Sentence examples for over the valuable from inspiring English sources

The Coast Guard agreed yesterday to move out of a spectacular slice of waterfront in Fort Totten in Queens, Representative Gary L. Ackerman said, but who would take over the valuable land remained in question.

When the play opens, America has 16 states, Jefferson (John McMartin) is president and the Spanish are about to turn over the valuable port of New Orleans to the French.

The Apache, Comanche and Kiowa tribes fought many battles over the valuable territory before they were finally evicted in the 1870s and moved to reservations in Oklahoma.

It is a metaphor that casts consumers as natural resources with no say over the valuable commodities that companies extract from them.

Like Drake's claim over the valuable cultural objects he pursues, the sense of pedigree and authority he invokes by aligning himself with Sir Francis Drake probably sits more or less comfortably with players depending on their worldview.

The complexities of access to and control over the valuable resources in our contested national forests require not only biological expertise but the political savvy to consider the financial incentives created by our forestry policies.

In Vietnam, the main reason for the declining population of F. hodginsii is over-exploitation because of the valuable timber of this species (Luu and Thomas 2004; Farjon 2010).

In switching their emphasis to Facebook, marketers give up control over much of the valuable data that their users leave behind.

Well-placed London property sources believe that the family of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan will offer over £500 million for the valuable 3.4 acre Knightsbridge estate.

For example, the James Bond villains usually want to take over the world, or steal something valuable.

Arab governments tightened their control over the newly valuable oil companies and amassed growing financial surpluses.