Example sentences of "a [noun sg] over [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The hospitality industry would appear to be little different , plenty of women involved in the industry , enjoying a majority over men in hotel and catering degree courses and yet the percentage of managers remains heavily stacked towards , generally speaking , the heavily built sex . |
| 3 | He was worsted by George IV in a tussle over appointments to studentships ; a riot in 1825 led the duke of Wellington to transfer his two eldest sons to Trinity College , Cambridge ; and he failed to mobilize chapter and common-room to achieve the desired result in the by-election following the resignation of ( Sir ) Robert Peel early in 1829 , the lead being taken by Charles LLoyd . |
| 4 | But I found a pretty deep hole where an extremely thick weedbed forms a roof over part of it . |
| 5 | However , the nub of Sybase 's interest in the group is thought to be focused at what it can do to make its client/server technology more object-oriented and therefore steal a march over competitors like Oracle Corp and Informix Software . |
| 6 | The Finnish Rural Party ( SMP ) on Aug. 24 withdrew from the governing coalition following a disagreement over pensions in the 1991 budget . |
| 7 | It is not the first time the council has been at the centre of a disagreement over charges for collection of waste . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , a rather upsetting aspect to the revolutionary planet Uranus , which takes place on 30 March , seems likely to bring a disagreement over finances to a head — and therefore your first priority this April must be to salvage what you can from a rather costly alliance . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | First there was a battle over copies of the will . |
| 11 | Naughton , who paid 15,000gns for the gelding last month , plans a campaign over fences for him next winter and he may find that Dai Burchell 's four-year-old Maamur will prove too good for him . |
| 12 | Mr Plowright , who was responsible for programmes such as Coronation Street , Brideshead Revisited and The Jewel in the Crown , was forced out after a clash over strategy at the company . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | At many cultural levels the old Petersburg continued to prevail for a while over Moscow in many informal , non-governmental ways , as will be noted in a later chapter . |
| 15 | The bill gives four senior judges and the Lord Chancellor a veto over rules for solicitor advocates . |
| 16 | The legislature would have a veto over appointments to key Cabinet posts , including that of Prime Minister , but would be subordinate to the President and would have little influence over economic policy . |
| 17 | The death of a popular local singer had prompted a hunger strike by a friend over policies at the EMC . |
| 18 | Mrs Hancock 's lawyer said that his client and Mrs Rinehart had reached a compromise over access to the body so that the funeral could go ahead . |
| 19 | No harrying is recorded for 992 , although a victory over part of the English navy is , and in 993 there were raids around the mouth of the Humber , and Bamburgh on the Northumbrian coast was sacked . |
| 20 | French hunters in Bordeaux have celebrated a victory over environmentalists with a Whitsun holiday massacre of migrating turtle-doves . |
| 21 | Unable to build upon a draw against England at Wembley and a victory over Poland at home , Wales , defeated 3-0 , were out of the World Cup . |
| 22 | IN the European Team Championship , Haifa 1989 , Wales scored a victory over Turkey in this position . |
| 23 | MP may sue over Tory ‘ lie ’ RONNIE Campbell , Labour MP for Blyth , Northumberland , yesterday met a solicitor to talk about taking out a writ over allegations in the Tory document , Labour 's Soft on Crime . |
| 24 | When Geoffrey le Bel was unable to arbitrate in person between the seneschal and the monks of Baugé in a quarrel over tithes in 1146 , he insisted that his part in the case be acknowledged . |
| 25 | The court heard the killing followed a row over money from the sale of illegal drugs . |
| 26 | A 16-YEAR-OLD murder suspect at the centre of a row over publication of his identity was yesterday arrested by police . |
| 27 | A ROW over plans for a Teesside mosque is set to provide the ammunition for a fiery public meeting tonight . |
| 28 | In 1988 she was involved in another controversy , in a row over nomination for Portugal 's candidate as ‘ European Woman of the Year ’ , a prize sponsored by the EC . |
| 29 | I mean Shakespeare did not , correct me if I 'm wrong , use words like fart and , certainly does n't use words like fuel gauge , have a leg over things like that , and things like , okay ? |
| 30 | 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 . |