Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] be [vb pp] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , April , April the tenth to the twelfth , is the , is the National Amnesty A G M which is held over a weekend and this year is in Exeter . |
| 2 | This month 's Top Ten features the best utilities we 're reviewed over the past 18 months . |
| 3 | ‘ Then she flew high over the site of Callanish above the men and the fallen bodies of her kind which were scattered over the site . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Party 's policy on Spain had also been radically altered amid the great enthusiasm which was felt over the resistance of the Republican Government . |
| 6 | It is often argued that survey data give a very limited analysis of managerial policies which are developed over a period to deal with specific problems and this study should help to test such methodological criticisms . |
| 7 | Was not ‘ cushion ’ the term which eventually became vogue for the extra help which was thrown over the poll tax time and again in a vain attempt to douse the flames of dissent . |
| 8 | Body shape , when viewed from above , is oval and elliptical for the female , and slim and pencil-like for the male , the male being further enhanced by the white , pimple-like nuptial tubercles which are sprinkled over the gill covers and top of the head . |
| 9 | The links between politics and patronage can not have been beneficial to the efficiency of the customs service as a revenue-collecting agency , for all too often strong political interests could secure an important post for a man with little or no experience who was placed over the head of men far better qualified than himself , and presumably resentful of their own failure to secure advancement . |
| 10 | The blessing itself is made over a cup of wine in honour of the day ( ‘ Blessed art Thou , O Lord our God , King of the universe , who createst divers kinds of spices ’ ) which adds to the light of the Sabbath , symbolised by the candle , offering a fragrance and a beauty all its own . |
| 11 | We 've had quite a busy afternoon , Mr Andropulos , and at the moment we 're anchored over a plane that crashed into the sea just about the time we were receiving your SOS . ’ |
| 12 | Each microchip carries a unique code , which can be read using a special scanner which is passed over the area where the chip is implanted . |
| 13 | an organisation which is spread over a wide geographical area is likely to decentralise authority on a regional basis , so that different cultures might predominate in different regions ; and |
| 14 | On this occasion they were accompanied over the later stages by Pagon and Sellwood , the two British ladies ' K1s , also bringing up the rear of their class . |
| 15 | Within the two weeks confidently predicted by Havelock Wilson company after company and local shipowner association after association made its peace with advances in wages and on 28 June some 100 shipowners met in London and decided , among other things , on the standardisation of the local rates which were accepted over the next few days . |
| 16 | As he headed for St Margaret 's Grove he was bundled over the fence into the field . |
| 17 | Of course , quite a lot of them do — putting down on paper what was agreed over the phone to be produced in evidence if the other side claims they never did , for example . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | From being able to cope just about ) with everyday life they were tipped over the edge into breakdown , from which only a few were able to re-emerge . |
| 20 | He asks for our opinions on a leggy model who 's draped over a sunlit verandah . |
| 21 | She had her backstage duties to attend to , and when she was was n't in front of the footlights she was hunched over the book in the prompt corner . |
| 22 | The most popular events were the cycle races which were raced over a mile , 2 miles and 3 miles including handicaps and novice events and finishing with a 3 mile handicap race open to all comers " . |
| 23 | The second example comes from the growth of EPoSS ( Electronic Point of Sale Scanning ) in retailing , in other words the increasingly common barcode which is passed over a scanning device linked to the cash register . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The name Heryng is found often connected with Halling and another name we find is that of John Hostier , who in 1268 , was bailiff here , for in this year he was questioned over the Bishop 's land at Halling . |
| 26 | These results introduce an immunologically-important , putative LCR which can be used to target genes to cells of the B cell lineage , as well as to other class II MHC expressing cells , and highlight the importance of chromatin structure analysis as a means to locate DNA regions of regulatory interest which are dispersed over a large distance . |
| 27 | In contrast , a fixed rate mortgage has a constant rate of interest which is charged over a specified period . |
| 28 | The outer layer of the skin ( epidermis ) is made up of cells which are shed over a cycle of 28 days . |