Example sentences of "over the former " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I picked my way through the frozen woods towards the observation post which commands a unique view over the former battle-ground of the Marne , I wondered what it must have been like to be a soldier . |
| 2 | He argues that under capitalism the interests of workers and capitalists are fundamentally opposed so that the latter , in order to pursue their objective of profit maximisation , need to exercise tight control over the former . |
| 3 | American war planes will launch lightning strikes against the Serbs if they continue to breach the no-fly zone over the former Yugoslav republic . |
| 4 | In the late 1940s integrationists had tended to desire a single federal political system , which at some point would entail a single act of abrogation of national rights to a supranational authority , whose precedence over the former national states would be constitutionally defined . |
| 5 | It faced north , with a splendid view of the Bay and Old Harry over the former orchard-garden of the Royal Victoria Hotel , but now developed as ‘ Peveril Heights ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Similar visits are being made to RMBK plants all over the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe . |
| 7 | Golf 's leading TV commentator and raconteur was in tremendous form as he led his team of former Ryder Cuppers to victory over the former Walker Cuppers in The Grand Match at Deal . |
| 8 | In late October it was reported that there was disagreement between Osborne and his deputy , Benjamin Chalmers , over the former 's support for independence from the UK . |
| 9 | Gradually , the latter prevailed over the former . |
| 10 | Very few court orders , whereby the husband is to take a charge over the former matrimonial home , contain details of the specific provisions to be contained in such charge . |
| 11 | If the husband is to take a mortgage over the former matrimonial home , then , following usual conveyancing practice , his solicitors should draft and submit this to the wife 's solicitors . |
| 12 | A bank is taking court action over the former Tory Party chairman 's half a million pound overdraft . |
| 13 | THE Scottish champion , Peter Nicol , failed to repeat his recent league victory over the former British champion , Paul Gregory , and suffered a disappointing 3-0 defeat in yesterday 's first round of the British Players ' Championship at Cheshunt , Hertfordshire , writes Elspeth Burnside . |
| 14 | He cited among other threats the loss of Russian central control over the former Soviet Union 's vast nuclear arsenal . |