Example sentences of "[noun] over [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are people who can pull the wool over peoples ' eyes . |
| 2 | All three say the banks already have too much influence over students ' lives , and that loans will strengthen the hold . |
| 3 | A disagreement over patients ' preparation and post-operational recovery regime resulted in Daniel leaving his father in 1763 to set up on his own at Ingatestone , Essex . |
| 4 | Although the guidance may provoke some concerns over children 's rights , it is likely to be widely welcomed . |
| 5 | Councillor Rodgers said , ‘ They are interfering with the democratic process in this by-election and seeking to buy political influence with what amounts to bribes ’ , and noted the offer was personally embarrassing for him as he negotiated as a union official with the companies over workers ' pay and conditions . |
| 6 | Dismissal therapy … the use of drug tests has lead to a US legal battle over workers ' privacy rights PHOTOGRAPH : N. SAGANSKY |
| 7 | The Lord Chancellor 's concessions to the Bar over solicitors ' rights of audience are understandable but mistaken . |
| 8 | For over a decade he strode like a colossus over children 's TV , manfully climbing mountains , bravely jumping out of aeroplanes , ruggedly falling off bob-sleighs . |
| 9 | But why did the theories of feminism develop in response to them in the 1960s and not , say , in the 1930s when novelists cast an equally critical eye over women 's lives ? |
| 10 | It was characteristic of many teaching methods used with children experiencing learning difficulties during the 1970s and 1980s that they entailed more control by the teacher over children 's learning than was typical in mainstream classrooms ( Wood and Shears 1986 ) . |
| 11 | No conflict over auditors ' roles |
| 12 | The thunder with which this was greeted from the senior judiciary — every one a former barrister — forced the Lord Chancellor to produce his fudge : separate systems of accreditation with four senior judges given a veto over solicitors ' rights . |
| 13 | So the quiet , reserved , studious girl falls " head over heels ' in love with the most outrageous extrovert in the year ! |
| 14 | Meanwhile , the Sandgrounders are not anticipating major problems over players ' work commitments for next season 's longer trips in the Conference . |
| 15 | The most important right is the right of lien over guests ' property . |
| 16 | Drugs on the streets.Villagers anger over ravers ' invasion . |
| 17 | Thus wardship and the control over wards ' and widows ' marriages became increasingly important . |
| 18 | With ministerial support they could have more financial control over juniors ' posts and be responsible for verifying the information that units give to purchasers . |
| 19 | There were fierce disputes over the intelligentsia 's determination to exclude all but a token worker or two from their policy-making committees and to assert their own control over workers ' mutual support funds and the content of newspapers written for the workers . |
| 20 | Boys ' education is seen as likely to bring direct economic benefit to the family and so is given priority over girls ' education . |
| 21 | The theory of women 's arrested development was taken up in the debate over women 's inferior mental ability . |
| 22 | A woman who caused a row when she applied for a teaching job under a false identity has now joined the debate over children 's reading . |
| 23 | Contests over children 's entrance into and exit from the care of the state are moving from administrative to judicial control . |
| 24 | Fury over MPs ' pay |
| 25 | Contributions to the group 's defined benefit pension scheme are charged to the profit and loss account so as to spread the cost of pensions over employees ' working lives with the group . |
| 26 | The lien of a solicitors ' firm over clients ' papers pending payment of its costs will not be lost by a change in membership so long as the papers have come into the firm 's possession before the change : they can not ( subject always to any specific arrangements with the client to the contrary ) lawfully be retained after such a change in respect of a debt falling due before that event . |
| 27 | Controversy over politicians ' links with StB |
| 28 | Controversy over politicians ' StB links |
| 29 | Controversy over politicians ' links with the StB centred during January and February on Bedrich Moldan , who was suspended as Czech Environment Minister on Jan. 7 and dismissed on Jan. 24 by the relevant Czech parliamentary commission ( being replaced on Feb. 20 by Ivan Dejmal ) . |
| 30 | In response to the recent rows over banks ' charges to small firms , a new company staffed by former bank managers has been established to give advice to small firms on how to deal with their banks . |