Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's part of the pattern , Charles ; society disintegrates before our eyes and we are expected to paper over the cracks . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 've always been a great Archers fan but I 've been sworn to secrecy over what I will be doing . ’ |
| 3 | Find out if any of them has been linked to Hendrique over the past few months . |
| 4 | Japan 's 4,000km expressway system is to be lengthened to 11,500km over the next ten years . |
| 5 | Critical self-reflection does not have to be confined to self-questioning over the grounds of one 's beliefs and actions . |
| 6 | Existing users will be upgraded to OpenVMS over time . |
| 7 | Implicit in the Green Paper is the notion that generic social work principles are not paramount , and that probation courses will be brought to heel over their curriculum and orientation . |
| 8 | The finance costs of debt should be allocated to periods over the term of the debt at a constant rate on the carrying amount . |
| 9 | This will be allocated to periods over the primary period at a constant rate on the carrying amount , as required by paragraph 25 of the [ draft ] FRS . |
| 10 | Thus he favoured co-operation with other major industrial states in the hope that sterling might be restored to health over a period of three or four years . |
| 11 | The information will be passed to Customs over BT 's EDI Net service . |
| 12 | The government admitted that companies bidding for franchises after the privatisation of British Rail might be allowed to concrete over the tracks and run buses instead . |
| 13 | Landlords are taken to task over standards |
| 14 | For example , one group was drawn from a London housing estate where a high proportion of tenants have been taken to court over debt , so that it could easily get a bad name among local traders . |
| 15 | A MADCAP millionaire who lives in a run-down cottage has been taken to court over an unpaid poll tax bill — for FIVE PENCE . |
| 16 | Branches of Dillons , Books Etc and Bookland have been taken to task over the wording on their sale signposting and promotional material , including material provided by the National Book Sale . |
| 17 | Evacuees were dispersed to billets over a wide area : for example , London children were spread from Land 's End to the Wash , under 476 billeting authorities and 73 education authorities . |
| 18 | The press were taken to court over publication of extracts from Spycatcher with its details of the adventures of the ‘ security ’ forces . |
| 19 | Seismic data were returned to Earth over a period of a few years from these five stations , though they were reduced to four when the Apollo 11 station stopped working . |
| 20 | ‘ A lot of anonymous letters have been sent to Chrissie over the years . |
| 21 | According to the ADC , in the cases quoted by councils the properties by and large fulfilled all the principal criteria set down by the Government for a property suitable for occupation by older people , ie that it was let to persons over pensionable age ; access was relatively easy ; the accommodation was on level ground ; the dwelling had no more than two bedrooms ; the heating arrangements were adequate ; the property was reasonably conveniently located . |
| 22 | The 1944 Act was amended so that free milk was provided to pupils over the age of 7 only if they attended special schools or qualified on medical grounds . |