Example sentences of "[verb] over [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Place over bowl of simmering water and whisk until whisk leaves a trail . |
| 2 | The Labour Party Conference : Gay rights group wins support over age of consent |
| 3 | This field is situated at the edge of the Zechstein salt basin and thin beds of halite extend over part of the structure . |
| 4 | Eritrea 's struggle for its independence from Ethiopia has gone on , first against Haile Selassie and then against the Soviet-backed Mengistu regime , since 1952 , when the UN feebly handed over control of its Trust Territory to Addis Ababa . |
| 5 | The United States officially handed over control of the relief operation in Somalia to the United Nations . |
| 6 | Captain Jonathon Faulknor handed over command of HMS Impregnable to his sailing master , Michael Jenking , for the final leg of the voyage into Portsmouth harbour . |
| 7 | As the FA handed over control of this aspect of the game to the League , it was not likely that club chairmen would encourage investigations that might damage themselves . |
| 8 | It ticks off a litany of mistakes from its dependence on mainframes through to the conscious suppression of RISC technology and the grotesque series of blunders by which it handed over control of PCs to Intel and Microsoft . |
| 9 | He was among the politically active officers of 1647–9 , serving on the small standing committee to which Sir Thomas Fairfax ( later third Baron Fairfax of Cameron , q.v. ) handed over control of issuing all commissions , and acting as a spokesman for the high command in their successive dealings with the Parliament , the king , and the radicals in the army itself ( the Agitators and their Leveller allies ) . |
| 10 | On Dec. 6 Ershad was forced to relinquish power and handed over control of the government to Chief Justice Shehabuddin Ahmed who had been nominated as Acting President by the main opposition alliances . |
| 11 | The privatization which handed over administration of benefit payments to employers was the brainchild of Sir Norman do I need to say more ? |
| 12 | Indeed , in the 1960s and 1970s , deliberate over issuance of Treasury bills was the way in which the Bank of England enforced Bank Rate . |
| 13 | Pour over juice of one lemon . |
| 14 | Military pressure on Mr Gorbachev to find a quick way of ending the war stems from a bigger worry : that , by letting America take over conduct of the war , the Soviet Union will see its influence suffer in the region , especially if American troops stay on once the fighting is over . |
| 15 | Erm if you recall in our managements ' erm in our discussions when I presented the last the last minutes of the er s the subcommittee which has purchased the ground , we agreed to erm co er co-work with two other two of the clubs sports clubs to establish a management committee , which we would then hope would take over management of the ground from the parish council . |
| 16 | Council may take over running of historic sites |
| 17 | Reporters who approached the hotel just after dawn yesterday said there was no sign of the rebels who took over part of the hotel in the exclusive Escalon district of the capital . |
| 18 | Tiller 's theatrical enterprises were expanding so fast it became inconvenient to use his warehouse during the evenings and at weekends , so he took over part of St James 's Hall in Oxford Street , Manchester , adjoining the St James 's Theatre . |
| 19 | SCOTTISH Nationalists took over part of the headquarters of one of England 's largest water companies yesterday in protest at the possible privatisation of the industry in Scotland . |
| 20 | SCOTTISH National Party members took over part of the headquarters of one of England 's largest water companies yesterday in protest at the possible privatisation of the industry in Scotland . |
| 21 | COCA-COLA took over sponsorship of the League Cup in a £2.25 million deal yesterday and confirmed they are the ‘ real thing ’ for football . |
| 22 | The Second Vice-President took over defence of the Bill in the House and turned the discussion away from considerations of press freedom to a critique of newspapers like the Standard , which were owned by capitalists . |
| 23 | Last year the Automobile Association took over operation of the scheme , which puts police in touch with local duty solicitors . |
| 24 | Last year the Automobile Association took over operation of the scheme , which puts police in touch with local duty solicitors . |
| 25 | On Christmas Eve , 1904 , Leland took over management of the company and merged his business to create the Cadillac Motor Car Company . |
| 26 | IDB took over management of TRT from its present owner , PacifiCorp 's Pacific Telecom Inc on March 1 and says the deal will be finalised in the third quarter , once regulatory approvals are received . |
| 27 | When his father-in-law died unexpectedly in 1898 , Stuart became a director of J. & J. Colman , moved to Norwich , and took over management of the firm . |
| 28 | Serbia also took over control of radio and television centres in the capitals of Kosovo ( Pristina ) and Vojvodina ( Novi Sad ) . |
| 29 | Pétain himself virtually took over control of the artillery , asking his commanders each morning : ‘ What have your batteries been doing ? |
| 30 | The government took over administration of the provinces of Tucumán and Tierra del Fuego which were affected by political unrest and economic problems . |