority over all other loyalties , including that to the family , and that the crime of disloyalty is treason , the punishment for which is frequently death ( that is , the nation has the power of life and death over its members ) . |
| 5 | There were times when he spoke as though he was living in the days of his ancestor , Richard ; regarding himself as a feudal overlord with the power of life and death over his vassals . |
| 6 | It has the power , the ultimate power of life and death over its parents , its older brothers and sisters , its grandparents , and indeed everybody else who is gathered in the room . |
| 7 | As usual , the parents have the power of life and death over the baby , which all parents have . |
| 8 | These had not only control of promotions in them , with powers of life and death over their men , but even the right to impose their own systems of drill and tactics . |