Example sentences of "over [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | We agree that care should be taken over terminology in the interpretation of fluoroscein angiograms but contend that the use here was accurate . |
2 | Reporters who approached the hotel just after dawn yesterday said there was no sign of the rebels who took over part of the hotel in the exclusive Escalon district of the capital . |
3 | Marshal Shaposhnikov said Russia 's Foreign Minister would be asked to open talks with the Ukrainian leadership on handing over part of the 300-ship fleet to Ukraine for a coastal defence force . |
4 | This field is situated at the edge of the Zechstein salt basin and thin beds of halite extend over part of the structure . |
5 | SCOTTISH Nationalists took over part of the headquarters of one of England 's largest water companies yesterday in protest at the possible privatisation of the industry in Scotland . |
6 | SCOTTISH National Party members took over part of the headquarters of one of England 's largest water companies yesterday in protest at the possible privatisation of the industry in Scotland . |
7 | Criminal proceedings could be started in Libya , but this had so far proved impossible because neither the USA nor the UK authorities had responded to his requests to hand over copies of the evidence in their possession . |
8 | The sport enables the disabled to ride around fields and see over hedges like the rest of us . |
9 | Minoan wall frescoes showing youths leaping over bulls in the Cretan manner have been discovered in the Nile Delta . |
10 | The Second Vice-President took over defence of the Bill in the House and turned the discussion away from considerations of press freedom to a critique of newspapers like the Standard , which were owned by capitalists . |
11 | In 1948 , the Bucks Water Board took over responsibility for the supply and water for the Urban District was obtained from Foxcote reservoir and the Thames Valley Water Table . |
12 | The TEC have taken over responsibility for the service in keeping with their aim to encourage commitment to training . |
13 | John Routly , the Ffestiniog Railway chairman , recently told members of the Ffestiniog Railway Society : ‘ Discussions are taking place between us the Welsh Highland and Gwynedd County Council , the aim being to create a divisional board representing both the FR and WHR to take over responsibility for the Welsh Highland if the Minister of Transport makes the transfer . |
14 | ’ The provision of the men who were eventually to take over responsibility for the management of an enterprise was regarded as a matter of making sure that enough young men entered business at the foot of the ladder , ’ wrote Falk of the old days . |
15 | The death of the AHA was not the last word of its members , since the caucus moved across to a position within the new Victoria District Authority , which took over responsibility for the management of the AHA 's asylums . |
16 | The specifications will be submitted to X/Open Co Ltd for inclusion in the Portability Guide and the standards body will also take over responsibility for the publishing , trademarking and branding of Motif specifications . |
17 | Organised by WACC 's Pacific region and hosted by the Divine Word Institute , the workshop aims to equip local publishers to take over responsibility for the layout and design of their own publications . |
18 | This handed over responsibility for the poor law from the boards of guardians to the local authorities . |
19 | Over the years many leading members of the BDA were involved in the running of the Board before it wound up following the emergence of Social Services Departments , which took over responsibility for the welfare of the deaf . |
20 | The Conservative government ultimately appointed a Housing Commissioner to take over responsibility for the housing function but in 1974 the local authority ceased to exist as a result of local government reorganization . |
21 | Having refurbished two bits of year-old evidence to support the new Libyan thesis , he now weighed in with a two-year-old intelligence report about a meeting in Tripoli before the bombing — in mid-November 1988 — at which the Libyans were said to have taken over responsibility for the attack from the PFLP — GC after Jibril 's West German cell was broken up . |
22 | Joyce Edwards , Quality Circle facilitator at Wedgwood Barlaston , pictured at the presentation , said : ‘ The most important aspect of the project was that the pupils themselves have taken over responsibility for the school and its property . ’ |
23 | She had never so much resented having been made to take over responsibility for the dog from old Adam , who had been used to walk him , than on that day . |
24 | The Secretary of State for the Environment , Brice Lalonde ( Ecology Generation ) , was promoted to Minister-Delegate responsible for the prevention of technological and natural disasters , while Hélène Dorlhac ( Union for French Democracy ) , Secretary of State for the Family , also took over responsibility for the Elderly , from Théo Braun who left the government . |
25 | After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Russia , whose delegation was led by State Councillor Sergei Shakhrai , had taken over responsibility for the former Soviet military divisions in the Baltic . |
26 | Bill Robertson took over responsibility for the West of Scotland area from Bob Doran . |
27 | It is against that background that the DES approach to the CNAA to take over responsibility for the DMS has to be seen . |
28 | Normally he handed over responsibility for the routine maintenance of their relationship to Ellen , but she was letting him down , so he was going to try the only technique he knew : drop some explosive overboard and see what floated to the surface . |
29 | They have asked that we take that on , there is a report later in the agenda with detail on that , but as far as these papers are concerned that 's simply us taking over responsibility for the best part of two million pounds ' worth of spending which the health authority will refund to us by way of a section twenty eight grant . |
30 | JOHN PERMAN , the former depot manager at Charlton , has taken over responsibility for the primary distribution project from BOB PARLE to enable Bob to take up his new duties as departmental director , distribution operations , when Derek Graham retires in August . |