Example sentences of "be [noun] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many years there have been worries over the increasing monopolisation of British industry , as evidenced by increased levels of both aggregate and market concentration , and for which there is little doubt that merger activity has , at times , been a major causal factor ( see e.g. HMSO 1978 , Hughes 1989 ) . |
| 2 | Bassett adds : ‘ There have been opportunities over the past couple of years where clubs have shown an interest in me . |
| 3 | But there are concerns over the longer term outlook , with the all-important coal contracts up for renegotiation . |
| 4 | Whereas there have been arguments over the economic consequences of overseas war in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries , there is no disagreement that renewed English intervention in Europe in the sixteenth was massively expensive to the nation . |
| 5 | In others , however , there can be tensions over the relative desirability of volunteers and professionals . |
| 6 | Managers should never be administrators Over the last few decades the distinction between leaders , managers and administrators has become increasingly blurred , to the detriment of profit and people alike . |
| 7 | The changing role of the governing body was also perceived as a key issue : as one head put it , ‘ There could be conflict over the next ten years as the governing bodies try to claim their legal rights and powers from the professionals . ’ |
| 8 | Spending in the district will be £5.5m over the next financial year . |
| 9 | Second , there has been concern over the appropriate speeds for traffic in calmed areas . |
| 10 | Haughey told the conference that Fianna Fáil 's aim over the next decade was to create a new , enlightened , open , Irish society . |
| 11 | There is outrage over the five-year terms on Duncan Bond , 35 , a builder and father of three from Harleston , Norfolk , and Mark Chapman , 29 , an engineer from Horham , Suffolk . |
| 12 | For Johnson the basis for differentiation between occupations is control over the producer-consumer relationship . |
| 13 | That there is concern over the indifferent public image of the legal profession is evident — other agencies place varying degrees of emphasis upon different features of their reputation , some stressing their independence , others their approachability . |
| 14 | Indeed , while there is concern over the long-term effects of population losses from northern regions of Britain , in some circles there appears to be even more anxiety about the failure of migration to produce a speedier matching of workers to jobs ( Department of Employment , 1986 ; Minford , 1985 ) . |
| 15 | There is controversy over the precise location of the true oesophagogastric junction or ‘ cardia ’ in patients with reflux oesophagitis . |
| 16 | Finally … there 's doubt over the cricketing future ofGloucestershire fast bowler David Lawrence … he 's fractured his knee again |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , there have been occasions over the past four years when my morale has been very low , ’ he told The Bookseller this week . |
| 18 | There have been occasions over the past 30 years when the attendance in this House for my speeches has not been quite as large as it is today . |
| 19 | Similar divisions among the nobility , and the confusion into which it seems to have thrown the English leaders , might well explain why national armies were raised infrequently and achieved little , especially if there was dispute over the best policy to adopt , for reasons of the sort outlined above . |