Example sentences of "[noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although not all the Tory dissidents now discussing tactics over individual bills were among the 60 who withheld their votes from her last Tuesday , the arithmetic of the leadership election does raise the question of whether she can rely on her Commons majority in the coming battles . |
| 2 | It is not clear if the Government 's tactics over the last few days are typical of the muddle that has beset it in recent months or if it is deliberately designed to throw its opponents into confusion . |
| 3 | Others were furious at what they said were government strong-arm tactics over the vote . |
| 4 | The government agreed to clear US$90,000,000 of official arrears on external payments by the end of March 1991 , and to allow the island 's commercial banks to clear a further US$157,000,000 in private-sector arrears over the next 30 months through a series of bond issues . |
| 5 | A weekend election in Baden-Wurttemberg , where the extremist Republican Party , led by Herr Franz Schonhuber , a former Waffen-SS officer , gained 10.9 per cent of the votes , was fought mainly on the concerns of the electorate over Germany 's generous political asylum laws . |
| 6 | bureaucratic models , emphasizing the limited control of the electorate over many aspects of public decision-making and the goals of those who administer government policies ; |
| 7 | He was appalled at their habits , saying they just covered up the dirt by placing new rushes over the old , thus covering the dirt and filth which was caused by animals wandering in and out of the houses . |
| 8 | The evening sessions of the course will run fortnightly from 4 October 1990 to late March 1991 , with a break over Christmas : all evening sessions will run from 7.30 to 10.00 pm . |
| 9 | Hope you managed to get some sort of break over the weekend and that you 're not too behind on schedule — it 'll probably pick up later on in the shoot ! |
| 10 | ‘ The Italian League season has a three-week break over Christmas and he should be able to come back after that . |
| 11 | ‘ You gave me a break over Daddy . |
| 12 | She was accustomed to exercise for , each morning for the past two weeks , Sharpe had saddled her at three o'clock , then ridden her south to watch the dawn break over the Sambre valley , but this morning , hearing the crackle of musketry to the east , he had ridden the mare much further than usual . |
| 13 | Okay , do n't forget to have a few days break over Christmas , do n't work all the time , have a jolly good time . |
| 14 | Q plans to put out the final part of his novel on video with the narration over Super 8 footage shot by Don Letts , before issuing a DEADMEAT ‘ remix ’ mass-market edition , and then moving on to a new book to be called Supermodel and concerned with , well , supermodels . |
| 15 | Fred Crocombe went on to work for Boulton Paul Aircraft , and often reflected on how close he came to being one of those many aviator 's lost mysteriously without a trace over the wide expanse of the sea . |
| 16 | just lay the trace over the top of the pin it does n't come out . |
| 17 | He could sue me for slander over this . ’ |
| 18 | They were able to respond swiftly because they already have a secret ballot strike mandate over an ongoing pay dispute . |
| 19 | Thus even if separate communities had begun with similar ways , it is likely that the processes of structuration would lead to divergence over time . |
| 20 | Sloth has been graded Hard Severe , VS and HVS over the years . |
| 21 | Changes in roles over the year and changes in emphasis in areas of responsibility are outlined at the meeting . |
| 22 | the basis of the defence is the absence of any control by the defendant over the acts of a stranger on his land and therefore the nature of the stranger 's conduct is irrelevant . |
| 23 | This also vindicates the Kelsenian thesis of the primacy of the principle of delegation over the principle of subsumption . |
| 24 | There 's a huge deep loch over there . |
| 25 | 95% of drivers/riders over the legal limit are male . |
| 26 | 3 Stir in the vanilla essence , then strain the custard over the raspberries and almonds and leave to cool . |
| 27 | Strain the custard over the tangerine pulp and stir in the dissolved gelatine . |
| 28 | Pour the custard over the top and bake for about 30–40 minutes until the custard is golden brown . |
| 29 | The 25th FAO conference in Rome in November 1989 adopted a regular budget of US$569,000,000 for 1990/91 , an increase of $77,000,000 over the previous biennium [ see p. 36957 ] . |
| 30 | Just sometimes , this one had crimson nails , left over from the other , who wore a tight black skirt and a black jacket with padded shoulders over a pink silk shirt and was carefully made up with pink and brown eyeshadow , brushed blusher along the cheekbone and plummy lips . |