Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] [adv] [vb pp] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | If six garages are now placed over the five cars on the top shelf ( leaving one garage empty ) , and four garages placed over the four cars on the bottom shelf ( all garages being full ) , then about one in three four-year-olds now maintain that the bottom shelf has more cars . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , given the set of results obtained , genuine abstraction of this sort is difficult : some preferences are evenly distributed over a number of columns while other columns yield no statistically significant set of preferences . |
| 3 | Rumours have been circulating that experts are bitterly divided over what to do . |
| 4 | Opinions are usually communicated over the telephone and are often given within 24 hours . |
| 5 | Thus jobs which involve social interaction with other workers are generally more satisfying than socially isolated work ; monotonous , repetitive work is more likely to be linked with job dissatisfaction than more varied work ; jobs which involve responsibility and the ability to organize work time and work methods are generally preferred over those which lack these qualities , and so forth . |
| 6 | In practice , low potencies are usually prescribed over a period of time , whereas high potencies are classically administered as the single dose . |
| 7 | But computer designers are still divided over GaAs 's tactical value in world of digital computers . |
| 8 | It is a myth that such relationships are best fostered over " heavy " business lunches . |
| 9 | What has not yet been made clear is that the vice-chancellors are seriously split over the issue and some are expressing grave misgivings over the direction being taken . |
| 10 | Drugs used in the treatment of mental disorders are often supplied over the counter without prescription , with insufficient or misleading information , or are prescribed inappropriately . |
| 11 | As , however , social classes are unevenly distributed over the map of Britain , then the politics of distribution also quickly becomes a geographical matter implicitly , if not explicitly through spatial policies . |
| 12 | It is important to note , however , that contributions are not levied over the entire earnings range . |
| 13 | Bedwetting baselines are best set over a period of at least 2 weeks because of the often intermittent nature of the problem . |
| 14 | Woks are best used over a gas flame . |
| 15 | RTZ are also criticized over tentative plans to open a huge copper mine in the heartland of the Guaymi people in Panama . |
| 16 | His hands are gently folded over it as if it were just a bag of laundry on his lap . |
| 17 | My hands are still splayed over my lower face . |
| 18 | Informal briefings and seminars are generally held over the lunch-time period , which is only flexible for scientific and administrative staff . |
| 19 | Stresses are easily transmitted over the phone and fuel concern . |
| 20 | Dense summer acid hazes are now experienced over extensive areas of rural southern Britain , being closely related to the advection of polluted continental air masses ( Barnes and Lee , 1978 ; Lee , 1983a , 1983b , 1988 ) . |