Example sentences of "over [prep] the national [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was handed over to the National Trust in 1956 . |
| 2 | As Nina Fishman ( 1980 ) has pointed out , despite the undoubted idealism and enthusiasm of committed trade unionists in these industries there was considerable reluctance among NUM members to go over to the National Coal Board , to run ‘ their ’ industry . |
| 3 | A CHEQUE for £890 has been handed over to the National Fire Service Benevolent Fund by firemen in Downpatrick . |
| 4 | The Los Angeles directorship , open since Earl A. Powell III agreed to take over at the National Gallery , now belongs to Michael Edward Shapiro , formerly chief curator in St Louis . |
| 5 | The socalled ‘ heritage ’ industry brought large numbers of foreign and other tourists to old centres of attraction like country houses ( now increasingly taken over by the National Trust ) , towns like Stratford , York , or Bath , and also to monuments of industrial or other archaeology . |
| 6 | A secret valley that 's never been open to the public could soon be taken over by the National Trust . |