Example sentences of "over [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We fought over scraps of flesh and gristle as if the economy was a rotting carcass . |
| 2 | The privatization which handed over administration of benefit payments to employers was the brainchild of Sir Norman do I need to say more ? |
| 3 | Key-noters clash over future of industry . |
| 4 | 6 Dust with icing sugar and sprinkle over lines of cinnamon in the shape of a cross . |
| 5 | It is remarkable how few candidates one might be prepared to cross over lines of party loyalty to support . |
| 6 | We assessed the situation , our snowy hair dripping over cups of tea , Having endured a night on the train , the purgatory of the road and now this , we felt obliged ‘ to be at one with the mountain ’ , and were soon following the pylons of a ski tow en route for Loch Avon and the Shelter Stone . |
| 7 | They were in the kitchen , sitting over cups of coffee , reluctant to move to do the washing up . |
| 8 | Czech and Slovak Republics argue over ownership of art |
| 9 | In this case , Sheila might not agree to Mark 's removal , but she might compromise over periods of respite care with his grandmother , which would satisfy the paediatrician 's concerns . |
| 10 | A regular attender at body-building clubs , Ricky kept himself in good shape and his hair blond ( ‘ you were falling over bottles of peroxide at every corner , ’ Leslie Todd-Reeve recalled ) . |
| 11 | As a unionist with very good reason for having the warmest of feelings towards Scotland , may I ask my right hon. Friend to make it absolutely clear to anyone who wishes to establish an institution in Scotland with legislative powers over certain areas of policy that , regrettably , it would be totally unacceptable for any Scottish Member of the House to have any say , vote or control over areas of policy in the rest of the United Kingdom ? |
| 12 | The air is thick with dust , accumulated over years of not-remembering , years of not wanting to know . |
| 13 | Outside a corner teahouse long-eared donkeys gazed mournfully through the windows at their owners chatting over breakfasts of tea and beans and tobacco . |
| 14 | We walked on , jumping over trickles of water , squelching through soggy bits , scrambling over dry stands of heather , bouncing off spongy peat , clambering around rocky outcrops . |
| 15 | I should be able to consider seriously the idea of escape , and talk over problems of disguise and frontier crossings with other people for whom the war was not yet over . |
| 16 | The time taken to complete one revolution of the Earth is decreasing over aeons of time but at the moment it is , give or take the odd second , 24 hours ; this defines the solar day . |
| 17 | Many of those trainees go to smaller firms , perhaps taking over positions of responsibility or even taking over from the owners when they die and thus continuing the industry 's good work . |
| 18 | Ministers could also face congregations split over questions of finance , doctrine or politics — the last especially after 1886 . |
| 19 | A Bishop questioned over allegations of indecency has had police bail extended . |
| 20 | While differing over details of policy , the Left-Republican parties shared a common desire to liberate the minds of Spaniards from the centuries-old chains — as they saw it — of traditionalism and religious obscurantism . |
| 21 | The Labour Party Conference : Gay rights group wins support over age of consent |
| 22 | Their wish to hand over control of parking supervision to the County so that there would be no direct line of responsibility for responding to residents ' complaints about parking abuse . |
| 23 | Serbia also took over control of radio and television centres in the capitals of Kosovo ( Pristina ) and Vojvodina ( Novi Sad ) . |
| 24 | In 1922 , when the original Stoves was still a fledgeling company , Baron Philippe de Rothschild also began to make his mark by taking over control of Château Mouton Rothschild . |
| 25 | Indeed , in the 1960s and 1970s , deliberate over issuance of Treasury bills was the way in which the Bank of England enforced Bank Rate . |
| 26 | What would he be now if he had become , say , a civil servant allotting housing finance , or a policeman , poring over bits of hair and skin and thumbball prints ? |
| 27 | Every tent and attraction seemed to be playing something different , and as they wandered round , stepping over lengths of cable , one burst of song would fade only to be instantly replaced by a snatch of something different . |
| 28 | The range , entitled All Skins , embraces over shades of foundation and four formulas , so get your skin ‘ colourprinted ’ at the counter in department stores nationwide . |
| 29 | Later , at Westerplatte , the prince handed over sets of campaign medals to the seven veterans of the British forces . |
| 30 | They were walking along a broad corridor between glass-partitioned offices , lit by bleak fluorescent strip lighting , where sallow-faced men in shirt-sleeves stared at computer terminals or pored over sheets of printout . |