Example sentences of "is [vb pp] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | A massive , handsome monument of granite is placed over the grave . |
| 2 | Your wrists are tied to your ankles , a metal bar is passed under your knees , you are lifted up , hanging from this bar , a wet floor cloth is placed over your face so that you can not breathe , and your head and the soles of your feet and beaten with a leather belt . |
| 3 | Rimming is much safer if a latex barrier is placed over the anal opening and surrounding area , because there is a risk to the active partner not just from HIV ( because faeces may contain infected blood in a person with HIV ) but also from germs living inside the anus , which can lead to hepatitis and other illnesses . |
| 4 | We may extend this metaphor further by suggesting that our everyday experience of stress is rather like a tap which is placed over the glass and into which it drips drops of stress . |
| 5 | A retaining wall of loose bricks or stones separate the bog garden from the pool proper and retains the peaty mixture which is placed over a layer of gravel . |
| 6 | Fig. 3 ( c ) When the entire pool shape has been covered with its first layer of concrete , a reinforcing layer of 5 cm ( 2 in ) mesh chicken wire is placed over the still wet concrete . |
| 7 | Once a layer covers the entire pool shape , a reinforcing layer of 5 cm ( 2 in ) mesh chicken-wire netting is placed over the wet concrete ( Fig. 3c ) . |
| 8 | If there is a lazy eye , a parch is placed over the good eye to force the lazy one to work . |
| 9 | Various techniques to promote reflux while imaging have been attempted , such as abdominal cuffing , in which a binder is placed over the abdomen and the pressure is increased by inflating it with air . |
| 10 | However , with the move towards less processed foods , the brown , unpolished grains of rice are becoming more popular , just as brown or wholemeal flour is favoured over white . |
| 11 | SPAR uses a variant of Crain & Steedman 's ( 1985 ) ‘ principle of referential success ’ , which states that a reading that succeeds in referring to an entity already established in the hearer 's model of the domain of discourse is favoured over one that does not . |
| 12 | If a piece of ordinary glass is heated over a gas flame , it softens easily , and eventually the heated part will gather itself into a drop and fall to the ground . |
| 13 | And the framework people use to make sense of their experiences is developed over time and so has strong connections with the past . |
| 14 | Admittedly it is diachronous , but hardly by more than half a stage or so , and it is still a valid generalisation to say that a massive limestone is developed over a very wide area towards the end of early Cretaceous times . |
| 15 | The upholstered seat is formed over a separate beechwood frame . |
| 16 | This creeps across the shelf and down the continental slope , spreading along the sea-bed ; much of it is formed over the shelves of the Weddell and Ross bights , and from there it spreads far northward into the northern hemisphere . |
| 17 | In many cases , a shrine is erected over the anthill and women can be seen lighting candles and praying to the Deity within . |
| 18 | Ethnographic research has special qualities suited to dealing with controversial topics in sensitive locations , for it entails a gradual and progressive contact with respondents , which is sustained over a long period , allowing a rapport to be established slowly with respondents over time , and for researchers to participate in the full range of experiences involved in the topic . |
| 19 | that early intervention is the best way of coping with it , and certainly it demands that parents and friends and teachers , and people concerned are aware of any change which is sustained over a period because by early intervention then you 're probably coping with the problem rather than the eating disorder , because the problem is there before the eating disorder . |
| 20 | For all bookings made within 8 weeks of departure , the holiday is confirmed as soon as a verbal confirmation is given over the telephone or your travel agent confirms the booking via Viewdata , and therefore if you subsequently cancel your booking , cancellation charges as shown in condition ( 9 ) apply . |
| 21 | Thrombosis of cerebral vessels is a reported complication when tranexamic acid is given over several days , but not when use is restricted to the period of cardiac surgery . |
| 22 | Where a charge is given over registered land ( eg Precedents 61 and 63 ) , Scale 4 of the Fee Order will apply by reference to the amount of the charge . |
| 23 | In such cases , the tonic syllable is the syllable on which the pitch movement of the tone begins , but that pitch movement is completed over the rest of the tone unit ( i.e. the tail ) . |
| 24 | Fully one-third of the marketable federal debt is rolled over in any year ; half is rolled over every two years . |
| 25 | Travel agents and tour operators often make back to back reservations which means that certain accommodation is booked over a period of time and as one group of guests depart another group takes their place . |
| 26 | In terms of the papers in front of you this morning , Chair , the position is that , that is addressed over the three year period , and the figures do fluctuate between years , so there is a , as we 'll see later in the paper , there is a , a net expenditure total in year one which increases in year two , but then is offset by a , a reduction in year three . |
| 27 | These resonances correspond to constructive interference of the circulating field with the incident field , and 8 thus sweeps through 2 as the total cavity length is fine-tuned over an optical wavelength . |
| 28 | ‘ Reversionary ’ bonus is added over the term of the policy and once added becomes part of the guaranteed benefits and can not be taken away by Clerical Medical provided the policy is maintained in full force until the end of the term . |
| 29 | ‘ Reversionary ’ bonus is added over the term of the policy and once added becomes part of the guaranteed benefits and can not be taken away by Clerical Medical provided the policy is maintained in full force until the end of the term . |
| 30 | The CMR further provided that where the vehicle containing the goods is carried over part of the journey by sea , rail , inland waterways or air , and , except in cases of emergency , the goods are not unloaded from the vehicle , the CMR shall nevertheless apply to the whole of the carriage . |