Example sentences of "over [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Yi dynasty presided over Korean affairs from 1392 to 1910 but the dynasty was in decline from the seventeenth century onwards ; and Yi ascendancy was distinguished by a combination of exploitation , corruption and brutality in which endemic factionalism predominated . |
| 2 | And Deloitte says it is unlikely that British companies will be favoured over European rivals in the franchise round which will be open to public scrutiny . |
| 3 | Tri-Lux II is the first antifouling that can be used safely over underwater metals including aluminium hulls and outdrive engines , says the company . |
| 4 | Does the public really believe these stories are spilled willingly over friendly cups of tea ? |
| 5 | In Bell 's work the giving of financial support within middle-class families is ‘ men 's business ’ , and in a sense this is inevitable given that men exercise direct control over economic resources in this setting . |
| 6 | Disagreement over economic policies between the bureaucracy , the LDP and big business is well documented across a range of issues from anti-monopoly controls through rationalization cartels to state subsidies for rice producers . |
| 7 | Hurtado had been involved in disagreements over economic policy with Industry and Commerce Minister Guido Pennano , who criticized the government 's IMF-backed tight fiscal policy for deepening the recession , failing to cure hyperinflation , and making exports uncompetitive by overvaluing the inti . |
| 8 | But in his belief that economic efficiency must if necessary take priority over social justice , Keynes lacked the left-Liberal vision of a new moral order in society , More than half of Dr Clarke 's book is devoted to the debate over economic policy between 1928 and 1930 . |
| 9 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 10 | There followed a debate over economic policy in which the principal protagonists — though many others joined in — were Keynes on the one hand and the Treasury on the other . |
| 11 | Specifically , during the 1980s this has meant progressively losing control over economic policy in return for merging her currency with those of her EEC partners . |
| 12 | He said that unless action was taken , particularly over enclosed land on low ground , the present mix of inaction , misunderstanding and acrimony would continue . |
| 13 | THE furore over Labour ideas for breaking Ulster 's political log-jam and efforts to block demands for the party to recruit in the province is expected to intensify this month . |
| 14 | Because it forms slowly over geological time in the Cretaceous chalk , minute amounts of clay dispersed in the chalk are incorporated within the flint . |
| 15 | The debate over regional decentralization in the 1960s and '70s thus raised many crucial issues about the nature of explanation in the social sciences . |
| 16 | There was accord over trade policy and over regional policy in such areas as Latin America . |
| 17 | The Chancellor stayed in Italy even though Premier John Major and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd rushed back from their hols abroad for the emergency session over possible action against Iraq . |
| 18 | There were whiffs of controversy in the air as the obsequies were dealt with , but only because a couple of the reporters interrogated retiring manager Micky Stewart over possible suspicion of Pakistan ball-tampering . |
| 19 | Large Government grants are being offered to attract industries to the Enterprise Zones within Liverpool and Manchester but , with an uncertain future , most managers are being cautious over investing money for new industries in the region . |
| 20 | As Bob Colenutt describes in this volume ( chapter 2 ) , state financed property speculation can be represented as inner city benevolence when the government hands over rich tracts of real estate to an unaccountable Urban Development Corporation in London . |
| 21 | RoC , the French hypoallergenic skin care company one of those in the news lately over controversial ingredients in one of its products has launched a national network of RoC Pure Beauty Centres to provide expert advice on skincare . |
| 22 | He clashed with the county over controversial comments in a book by Pakistan all-rounder Wasim Akram . |
| 23 | Abbey Burnfoot fished well over low water on night tides for a few decent codling . |
| 24 | Shore fishing at Fleetwood patchy , a few good fish over low water from Rossall area at night . |
| 25 | Some reports attributed the coup attempt to ( i ) Fujimori 's announcement that the government would investigate US intelligence reports of military involvement in drug trafficking ; ( ii ) grievances over low wages in the armed forces , and ( iii ) alleged interference in promotions by Fujimori and his security adviser , Vladimiro Montesinos . |
| 26 | Like a child in an eighteenth-century aristocratic portrait , Xanthe , now eleven verging on twelve , was not dressed in children 's clothes , but in doll-like versions of her mother 's couture style : a sage-green fitted jacket with narrow lapels and a large and fancy button at the nipped-in waist , a wheel of a skirt , the hem hanging straight , over strong legs in pale seamed stockings . |
| 27 | The European Commission continued during this period to pursue a resolution of the conflict over technical standards for high definition television ( HDTV ) broadcasting in the single market after 1993 . |
| 28 | In the political skirmishes over scant resources in which long-term strategies and confidence in the administration are essential , such clichés as ‘ Small is beautiful ’ are not helpful . |
| 29 | The Government was severely embarrassed by a similar action brought in 1988 by Harriet Harman , now a front-bench Labour MP , and Patricia Hewitt , formerly press secretary to Neil Kinnock , over covert surveillance of them by the security service , MI5 . |
| 30 | JOHN Major is ready to personally intervene to break the deadlock over political talks in Ulster . |