Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] over [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the morning clouds boiled ominously over the distant Baltoro peaks as we cramponed to the start of the east ridge . |
| 2 | Since their receptive fields are scattered all over the visual field the rabbit 's brain is kept well-informed about movements all around it . |
| 3 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
| 4 | In the UK , the service sector has grown tremendously over the past decade or so , largely because manufacturers have attempted to reduce labour intensive tasks . |
| 5 | Descent is made southwards over a pathless moor to a depression containing a small tarn and a wall that rises to the next height , Swarth Fell . |
| 6 | Aquaprivy : With this system the squatting slab is positioned directly over the septic tank and the inlet pipe extends below the water level in the tank . |
| 7 | Foreign direct investment by manufacturers has also grown rapidly over the past decade as firms chased lower costs , moved closer to their markets and tried to dodge protectionist barriers . |
| 8 | Alan Clements , European sales and marketing director for Seven Seas , believes the market has grown rapidly over the past decade because ‘ people 's perception of health has changed . |
| 9 | Then through the use of secondary picketing , frequently associated with intimidation and physical violence ( such as we have seen repeatedly over the past decade in connection with the miners ' strikes , the Shrewsbury incidents , Grunwick , the lorry drivers ' strike ) , unions become a threat to personal freedom . |
| 10 | In junction box wiring , the lighting cable goes from the consumer unit to a series of four-terminal junction boxes , each usually positioned roughly over the appropriate light switch ; cables lead from each junction box to a ceiling rose and to the switch . |
| 11 | The drive is applied equally over the whole diaphragm area so that piston-like motion takes place , avoiding break-up resonance modes and maintaining phase linearity . |
| 12 | Having risen strongly over the post-war period until that year , growth stopped ; there have been major fluctuations since , but the total has never been so high again . |
| 13 | The swell had built steadily over the past half-hour . |
| 14 | Similarly , in the 1980 greater attention from both professionals in the field of child care and the media has increased our awareness of child sexual abuse , and the numbers of reported cases have grown considerably over the past decade . |
| 15 | Duncan Smith , defending , said : ‘ It appeared to be a fairly well laid out scheme which was used successfully over a considerable period of time . |
| 16 | This has nothing to do with how policemen look nor even of never having heard of a bunch called James , who are apparently big stars , have their name emblazoned all over a chic t-shirt and of whom one had never heard till yesterday . |
| 17 | Both Jarlshof and Ness of Burgi have been covered in the thin film of oil which was deposited all over the southern part of Shetland . |
| 18 | His depression had become worse over the past year . |
| 19 | The dreadful cries ceased as a hand was clapped roughly over the young woman 's mouth . |
| 20 | Thus there was a confusing number of elements on earth , above it and below it which contributed to the afterlife , representing ideas which had been brought together over a long period of time . |
| 21 | It is one of many ancient Egyptian obelisks to be found all over the civilised world : in Paris and Istanbul as well as London — Rome has a dozen of them — although there are still plenty on the banks of the Nile . |
| 22 | Customs Officers have revealed that company officials from Sheffield forgemasters are among those arrested today over the Iraqi supergun affair . |
| 23 | Customs Officers have revealed that company officials from Sheffield forgemasters are among those arrested today over the Iraqi supergun affair . |
| 24 | He 's gone all over the eastern Mediterranean , and now has plans to go to the western end , to Spain , which was a thriving colony of the Roman empire with a lively intellectual life which had n't been touched by the Christian faith . |
| 25 | Erogenous zones , the ones that respond quickest to sexual stimulation , are dotted all over the female form and in some of the most unlikely places . |
| 26 | These fractions have increased slightly over the past decade , and are larger than in other sciences . |
| 27 | As the research in intelligent knowledge-based systems has progressed steadily over the past decade , it has become increasingly clear that there are classes of complex problems which can not be solved by a single system in isolation ; they require several systems to work together interactively in a co- operative framework . |
| 28 | The number of applications for judicial review has none the less increased significantly over the past decade . |
| 29 | This has happened all over the Western world and we must now start to pick up the pieces . |
| 30 | It has two components : a quoted margin above ( although sometimes below ) the reference rate , and a capital gain or loss element which is calculated under the assumption that the difference between the current price of the FRN and the maturity value is spread evenly over the remaining life of the FRN . |