Example sentences of "[verb] an [noun] over [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sound guide has an edge over the printed page , since the listener is looking at what is being described , interpreted and judged . |
| 2 | The old man , pretending an appetite over a roast leg of mutton , grinned greasily across at him . |
| 3 | GREG CAMPBELL casts an eye over the principal contenders and comes up with a Victorian prop . |
| 4 | Director PAUL VERHOEVEN tells EDWARD MURPHY about courting controversy and growing up in a nightmare , while KIM NEWMAN casts an eye over the overblown finished product |
| 5 | Within the broad cooperative movement existed the Women 's Cooperative Guild , an organisation that was to exert an influence over the political alignment of working-class women in the interwar period quite disproportionate to its numerical size . |
| 6 | Yeah , I , I think again , this er deserves a good , it 's a good exercise to do this sort of thing , taking colour and black and white because you can then decide whe whether one medium has got an advantage over the other or not . |
| 7 | The loss is a little below the strategic guidance figure of thirty thousand two hundred and also represents an improvement over the historic trend . |
| 8 | Although the hon. Gentleman accepts that my announcement represents an improvement over the previous situation , I am anxious to see that those who want to serve have an opportunity to do so . |
| 9 | This is a common reaction to the effect of the remedy and you should wait and expect to see an improvement over the next few minutes or an hour or so depending on how severe the illness is . |
| 10 | Area planning policies ( eg the green belt ) are exerting an impact over the precise location of hi-technology manufacturing . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , in a final analysis , her older houses have an edge over the new , or relatively new . |
| 12 | If a group wittingly shares an attitude over a relevant issue but does so only for a limited period of time before falling into disarray , it would be difficult to refer to the group as an elite in any meaningful sense since the outcomes would be insignificant . |