Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] of [noun] over " in BNC.

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1 Relations improved with South Korea as a result of concessions over the treatment of the Korean minority within Japan , and Japan 's admission of guilt over its past treatment of Korea [ see p. 38623 ] .
2 The family 's loss of control over the youth is crucial to his development in sport , for , if there was a more balanced social management within the West Indian community , it is likely that the vibrance and energy expended in sport could be directed into more orthodox areas .
3 To begin with the government wants private operators to cast a spider 's web of cable-TV over the country , It is n't obvious that this is the best way to go about it .
4 Sir David did not comment on Britain and China 's war of words over Hong Kong 's future , or Hong Kong 's recent differences with Peking over the Chinese swimmer , Yang Yang , who was allowed to leave Hong Kong for the United States .
5 But why , 7 centuries on ; long after swan lost its appeal as a delicacy , are people still negotiating with the Queen 's Keeper of Swans over who owns what ?
6 And third , for every new piece of legislation under the new Social Chapter , there 'll be a queue of continental employers and governments lodging cases in Europe 's Court of Justice over the U K's anti-competitive behaviour .
7 The University 's strategy of expansion over the past few years has been aimed to take full advantage of the UFC 's new policy of rewarding those universities that have demonstrated their willingness and ability to expand by retrospectively awarding full grant for an increased number of so-called fully funded students .
8 The GSLP , which was traditionally strongly opposed to Spain 's claim of sovereignty over the territory , had campaigned on a platform calling for greater autonomy from the United Kingdom , particularly in the economic sphere .
9 It extends the householder 's feeling of control over his or her domain , and gives a direct outlet for the natural desire to improve it .
10 Equally clear is the peasantry 's sense of injustice over the Emancipation settlement , their resentment against the landowning nobility , and their yearning to see all noble land made over to them .
11 Among the various characteristics of these technologies which Blauner identifies we highlight three here : the changing skill requirements , the worker 's sense of control over the work process , and changes in the meaningfulness of work — these last two characteristics being , to a very large extent , a product of the social relationships which the worker has with management and the end-user of the product being made .
12 For people with long-standing difficult social circumstances that may throw up a crisis at any time , intervention might best combine practical help with a scheme to foster the person 's sense of control over his or her life , to reduce their sense of hopelessness .
13 It is also the key to a Pandora 's Box of problems over rights and copyright .
14 I wish he would keep his eyes off me , Laura thought grimly , feeling certain that she must have experienced almost a lifetime 's amount of tension over the past few days .
15 First , Mr Delors — who had earlier sent a furious letter to Mr Major , complaining of Britain 's lack of faith over the TV pact — had kept him waiting for over an hour at Heathrow while his flight from Brussels was delayed by fog .
16 The explosive power of volcanos is proof if ever it was needed , of man 's lack of control over the environment .
17 To these powers , one must add the power to appoint governors ( BBC ) and members ( IBA ) of the authorities , and in the context of programmes , the government 's power of veto over programmes .
18 His recital of the history of the archbishops ' exercise of authority over the whole of Britain over the centuries is punctuated by quotations from Gregory , proclaiming the claims of antiquity as a model for future conduct .
19 So , it 's stuck with defending this form of public housing in the face of mass dissidence within the working class itself , not so much with the principle of council housing as the tenants ' lack of control over design and management .
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