Example sentences of "of the [noun pl] over [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this which establishes the control of the people over their political leaders or of the shareholders over their directors . |
| 2 | The population of France was perhaps as high as 20 million , compared with England 's 4.5 million , and the extent of the lands over which the French king claimed suzerainty , together with the richness of their agricultural resources , made France potentially the wealthiest kingdom in western Europe . |
| 3 | But by the age of 18 months children seem to have a relatively clear understanding of the actions over which they have direct control and the events in the material world which they can influence only indirectly via their actions or the actions of other people . |
| 4 | The local historian who is trying to build up a picture of the social and economic structure of his own parish must always take into consideration the extent of the common and the value of the rights over it . |
| 5 | This might well be stabilised as the main course and result in the construction of a new delta segment , until the gradient advantage of the distributaries over it was nullified by the extent of the segment . |
| 6 | but some shifting of the branches over me |
| 7 | Standing on the corpses they laugh and joke , holding the bodies of the babies over their heads like trophies , pitching them back and forth like footballs . ’ |
| 8 | The steward was not left to mourn that his bottles found no custom : there was treating and return treating , and one humble Highlander who could sing Gaelic songs was made the sink into which was poured the spirits bought by sundry odd pence ; and , to the satisfaction of those who deem it a noble accomplishment the filling a man drunk , this Celt was brought into that pitiable condition , and manifested the power of the spirits over his brain in rather a curious way , — he was for kissing all round . |
| 9 | His or her mandate generally covers most of the issues over which the works council has codetermination rights but excludes questions of incentives and job evaluation . |