Example sentences of "[coord] over the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This option allows the user to generate an alphanumerically ordered Relationships Listing which can be grouped either by individual charge code or over the entire LIFESPAN system . |
| 2 | Using your middle fingers , make tiny circles on the cheeks at either side of the nostrils and over the upper lip ( see Fig. 15 ) . |
| 3 | A growing rift was apparent between Iran and Turkey over competition for influence among the newly independent Central Asian states and over the future role and shape of ECO . |
| 4 | The camera rolls , the DAT machine grooves , and over the grassy knoll , the beanpole figure of singer Paul Linehan appears , grinning and spinning his way into the video vaults . |
| 5 | From Mount Ampenan , and over the rocky coastline and long golden beaches is a sight to behold . |
| 6 | In the null output direction the signal changes are almost solely due to angular movement of the earth 's field and over the small range involved are linearly proportional to angle . |
| 7 | The question of international respect for the US was clearly at issue in the Iran hostage crisis , and over the long term this matter had a relentlessly negative effect on Carter 's chances of re-election . |
| 8 | The dust hangs heavy in the air , on the rag-covered bodies and over the scabied skin of the children . |
| 9 | On Thursday they would continue through the remainder of Germany and over the Czechoslovakian border . |
| 10 | Walkers in a hurry can sneak across on a passenger ferry and over the facing hill on a cart track to Dundonnell , saving nearly twenty miles and the best part of a day . |
| 11 | But is n't it true , this garden has a fantastic character which makes you quite able to imagine the poets of the Renaissance strolling among these bushes and over the flowery grass ? … |
| 12 | On agriculture the New Zealand side expressed concerns over protectionist barriers affecting its major exports , and over the current impasse in the GATT talks [ see also p. 38027 ] . |
| 13 | Thereafter they crossed the greater river at that ford and proceeded eastwards by Ancrum and over the low Fairnington hills to the Makerstoun ford of Tweed . |
| 14 | By late March divisions were appearing between members of the 12-party Unity Assembly ( Group of 12 — see p. 37313 ) over the extent to which Pascal-Trouillot should consult with the Council of State and over the alleged influence of Duvalierists or Duvalierist sympathizers in her administration . |
| 15 | He was full of idealism about what this post offered in terms of opportunity , and over the odd whisky in his pub of the moment , he would talk about what art education could be and should be . |
| 16 | A cabin cruiser was chugging down the wide brown river towards that little harbour I 'd seen , and over the other side the bank was so steep that the rows of terraced houses were leaning over each other to get a view . |
| 17 | As he reached the parked sports car he went into a rolling dive , still clutching his leg , and bounced himself off the bonnet and over the other side . |
| 18 | John 's mother had been very ill over Christmas and over the New Year she had been admitted to hospital . |
| 19 | And again , make sure that you use your finger to go round the nose , and over the fore head , around the eyes . |
| 20 | Adam was thrown forward , up and over the shattered windscreen and on to the bonnet . |
| 21 | Iran had boycotted the pilgrimage for the third consecutive year in protest both over a quota system limiting the number of pilgrims ( to an estimated 1,500,000 ) and over the Saudi ban on political protests during the pilgrimage . |
| 22 | The number of ganglion cells was estimated by representing their distribution as mathematical functions and integrating numerically over the polygonal region demarcated by the four labelled sites , and over the remaining area of the retina . |
| 23 | Going this way , up the twenty-mile-long Liddesdale and over the high Note o' the Gate pass of Wauchope to Hobkirk , and so down Rule Water to the Jedburgh area , was around thirty-five rough miles , and halfway to Berwick . |
| 24 | The ball flew high and wide of Judy and over the high wire fence behind her . |
| 25 | It was wrapped around the body and over the left shoulder where it was draped in folds which nearly reached the floor . |
| 26 | The Conservative government signed cheques with abandon in the run-up to the 1992 polls , and over the coming year will have to borrow £1,000 for every citizen . |
| 27 | Through the gate and over the lumpy ground , and she opened the door and went into a long drill hall with a clacking wooden floor . |
| 28 | It was n't until later , when Robyn heard Anne 's key in the lock , that she realised just how long she had been staring into space , miserably going over and over the disastrous weekend , in a futile attempt to try and put it all back into some sort of perspective . |
| 29 | This sometimes takes the form of one or more anticipatory subordinate clauses before the verb of the main ( superordinate ) clause , as in this section of ( 2 ) : " and , at once pressing and gliding , repeated over and over The common occurrence of parenthetic structures can also be noted : " somewhat grimly " ( 6 ) ; " tapping her left side familiarly " ( 9 ) ; " then at Nice " ( 11 ) . |
| 30 | So Julie smiled at us , in a half-proud , half-scared sort of way , that made her look more as if she was going to burst into tears , and marched up the street , pigtails bobbing , and over the main road to the bus-stop , and stood there gazing across at us with blank eyes while the traffic trundled backwards and forwards between us . |