Example sentences of "[adj] authorities [verb] over " in BNC.

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1 The fact that political authorities rule over whole communities itself dictates some of the ways in which the question of the justification of such authorities should be formulated .
2 It was envisaged , however , that they would " voluntarily delegate " to the central authorities control over financial , credit and exchange policy , over common customs policy " to ensure protection of the union-wide market " , and over a range of other activities including management of defence industries , transport , energy and telecommunications .
3 New authorities take over in 1996 .
4 In non-metropolitan England , the nine largest former county boroughs , all with populations above 200,000 , began ‘ a campaign within two months of the new authorities taking over , to win back some of the powers they had lost to the counties ’ ( Alexander 1982b:64 ) .
5 April 1996 The earliest date for the new authorities taking over
6 The immediate difficulties were caused by administrative and computer changes as local authorities took over the administration of the benefit .
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