Example sentences of "takes [noun] over [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The result is that melting takes place over a range of temperatures , and this range is a useful indication of sample crystallinity .
2 Centrepiece of the design is the tall , rectangular flat diaphragm , which , produces all the treble information , and the midband area above 200Hz ( in fact there 's a slow handover which takes place over a matter of octaves ) .
3 As weak springs can only stored a fraction of the potential energy that a strong spring can hold , the remainder is lost as heat and if the change from a strong to a weak spring takes place over a period of time , equivalent to the observation time , then the energy loss is detected as mechanical damping .
4 Instead , a number of small changes in status and recognitions of the progress towards adult status takes place over a number of years .
5 It is possible that the entire text is a combination of description and recollection from the perspective of a single flight , in which case it takes place over the course of a few hours , the time it takes to read it .
6 It now takes place over the weekend of April 24 and 25 .
7 In the U.S. , trading takes place over the counter on the basis of prices quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation ( NASDAQ ) system .
8 The next building block is our family priority in which our spouse actually takes precedence over the rest of the family .
9 The method used is one where the development of skills and ideas takes precedence over the accumulation of academic facts for their own sake .
10 Then there is the slack legislation passed by parliamentarians far removed from the sharp end of society and the liberal-minded intellectuals living in ‘ Cloud-cuckoo-land ’ where tolerance for the assailant takes precedence over the suffering of the victim .
11 There is a specific power in s20(5) to accommodate young people between the ages of 16 and 21 years in any community home which takes children over the age of 16 if a local authority considers that this would safeguard and promote the child 's welfare .
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