Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Authors protest over Bookshelf |
| 2 | Lincolnshire 's pilot scheme giving a group of seven pilot secondary schools control over teacher staffing . |
| 3 | Although disputes continue over detail , there remains a persuasive logic to its arguments , paralleling that which it accords to the growth of the party . |
| 4 | He cites five such features of highly automated plants : the finely graded status structures of such organisations , arising from the more even balance than in other industries between skilled , semi-skilled , and unskilled workers ; the relatively smaller size of plants and work units ; the changed role of management ( with the work units taking over quality supervision and the machinery controlling the level of output , management is left with the job of providing advice rather than instructions ) ; there is blurring of the dividing line between manual and non-manual work ; and the greater prosperity and lower proportion of labour costs allows management to offer higher pay levels , a wide range of fringe benefits , and a high level of job security . |
| 5 | Kids fight over supper , get ( a ) bloody nose ( b ) poke in the eye and ( c ) break wall-eyed woman 's willow-pattern dish . |
| 6 | With Hewlett-Packard Co heading for $18,800m turnover this year and Fujitsu Ltd at around the $26,000m mark , while Digital Equipment Corp looks hopefully to Alpha to rocket it off its $14,000m-a-year launchpad , the contenders to take over leadership of the mainstream computer industry from IBM Corp are lining up — and a major new round of mergers and acquisitions could be on the way . |
| 7 | The Labour Party Conference : Gay rights group wins support over age of consent |
| 8 | On the principle that ‘ the job of winning control has to start where the powerless are ’ , it supports struggles at grassroots level over health , housing , wages , health and safety , and employment . |
| 9 | The ball tumbles end over end , and it 's through . |
| 10 | In the case of larceny by a trick , as I explained earlier , the owner consents to hand over possession but he does not consent to transfer ownership of his property , unlike the victim of what was formerly known as false pretences , who does indeed consent to transfer his ownership . |
| 11 | A judge has ordered four TV companies to hand over video tape to the Police of a riot in East London . |
| 12 | Indian government defeats censure over bomb blasts |
| 13 | As the last chapter argued , many feminist psychologists pass over signification , in favour of simpler objects . |
| 14 | Victim 's family attacks delay over murder trial |
| 15 | Auction houses and buyers argue over compensation |
| 16 | ( And vice versa , banks left over liquid when the system is over liquid . ) |
| 17 | Dengue fever grips Brazil as officials wrangle over blame |
| 18 | Costs row over coal terminal |
| 19 | JS WILL LET CUSTOMERS DECIDE OVER WHALE CULLS PROTEST |
| 20 | Gulls the size of light aeroplanes flap over litter bins , joggers reeking of anti-perspirant run backwards , and a bunch of people who look like the original Haight Ashbury hippy collective play conga drums and saxophones in the distance , blowing a surreal note on a balmy breeze . |
| 21 | ‘ is different from other interests because it exercises power or influence in two ways — directly through interest groups and structurally because of the crucial role boards and managers exercise over production , investment and employment decisions which shape the economic and political environment within which Governments make policy ’ . |
| 22 | There were also several incidents in the same state of booth-capturing : gangs of thugs taking over polling stations and stuffing the ballot box with votes for their favoured candidates . |
| 23 | This also applies to owners taking over responsibility from defaulting tenants , and finance houses taking back property from mortgagors . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The Directive allowed a margin of discretion in introducing national laws but where problems arise over interpretation of the Act reference may be had to the Directive . |
| 26 | Key-noters clash over future of industry . |
| 27 | Said a pal : ‘ It 's heartbreaking when families fight over money . ’ |
| 28 | She stopped at the bridge over the estuary and watched the sea birds swoop over mud , chocolate-brown with slabs of black sheen like coal . |
| 29 | Education chiefs sue over computer system |
| 30 | The Conservative Conference : Hostile shadows loom over haven from reality |