Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [vb base] over " in BNC.

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1 Your best setting for demonstrating the art of negotiation is the one in which you and your son or daughter disagree over some issue .
2 There are no opposing benches or party whips but unofficial groups like the Anglo-Catholics or Evangelicals meet over lunch to decide tactics .
3 Hume and Trimble clash over talks with Sinn Fein
4 Beef cattle rearing and sheep predominate over large upland areas in the north , northwest and northeast .
5 City and Ministry differ over decorative arts museum for Rome
6 Much of the literature on women and education tends to make this kind of distinction , arguing both for greater equality of access for girls and for changes in what are claimed to be inherently sexist curricula and values put over in school .
7 A week later , back home in London , John 's father and sister come over to visit .
8 Keynesians and monetarists disagree over the shape and stability of the liquidity preference curve ( the demand for money curve ) .
9 When the pain becomes intolerable , the numbness and disbelief take over again to protect us .
10 A Manor and Dukedog take over the train at Birmingham .
11 At twilight , mosquitos and midges appear and then , as darkness falls , nocturnal creatures such as hedgehogs , owls , and bats take over .
12 He was a writer of the fidgety , costive kind whose works are long in the planning , and meticulous in the execution — only at the very end of a project , when the scaffolding , the foundations , the walls and roof and even the plaster were laid down , did spontaneity and delight take over , in the actual play of , play with , words themselves .
13 Together Sinton and Hero take over the Limelight every Thursday and offer a platform to new bands .
14 The Nanas are huge fertile devouring fields ; cowboys and Indians fight over a breast while plastic flowers grow on the other in a paradigm of the good breast and the bad breast .
15 Thus , whilst Wallis and Gusfield disagree over the likely causes of resentment , both appear to be identifying ‘ status groups ’ as central to moral campaigns .
16 In the summer , athletics , cricket and tennis take over from the winter sports .
17 ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ said Ruby confidentially but loud enough to make Rosie and Holly keel over to hear .
18 Everywhere the willow grows and dragonflies hover over the wide ditches or rhymes .
19 Auction houses and buyers argue over compensation
20 The important technique , which keeps you going as an automaton until interest and desire take over , and concentration sharpens to a fine point , is that of having a rigorous time-table of study laid down in advance .
21 After dinner , the hotel cabaret and band take over the easy task of keeping you happy .
22 1974 : TV advertised discs go into overdrive as Arcade , K-Tel and Ronco plough over one million into the UK music biz .
23 However , we are also reminded that Pinnacle has n't been taped out yet so it 's still only hopes and dreams time over at Cypress .
24 Non-compliance is the principal factor in therapeutic failure and studies report over one-third of treatment failure is due to this ( Taitz et al .
25 ‘ 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 ’ .
26 ‘ When Sam and Anna come over , I think I 'll bring them here , ’ he remarked idly .
27 Freight trains often exceed 30 mph and trains pass over viaducts and bridges considerably more than 9 m high — sometimes as high as 42 m .
28 But that figure is dwarfed by the loss of the revenue and profits stream over the life of the field .
29 Situations which involve deeper water out of doors need very careful supervision , but a small group of children with an adult could visit a bridge to watch boats move underneath as cars and buses go over the top .
30 But many disbelieving locals have stayed behind , even as technicians in plastic suits and respirators swarm over the town .
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