Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb -s] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The budget provided the financial incentive , but much confusion still abounds over the use of unleaded petrol . |
| 2 | Confusion even exists over the use of the words counselling and counsellor . |
| 3 | Confusion sometimes arises over the use of the words ‘ book ’ and ‘ volume ’ , normally regarded as almost interchangeable , but taking on a special meaning , often indicated by the title-page , when applied to the make-up of a complete work . |
| 4 | The mortality of exploring a common bile duct dramatically increases over the age of 60 particularly if other serious medical conditions are present such as diabetes , malnutrition , cardiorespiratory and renal insufficiency . |
| 5 | The voice is a stinker and the sincerity meter rarely twitches over the course of this , then there 's a cover of ‘ These Boots Are Made For Walkin' ’ that hums to the heavens . |
| 6 | This can be done by tipping the leading edge up , so that water only flows over the lip when a reasonable quantity is being pumped . |
| 7 | A question mark already hangs over the future of 3,000 staff at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea , whose work could go to firms in England . |
| 8 | Derry manager Eamon Coleman will announce his team after training tonight but a big question mark still hovers over the fitness of Enda Gormley . |
| 9 | A QUESTION mark still hangs over the strength of the recovery in consumer spending , according to a CBI survey released yesterday . |
| 10 | A QUESTION mark still hangs over the strength of the recovery in consumer spending , according to a CBI survey . |
| 11 | A question mark now hangs over the future of the yard , but nephew Peter Cheesbrough has been granted a temporary licence to continue operations . |
| 12 | The oil paint lazily moves over the surface of the paintings ; in places its application is to thick that it seems to be rotting and falling away . |
| 13 | But elsewhere the poet prefers direct attack , as in 152 : Obscure though the details may be ( have both the Poet and the Mistress broken their marriage-vows ? is the Friend implicated ? ) , the man certainly vaunts over the woman . |
| 14 | Stone might not have much to say about the past hundred years , but the shadow of the present undoubtedly hangs over the book . |
| 15 | Simultaneously , the populations of developed nations have aged ; and , despite general agreement that age per se should not preclude CPR , controversy still smoulders over the application of modern drugs and complex expensive technology to patients of advanced years . |
| 16 | The Ladybird New Testament version simply glosses over the mechanism of how God communicated with the Magi : Then God warned the wise men not to trust King Herod . |