Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | O ate said that the government is to allow all citizens to sue for damages over environmental hazards , and to accompany environmental inspectors on site visits . |
| 2 | The flames from hundreds of eruptions had once furnace-fashioned this valley and left it with rocks precariously dangling on steep hills , scattered warningly across the path , uncertainly wedged , it seemed , against the few huts which passed for homes over an ill-repaired double span of bridge which crossed the stream feeding the lake . |
| 3 | The courts often sit for months over scientific questions — for example , whether whooping cough vaccine caused brain damage — and the GMC may imagine itself stuck with cases lasting months and costing millions . |
| 4 | But first , it is worth briefly summarising the evidence which our surveys have given about problems over credit use — as far as the relationship between borrower and lender is concerned . |
| 5 | Many men and women are employed under contracts of employment which provide for transfers over a wide area . |
| 6 | Another approach to protecting the social element is to secure that there is an open and healthy political system through which citizens can act as watchdogs over their own social rights — this again highlights the importance of the political element of citizenship . |
| 7 | Some of us are puzzled by this phenomenon , because it seems incompatible with another idea we cherish , which is that people must not be blamed for acts over which they had no control , nor held responsible for unfair gains when they have gained nothing themselves . |
| 8 | It has to do with short-term planning and public accounting systems , which mean that , although money can in theory be voted for projects over a number of years , in practice , it usually arrives in annual dribs and drabs . |
| 9 | On Dec. 18 Bush confirmed that talks between himself and the Iraqi Foreign Minister , Tariq Aziz , scheduled to be held in Washington between Dec. 20 and Jan. 3 , had been cancelled following disagreements over the precise date of the meeting . |
| 10 | The white blades rose and trembled like wings over the water , dipped , and rose again , scattering drops of emerald . |
| 11 | Conti , of Hampstead , north London , was speaking at the unveiling of the BBC 's £27 million package of films , comedy and drama to pull in viewers over the festive period . |
| 12 | An amputee , she could not yet accustom herself to what was lost and gone , lost as her parents scattered in fragments over the Nevada desert . |
| 13 | In late May , police in Oregon had to reinforce back-road patrols after gunfire erupted in disputes over mushroom grounds . |
| 14 | The sharp decline was blamed on fears over the falling yen and over-valued stock prices on the Tokyo stock exchange . |
| 15 | Their appellate jurisdiction was also extended , presumably by agreement between the Inns and the judges , to issues relating to disputes over property within the Inns : Rakestraw v. Brewer ( 1728 ) 2 P.Wms. 511 , or over elections in the Inns : Inner Temple v. Ince ( 1677 ) 3 Keble 835 , or over debts due to the Inns : Levinz v. Randolph ( 1700 ) 1 Ld.Raym. 594 , which could not by any stretch of the imagination relate to the duties of judges in relation to the administration of justice in their courts . |
| 16 | Evacuees were dispersed to billets over a wide area : for example , London children were spread from Land 's End to the Wash , under 476 billeting authorities and 73 education authorities . |
| 17 | According to the ADC , in the cases quoted by councils the properties by and large fulfilled all the principal criteria set down by the Government for a property suitable for occupation by older people , ie that it was let to persons over pensionable age ; access was relatively easy ; the accommodation was on level ground ; the dwelling had no more than two bedrooms ; the heating arrangements were adequate ; the property was reasonably conveniently located . |
| 18 | There are an increasing number of surveys which have looked at individuals over a period of time . |
| 19 | More changes came in 1969 — 71 and again in the 1980s , which was a decade dominated by battles over new technology and the establishment of new titles . |
| 20 | We agree that in broad terms the mean number of heterosexual partners reported by men must be equal to the mean number reported by women over a specified time interval in a closed population . |
| 21 | What is or can be as superlatively silly or ruinous to the nerves as that silly girl , snivelling and laughing by turns over a ‘ love story ’ ? |
| 22 | The company 's strategies in the mid-range — where its RISC machines and AS/400s show great potential for growth and profitability — are said to have been constrained by concerns over self-impact . |
| 23 | To secure continued integrity of local government , so that confidence in the institutions of government is not eroded by concerns over fraud and corruption . |
| 24 | Fourth , it seems that , as with parents and children , we need to be aware that there are likely to be quite wide fluctuations in support passing between siblings over the lifetime of each . |
| 25 | What do you honestly feel about ladies over the age of forty appearing nude in centrefolds such as Playboy , and if approached yourself , with the body you have today — which is marvellous — would you do it ? |
| 26 | The annual report of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution has predicted a sharp rise in the number of prosecutions made against polluters over the next year . |
| 27 | But Mr Pannone said that while the Director of Public Prosecutions had decided eventually to prosecute P & O European Ferries and directors and employees over the Herald of Free Enterprise tragedy , he had decided against prosecutions over the King 's Cross fire . |
| 28 | Now it 's arranged for them to spend a year living with families over here . |
| 29 | Even after living with Apaches over a month and after all the things they must have done to her . |
| 30 | Districts are , however , required to consult with counties over ‘ matters of concern ’ . |