Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child who is not feeling well will stop eating temporarily and rapidly lose weight over a short period but this will be regained equally quickly once the child has recovered . |
| 2 | The main advantage of panels is that they provide feedback over a period of time , which increases the reliability of their responses compared with people who may have been stopped for a brief interview outside their local supermarket , for example . |
| 3 | From here head south-west over a stony plateau , descending slightly to a large cairn . |
| 4 | UKRAINE and Russia established parallel command structures over the Black Sea Fleet yesterday as the confrontation between the two nuclear powers worsened . |
| 5 | If whisking by hand , place bowl over a pan of hot water . |
| 6 | ( Press complaints over the handling of news from islands said that despatches were stupidly censored and when journalists headed their stories ‘ censored ’ , the word ‘ censored ’ was censored . ) |
| 7 | ‘ If we encounter fog over the North Atlantic we will turn on the radar , switch on the Satnav , and start the engines . |
| 8 | The Dove Goddess from the Late Dove Goddess Sanctuary at Knossos , for instance , stood on a bench altar strewn with beach pebbles , which suggest dominion over the sea . |
| 9 | Because you do n't want anyone else to intercept the letter and steam it open , you put Sellotape over the envelope flap . |
| 10 | He wore the elegantly cut suit over a white shirt and an old Etonian tie . |
| 11 | put things over the top |
| 12 | One old chap wrapped his set in aluminium cooking foil and put clingfilm over the screen , thinking the detector van would be unable to pick up the signals . |
| 13 | Export growth over the same period has shown an increase of only 36 per cent which , although better than the world average growth of 28 per cent , is clearly not sufficient to cover the large increase in import demand . |
| 14 | That is the problem of which my hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow ( Mr. Gill ) spoke ; many Labour-controlled local authorities charge way over the oddds . |
| 15 | Off this gallery all the principal bedrooms face west over an extensive private garden ( Plate 5 ) . |
| 16 | Some readers exhibit conservatism over the adoption of new information technology , and many librarians , faced with the problem of the need for archival storage of scientific data — an intrinsic feature of the nature and use of geological and botanical literature , for example — and knowing the costs incurred in data conversion as each new technological advance occurs , will choose to retain paper , and postpone decisions on technology . |
| 17 | Naturally , Pop worries over the state of his people in songs like America and Miss Cocaine , but his caring stoicism is a voice from the rocking chair that seems almost too dignified and decent for the '90s neighbourhood . |
| 18 | Many gregarious species obviously co-operate with others of their own kind , to the benefit of all : lionesses co-operate in hunting , and in bringing up the cubs ; meerkats stand guard over the colony . |
| 19 | Royal Bank of Scotland eurocheques and a eurocheque card are widely recognised , simple and most convenient payment method for personal customers in Europe and the Mediterranean whether you want to obtain cash , pay hotel bills or purchase goods over the counter . |
| 20 | Project Video is provisionally scheduled for publication in September 1989 and we anticipate sales over the first three years to be in the region of 2,000 cassettes . |
| 21 | Project Video is provisionally scheduled for publication in September 1989 and we anticipate sales over the first three years to be in the region of 2,000 cassettes . |
| 22 | Project Video is provisionally scheduled for publication in September 1989 and we anticipate sales over the first three years to be in the region of 2,000 cassettes . |
| 23 | Project Video is provisionally scheduled for publication in September 1989 and we anticipate sales over the first three years to be in the region of 2,000 cassettes . |
| 24 | Project Video is provisionally scheduled for publication in September 1989 and we anticipate sales over the first three years to be in the region of 2,000 cassettes . |
| 25 | Project Video is provisionally scheduled for publication in September 1989 and we anticipate sales over the first three years to be in the region of 2,000 cassettes . |
| 26 | Project Video is provisionally scheduled for publication in September 1989 and we anticipate sales over the first three years to be in the region of 2,000 cassettes . |
| 27 | Project Video is provisionally scheduled for publication in September 1989 and we anticipate sales over the first three years to be in the region of 2,000 cassettes . |
| 28 | I may as well offer you complete control over the direction east . ’ |
| 29 | With rare exceptions complete authority over the affairs and property of the taravad lay with the eldest male , the karanavan . |
| 30 | Begin descent over the holding point at the ETA as worked out above . |