Example sentences of "be a [noun sg] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Holly and eight hundred with him had a roof over their Kitchen , and there would be a roof over Hut 2 when the freezing night came . |
| 2 | Winger , Jerry Perrins is back in the team , but there 's a doubt over Derek Morgan who 's got flu . |
| 3 | There 's a problem over blackout . ’ |
| 4 | Overall little criticism can be levelled at the Commissioners ' decision making , though there is a problem over help for appellants to the Commissioners . |
| 5 | Second , there is a problem over tax collecting . |
| 6 | Now that the US , the IMF 's largest shareholder , has agreed a quota increase the main dispute is a wrangle over rankings in the IMF hierachy with the Japanese demanding their place as an economic superpower be fully recognised . |
| 7 | ‘ This is a ticking over fight for Billy . |
| 8 | Second , he assumes that the natural level of output grows at a rate which for any individual country is a constant over time but which may differ between countries . |
| 9 | You can pick up the dog and shake it , or pull on the scruff of its neck as happens when there is a clash over dominancy in the pack situation . |
| 10 | The difference between the two is a debate over means but the end — namely freedom — remains the same . |
| 11 | If we look carefully we shall see that there are three levels ( or , since there is a progression over time , they may be called ‘ phases ’ ) of partnership . |
| 12 | There was a mix-up over payment for a meal at a café , and Chapman was hauled off by a gendarme to the police station . |
| 13 | First there was a battle over copies of the will . |
| 14 | At the time of Domesday the manor was not unlike a small kingdom or a dominion within which the lord was a superior over subjects of different ranks , his power though being not absolute but according to custom and law . |
| 15 | Captain Wayne Parker said : ‘ There was a misunderstanding over bonus and incentive payments . ’ |
| 16 | However , there was a row over proposals to put minitrams into the centre of Sheffield 10 years ago . |
| 17 | There is nothing to show that this plan was " officially adopted " : if anything , it was a shot over Lothar 's bows . |
| 18 | Once this had happened , attitudes toward , and images of , youth were profoundly altered ( though , of course , the alteration was a process over time , not a dramatic moment ) and a new pattern of age relations began to develop . |
| 19 | It was a steeplechase over rock and sand , like crossing mussel beds when the tide is out . |
| 20 | According to Eric , one of the residents , some two weeks before our visit there was a dispute over drugs and one of the shacks had been torched . |
| 21 | Perhaps the gene for the pattern was linked to an unusual level of aggressiveness or assertiveness , with the result that these cats soon managed to oust most other colour forms whenever there was a dispute over territory or females . |
| 22 | The immediate aftermath of privatization was a dispute over pay , with the workers claiming a basic wage of £195 in contrast with the then current level of £135 . |
| 23 | In Express Newspapers v. McShane , there was a dispute over pay between the proprietors of provincial newspapers and members of the National Union of Journalists . |
| 24 | As the two houses of Parliament convened in a special session on May 13 there was a dispute over voting procedure and a fist-fight broke out when deputies of the neo-fascist Movimento Sociale Italiano ( MSI-DN ) accused the Christian Democrats ( DC ) of being " thieves " . |