Example sentences of "[noun sg] action over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A plaintiff once brought a defamation action over the allegation that he was a highwaym . |
| 2 | However , its sale plan has been halted by a court action over the trusteeship of the collection and has already provoked the National Art Collections into stripping it of a grant . |
| 3 | Now lecturers at the university are poised to take strike action over the affair . |
| 4 | PRISON officers are threatening to take strike action over the privatisation of the prison service . |
| 5 | The result of a ballot of workers at Birmingham on taking strike action over the crisis will be announced tomorrow . |
| 6 | What part of any contraction in the demand for elderly workers has been caused by state action over the setting of pension eligibility terms , and what part has been due to the autonomous decisions of employers , must for the moment remain an open question . |
| 7 | The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation , a major lender to Bond but one which cut its exposure to about A$1billion earlier this year , said it would study the implications of the NAB action over the weekend . |
| 8 | Criticisms endorsed by the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders , whose view of Home Office action over the prison problem is unequivocal . |