Example sentences of "[verb] over [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | All its problems arise directly from the political situation from which it springs , from the urgent need felt by the Government to distance themselves from the poll tax and the equal need to placate those internal supporters of the poll tax who will choke over any support for a property tax . |
| 2 | From 1 April the DoT will take over direct responsibility for the major repair work of inspecting the underside of the viaducts , where important structural defects have appeared . |
| 3 | The first occasion was in the early 1980s when it and the Stock Exchange spent three years trying to develop an automated settlements system for the gilts market before the Bank took over total responsibility for the project in 1985 to develop what has become the highly effective Central Gilts Office . |
| 4 | KI.107B production versions before Bökow took over complete responsibility for the programme . |
| 5 | Vieira relinquished the Interior portfolio to Abubacar Balde and appointed Pedro Godinho Gomes as Minister of Civil Service and Labour to replace Mário Cabral , who took over ministerial responsibility for Rural Development and Agriculture . |
| 6 | Her stepfather took over this task for her . |
| 7 | At thirty-six years of age Kell was chosen as one of its first two directors and shortly afterwards took over full responsibility for the defensive side . |
| 8 | The prospect of handing over total responsibility for the care of the most vulnerable people in society to such local authorities was felt by some to be profoundly disquieting . |
| 9 | Anger over suspended sentence for policewoman 's attacker . |
| 10 | After a long argument , an offer from the Movement to take over financial responsibility for the girl 's education persuaded Mrs Gross to change her mind , Jean stayed on at her grammar school . |
| 11 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke is expected to take over leading responsibility for regulation of the press . |
| 12 | As the engineers within the BEA began to take over direct responsibility for the power station sites during 1948 , the prospect of strengthening the organisation improved . |
| 13 | IXI will remain intact as an SCO subsidiary , and is to take over some responsibility for the development of Open Desktop — SCO 's graphical operating system bundle which has yet to deliver in the manner promised . |
| 14 | Furthermore , peripherals used by each are likely to be drawn together into a single , compatible product line and Fujitsu is expected to take over more responsibility for the development of ICL and Amdahl 's mainframe CPU architectures . |
| 15 | Rats will live in rabbit burrows but they usually take over one section for themselves and the rabbits leave them in isolation . |