Example sentences of "because [prep] [noun pl] over " in BNC.

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1 And yet the various integrationist movements , brash or hesitant , in the 1940s looked to Britain for leadership , and clung to the hope that Britain would be absorbed , not least because of concerns over security .
2 However , while preparing for its first congress , a split occurred because of disagreements over private ownership of the means of production and land .
3 The UK Ministry of Defence ( MOD ) announced on Sept. 19 , 1989 , that , because of disagreements over specifications and delays in expected delivery dates , the UK was withdrawing from the NATO Frigate Replacement for the 1990s ( NFR90 ) project .
4 The delay was partly because of disagreements over the allocation of contracts for the construction of 36,000 apartments for returning soldiers at a cost to Germany of DM7,800 million .
5 John may have spoken on the marriage bill on 22 April , however ; he would have been especially interested , because of difficulties over his intended marriage to his cousin , Eleanor Hanham , with whom he eloped in 1629 .
6 The meeting started 12 days late , apparently because of difficulties over housing delegates in the capital .
7 The Liberal Democratic Congress and the Confederation for an Independent Poland had pulled out of talks with Olszewski on the formation of a government because of differences over economic policy .
8 On March 26 the US State Department confirmed that it had in July 1991 denied a visa to Narong because of suspicions over his role in heroin trading .
9 District authorities in Devon banned the jump in the county because of fears over the type of crane to be used , said Mr Collier , who has been blind for 22 years .
10 District authorities in Devon banned the jump in the county because of fears over the type of crane to be used , said Mr Collier , who has been blind for 22 years .
11 The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities .
12 difficulties ensuring discipline , either because of uncertainties over parental status or power struggles in a remarriage where the partner adopts the child .
13 On April 24 , 1990 , the government legalized the Eastern Rite Catholic Church , although the return of church buildings taken over by the Orthodox Church remained difficult to resolve because of uncertainties over the current number of Uniates .
14 Because of controls over food prices , an enormous food shortage was created , which was then partly alleviated by substantial increases in food imports — in 1972 food imports rose by 44 per cent .
15 But the event at Langbaurgh motor sports park near Redcar has had to be switched to Lincolnshire because of worries over excessive noise on a Sunday .
16 There are problems in assessing these claims , in part because of disputes over the starting date — 1979 , when Mrs Thatcher came to office , or 1981 , the low point of the recession — and whether comparison is made with the 1970s or 1960s .
17 It currently appears unlikely that either directive will be implemented before the end of 1991 because of disputes over the whole Company Law Statute , which the Germans in particular are not happy about .
18 In mid-1991 labour relations deteriorated sharply with the sugarcane harvest once again delayed because of disputes over payments for the previous year 's crop .
19 Ministers from six European countries , including Britain , have agreed to set up a high speed network by 1998 although there are doubts that Britaincan meet the timetable because of delays over the Channel tunnel .
20 Several republics had objected to the size of contributions being sought from them and to the division of tax revenues , while the USSR Supreme Soviet had run out of discussion time because of arguments over defence spending .
21 A report approved by the Presidium on April 19 had also assessed that the government could no longer function properly because of arguments over economic policy .
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