Example sentences of "[vb infin] over the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever happened , she would n't let her determination waver over the rejection of the abominable Draper . |
| 2 | There were two problems , the youngest children 's reading was n't good enough to manage the menu and most were too short to actually see over the tops of the containers on the heated cabinet to make their choice , because of this when they reached the counter they asked to have the same as the child in front making a nonsense of the notion of choice . |
| 3 | He began a slow and careful descent , stopping only once to turn back and whisper over the grumbling of the Darkfall : ‘ Keep that door open … in case I have to come back quickly . |
| 4 | We 've had some discussion with the College to seek to resolve this , and the proposals erm , are set out in paragraph four , three , er , in that it would mean that the College would not take over the ownership of the site , er , and it , but , but they would continue to occupy their part of the site er , effectively rent free from the County Council , but if , at any time , they decided they , the College wanted to move away from the site , it would revert to the County Council , it would n't actually become a College asset . |
| 5 | THE privatisation of the Russian health service has begun with an agreement under which Hospital Corporation International will take over the management of Moscow 's Granovskovo ( formerly Kremlin ) Hospital . |
| 6 | British Telecommunications Plc 's Atlanta-based Syncordia Corp is finally able to announce its contract to run a major part of the communications network for British Petroleum Co Plc : Syncordia will take over the management of a large part of BP 's existing communication infrastructure , including all North Sea communications ; no value given . |
| 7 | Alejandro , fed up with Raimundo 's laziness and his exorbitant whining demands , was put in such a good mood when he saw the black eye that he agreed that Perdita could take over the breaking of little Tero . |
| 8 | In a letter published in ‘ The Times ’ on 2 March the Cardinal said , ‘ Whatever stance individuals make take over the morality of the nuclear deterrent , there must be general agreement on the aim of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to non-nuclear states . |
| 9 | In a letter published in The Times on March 2nd , the Cardinal said : ‘ Whatever stance individuals may take over the morality of the nuclear deterrent , there must be general agreement on the aim of preventing the spread of weapons to non-nuclear states . ’ |
| 10 | Among the presidential powers was the appointment of the Prime Minister , the president and members of the Supreme Court , the prosecutor general , the Speaker of the National Assemby and the president of the Senate , who would take over the functions of President in the event of the post suddenly being vacated . |
| 11 | As TECs develop , they will take over the provision of Youth Training . |
| 12 | The factor can take over the handling of the client 's sales ledger , including chasing up slow payers , providing cash against invoices and also , if need be , arranging credit insurance . |
| 13 | Now all policies are fully underwritten by a Department of Trade approved insurer and that is compulsory on this line of business , so should the should the company go erm into liquidation then the insurance company will take over the handling of those claims erm so that really does n't apply any more . |
| 14 | They could take over the duties of nominated bodies , for example those for hospitals and water , and so make these services subject to democratic accountability and , in general , it is argued that they would strengthen popular interest and involvement in public affairs . |
| 15 | When the civilian contract is in operation from July 1993 , Topcliffe will also take over the function of the RAF 's Chipmunk-equipped Elementary Flying Training School , currently based at RAF Swinderby in Lincolnshire . |
| 16 | Cheap and accessible computer packages have unburdened the splitters of much donkey work ; the computer can take over the job of interpretation too . |
| 17 | However , Botha later insisted that while the government welcomed fact-finding missions from all over the world , the Security Council " could not take over the job of the government " . |
| 18 | I says , I 'll go next week This was after three weeks , I says , I 'll go on next week and I 'll take over the job of yard foreman , and I 'll do it the way I want it done , not the way that . |
| 19 | The eldest son of a prosperous producer of soya oil and saki , in Nagoya , the parents of Morita expected that he should take over the control of the family business . |
| 20 | Ceramic materials may take over the role of cobalt in magnets , a move stimulated by the political upheavals in Zaire in 1978 , which forced up the price of the metal and made many manufacturers look for substitutes . |
| 21 | IBM is apparently now convinced that DME can succeed — it will get a distributed object application development environment and Corba-compliant object dispatcher — and because of the resources available to it , will take over the role of key integrator . |
| 22 | IBM is apparently now convinced that DME can succeed — it will get a distributed object application development environment and Corba-compliant object dispatcher — and because of the resources available to it , will take over the role of key integrator . |
| 23 | Although each patch would have a back-up long-term hostel , it was intended that the mental health centres should take over the role of caring for most people with longer-term difficulties . |
| 24 | To what extent might companies buy in maintenance from the machinery suppliers ; to what extent might workers become skilled at the repair and maintenance of particular machines rather than skilled at a particular aspect of a machine 's functioning , rather like the situation already obtaining with the repair and maintenance of household equipment such as washing machines , or office equipment such as photocopiers ; and to what extent might companies take over the training of skilled workers , giving them courses specifically suited to the requirements of their own production systems and certificating them within house ? |
| 25 | Sir Adrian Cadbury is not one of those who subscribes to the popular theory that a truly professional manager can take over the helm of any type of business with only a superficial knowledge of the nuts and bolts . |
| 26 | In this case another usher or bridesmaid could take over the duty of checking the microphone . |
| 27 | This will take over the running of Channel 4 at the beginning of 1993 . |
| 28 | Lini also suggested that the churches should take over the running of a large part of the school system in the interests both of efficiency and economy . |
| 29 | This can , of course , create very undesirable consequences : social stability may be endangered by concentration of too much power and/ or wealth in too few hands ; the privacy of citizens may be abused under the excuse of maintaining law and order , or for commercial gains ; the state may take a " big brother " role ; the business community may acquire too much political power ; or , although very unlikely , IT experts may decide that they should take over the running of the country , since it is only they who can understand the unnecessary complexity of IT systems . |
| 30 | ‘ However , I have received an assurance from the Post Office that in the event of the present franchisees not being able to find a buyer for the business , then the Post Office will step in and take over the running of the counter service again . ’ |