Example sentences of "over [prep] prime " in BNC.
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1 | By doing so , reasoned the party 's elderly barons , the way would be clear for a baron to take over as prime minister come the party 's annual meeting in October ( four of the party 's five factional bosses were caught taking payoffs from Recruit ) . |
2 | Viscount Palmerston had taken over as Prime Minister by then only to lose that position to Lord Derby again but only for a year , as the Liberals were able to take control of Parliament in 1859 , with Viscount Palmerston remaining as Prime Minister until 1865 , during which period many changes took place . |
3 | The Conservative Prime Minister , Bonar Law , decided to resign as leader , due to illness George also resigned as leader of the Liberals — and Stanley Baldwin took over as Prime Minister . |
4 | Fortunately the Governor seized the initiative and the same day called on Nu to take over as prime Minister . |
5 | Nu decided to pre-empt any coup by offering to propose to parliament that Ne Win should take over as Prime Minister . |
6 | Following Barrow 's death on June 1 , 1987 , his former deputy , Erskine Sandiford , took over as Prime Minister . |