Example sentences of "the [noun sg] is [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are twenty-four medium-sized frets and the board is lipped over the end of the neck at the body end , leaving the 24th fret hanging in space . |
| 2 | Some £26 billion of capital investment by the industry is required over the next 10 years . |
| 3 | The light is distributed over the courts by means of multi sided reflectors , rather than by direct light on to the court as is the traditional way . |
| 4 | The weight is kept over the feet with the crampons flat . |
| 5 | As the roller is drawn over the skin , hairs are trapped in the slits and plucked out . |
| 6 | The post is fitted over the moulded side seat rail , roughly cut to profile ( from a template ) and a tenon formed at the top . |
| 7 | The canal is carried over the western spur of the M5 on a modern aqueduct . |
| 8 | The vinyl is applied over the paper base , through an engraved screen , and then the design is ‘ blown ’ by heating in an oven . |
| 9 | It is unlikely , however , that a traveller will bring luggage to the inn , and since the traveller 's car and goods contained therein can not be the subject of a lien , cases where the lien is exercised over the property of a traveller are rare . |
| 10 | Encom Cable TV & Telecommunications Ltd has launched a local telephone service in Redbridge , Barking and Dagenham , Essex : the service is offered over the company 's fibre trunk cable , which links to Mercury Communications Ltd 's national network ; the company claims that calls are 10% to 15% cheaper that British Telecommunications Plc 's . |
| 11 | As a ball is hit , spins and moves forward , the air that hits the front of the ball is dragged over the top of the ball , creating a slight vacuum on top of the ball . |
| 12 | The church is domed over the nave and crossing ( though only the latter dome can be seen from the exterior as the others are covered by timber roofing ) and the chancel and transepts have barrel vaults . |
| 13 | Flysheet : once the flysheet is draped over the inner it fixes onto the poles at ground level so both inner and fly are attached to the poles . |
| 14 | The substance of such an arrangement is that the debt is repaid over the primary period and the payments required by the debt should be apportioned between a finance charge for each accounting period and the effective reduction of the principal amount . |
| 15 | ( The date is inscribed over the sanctuary arch . ) |
| 16 | Now , as you take the carriage across , the yarn is looped over the selected needles on the back bed , while being knitted on every needle on the front bed . |