Example sentences of "over an [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One such coroner , who was both a lawyer and a doctor , presided over an inquest on the death of the occupants of a Viking aircraft which crashed on a number of council houses at Southall not far from Heathrow Airport . |
| 2 | To claim priority over an idea in these circumstances is to take a risk indeed . |
| 3 | Two seven-year-old American boys face rape charges over an attack on a six-year-old classmate in a school in Indianapolis , Indiana . |
| 4 | On May 30 Honduras protested officially to El Salvador over an attack on a Honduran patrol in Honduran waters on May 23 and the violation of airspace on May 29 when , it said , a Salvadorean aircraft had dropped propaganda leaflets on refugee camps in the border area . |
| 5 | Yet , the irony of the early 1980s — as a deteriorating , but perennial , urban problem rapidly became the most acute aspect of the crisis of mass unemployment — was that a Tory government , willy-nilly , found itself presiding over an increase in state intervention through a variety of agencies . |
| 6 | Two veiled female figures leaned in exaggerated mourning over an urn in the Grecian taste of the 1810s . |
| 7 | Over an element of path between events P and P ’ the change will be written . |
| 8 | Here , too , a certain ‘ colouring of the imagination ’ is thrown over an incident on Wordsworth 's journey home ; but is this enough to explain the strange story and the even more mysterious ‘ Part Second ’ ? |
| 9 | The Nuclear Installations Inspectorate has strongly criticized British Nuclear Fuels over an incident at the newly-opened Sellafield vitrification plant in September last year , when access doors were left open , exposing workers to risks of severe radiation . |
| 10 | The National Rivers Authority is prosecuting Harcross Building and Timber supplies over an incident in March in which a quantity of timber preservative was detected in a tributary of Stutfield brook at Childury . |
| 11 | ( I am angry over an act of injustice or I wonder at the sight of Niagara Falls or I am pleased with my Christmas present . ) |
| 12 | Then it breaks out over an overlap onto the characteristic smooth slabs and walls which at the same time tempt and intimidate , attract but repel . |
| 13 | The Progressive Democrats had been on the brink of walking out of Prime Minister Albert Reynolds ' government team over an accusation of dishonesty he made against their leader , Des O'Malley , last week . |
| 14 | This uncertainty ( over an issue to which the reader knows the answer ) points to the great difference between Bilbo 's position and Frodo 's . |
| 15 | so erm I do n't er I would n't see the point in being too confrontational over an issue like that . |
| 16 | She 's over an inch less where it counts for that dress . ’ |
| 17 | White worm are small thin worms which can reach just over an inch in length and are of course white in colour . |
| 18 | Equally , when Bishop Æthelstan of Hereford was involved in litigation over an estate in Cnut 's time , it was ordered ( S 1460 ) that the boundaries be retraced , and this the bishop did together with the man who had sold him the land and the witnesses . |
| 19 | Some have pointed out that the mercurial Vercruysse has provoked similar situations in the past , and always as a result of difficulties in their relationship : most recently over an exhibition to be held in May at the Dhondt Dhaenens Museum , Deurle , which examines Belgium 's contribution to Documenta . |
| 20 | A ROW has broken out over an exhibition of photography by lesbians . |
| 21 | It must therefore be recognised that a court which has jurisdiction under article 5(3) over an action in so far as it is based on tort or delict does not have jurisdiction over that action in so far as it is not so based . |
| 22 | In the end , the main argument took place over an amendment from Italy that would limit the single assembly to the EEC , WEU and the Council of Europe . |
| 23 | Labour said Michael Heseltine , the environment secretary , was in a ‘ fever of indecision ’ over an alternative to Mrs Thatcher 's flagship . |
| 24 | It faces south , in over an acre of landscaped gardens with a feature water-garden . |
| 25 | In regard to the 5th ( 349 yards ) , it quotes that twice in one day the Sonning Professional , Abe Mitchell , carried the bushes ‘ a clear carry of 305 yards over an obstacle at the end of the carry averaging 5ft. in height . |
| 26 | Here as part of an agility routine , a dog is being coaxed over an obstacle by its owner . |
| 27 | He demonstrated , for example , how to navigate your way over an obstacle like a gate , without disturbing the bird . |
| 28 | A drop of over an ounce for a bird Dawn 's size could have seriously damaged her health , and , therefore , her ability to fly . |
| 29 | Withdrawal should be over an period of time to allow the Northern Irish time to establish a new form of government . |
| 30 | In 1613–14 he was in conflict with Archdeacon Charles Fotherby over an amalgam of personal and religious issues . |