Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , whether applicants have their experiential learning counted in the admissions process , or whether students go on expanding the degree of influence they exercise over the curriculum , will be up to them . |
| 2 | Denise and Ralph Bulger talk frankly about the joy they feel over the new baby in a magazine article published tomorrow . |
| 3 | There is a marked difference in colour between the dusty grey-brown of these mounds and the bright , light blue colour they spread over the vineyards . |
| 4 | The members ' rights of ownership entitle them not only to make decisions personally about how their property is to be used , but also to delegate that power to others , and they are free to stipulate what degree of control they require over the discretion ceded by them . |
| 5 | The really pointless measure is letting councils spend the money they get over the next few years from selling homes and other properties . |
| 6 | Again , the two TV programmes I mentioned give plenty of evidence of the power they exercise over the lives of thousands upon thousands . |