Example sentences of "[vb -s] [art] [noun] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The track crosses the bridge over the Sillees River and then the scenic forest drive to follow a well marked way to Melly 's Rock . |
| 2 | The driver turns the engine over a couple of times ; says , ‘ What it needs is a little push . ' ’ |
| 3 | The Guardian distribution also has the advantage over the Abbey National share allocation in that it is tax-free and net of all osts . |
| 4 | The mouse has the advantage over the rat in having a 10 fold smaller body volume — thus less substance is needed for each set of measurements . |
| 5 | But ICI reckons that in a number of key areas it has the edge over the competition . |
| 6 | In contrast , unrestricted-use credit is where the debtor has the control over the application of the loan , and this is so even if it is a term of the loan contract that he must apply the money to a specified purpose ( CCA 1974 , s.11(3) ) . |
| 7 | It is elicited by being ‘ pushed around ’ and yields the feeling that one 's self exercises no control over the circumstances surrounding it and the destiny awaiting it ’ . |
| 8 | Well Boris Yeltsin this morning has said that he wants a veto over the use of nuclear weapons and about ninety percent of which I think are on Russian soil , that perhaps can be interpreted , additional safeguard to have another veto . |
| 9 | More perplexing is the fact that although she gets all her work from one firm and has no control over the quantity , this woman describes herself as ‘ self-employed ’ . |
| 10 | Because of the sanctity of the self-management system , any enterprise that makes a direct investment in another enterprise ( through so-called ‘ pooling labour and resources ’ ) has no control over the activities of the recipient organization and can expect no return other than interest on its investment ( at a sharply negative rate ) . |
| 11 | ( c ) The classroom teacher has no control over the content of the filmed lesson ( or broadcast TV films ) . |
| 12 | The chief pharmacist , for example , has no control over the number of prescriptions that come into his department . |
| 13 | The issue here is that the debtor has no control over the use to which the credit is put . |
| 14 | What is the difference , then , between teaching by machines and the teaching by a teacher in the classroom ? 1 The learner has no control over the teacher , but he can have control over the machine . |
| 15 | This could occur where someone has a lien over the goods , i.e. a right to retain possession of them until a debt is paid . |
| 16 | I also accept that if a ‘ Gillick competent ’ child under 16 has a right to refuse treatment , so too has a child over the age of 16 . |
| 17 | The state has a monopoly over the use of coercion which is perceived to be legitimate only because those exercising such power have been democratically elected or derive their authority from a democratic legislature . |
| 18 | It would appear from paragraph ( a ) that a seller who has a monopoly over the supply of the kind of goods in question is unlikely to convince the court of the reasonableness of a wide exemption clause , especially if it was a large demand for the product which enabled him to insist on the clause being in the contract . |
| 19 | He has a flat over the garage . |
| 20 | He buys a hugely expensive house for the sole reason that it has a view over the bay of a winking green light from Daisy 's house . |
| 21 | This is a subject in which Britain has a lead over the rest of Europe and much of the world . |
| 22 | On the exterior , Mechelen has a flèche over the crossing , but a single tall western tower , one of the most beautiful in Belgium of this type . |
| 23 | Here the Crick hypothesis has an advantage over the others , in that he proposes that those mysterious extraterrestrials did not simply scatter spores willy-nilly but sent out a computer-controlled spacecraft containing the spores as cargo . |
| 24 | But here the writer of the detective novel has an advantage over the concocter of the detective story . |
| 25 | Andrew McGee reviews the debate over the meaning of the true and fair view , arguing that the development of a better understanding of its significance and content will be crucial to the survival of the current scheme of financial reporting . |
| 26 | By Beverly Pagram GUMNUTLAND — twinned with Willesden Junction , says the sign over the platform . |
| 27 | Their manager , Brian Houghton , says the victory over the Irons , as West Ham are known , should mark the turning point for the club 's fortunes . |
| 28 | Hong Kong casts a spell over the visitor almost as soon as your aircraft weaves its way between high-rise blocks to land at the chaotic airport . |
| 29 | She takes the lighter and passes a flame over the end charring the paper on the last half inch . |
| 30 | In our example , the relationship between each year 's sales is shown by the bar chart but the line graph shows the trend over the period . |