The phrase "a rift over a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a disagreement or conflict regarding a specific issue or topic.
Example: "There was a rift over a fundamental difference in their beliefs about the project."
Alternatives: "a divide regarding" or "a conflict over".
But that is the danger unless Japan and America settle a rift over moving an American base on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
Jürgen Stark, another central bank board member, resigned in September in a rift over policy.
Beyond the bruised feelings over lack of consultation, some officials insist there is actually less of a rift over substance.
Three Presbyterian congregations in the San Joaquin Valley are breaking with the national denomination in a rift over the Bible and homosexuality.
The two countries also settled a rift over the Mont Blanc tunnel by agreeing that it would reopen in September.
The debate has exposed a rift over the main premise behind nearly two decades of intermittent war in Chechnya and the rest of the North Caucasus.
Since 2000, Ferguson has refused to speak to the corporation in a rift over critical remarks made by BBC man Pat Murphy and 5 Live commentator Alan Green.
An Arts Abroad article on Wednesday about a rift over the direction of the Zurich Theater under Christoph Marthaler misstated the authorship of "Rave," which he presented.
A7 World Briefing A6 NATIONAL A14-20 A Rift Over Rights For Rio Grande Water Tensions are growing between South Texas farmers and Mexico over water rights to the Rio Grande after one of the driest summers on record along the border.
General Keith Alexander made the remarks during a pointed exchange with a former US ambassador to Romania, lending more evidence to suggestions of a rift over surveillance between the intelligence community and Barack Obama's administration.
