Example sentences of "[vb pp] over this [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Describes the great changes that have come over this locality in the course of a few years . |
| 2 | Panchromatic gelatine bromide photographic emulsion was then applied over this surface in the dark . |
| 3 | Panchromatic gelatine bromide photographic emulsion was then applied over this surface in the dark . |
| 4 | He scooped a handful of marble out of a bannister as if it were plasticine , and briefly enjoyed the traces of the many fingers that had brushed over this patch of cold stone down the years . |
| 5 | While this single figure conceals sharp year-to-year fluctuations as well as a secular upward trend , it is noteworthy that sums raised over this period by bond finance ( including convertible bonds ) exceeded those raised by the issue of ordinary shares and also exceeded the sums raised for the government by the sale of gilt-edged securities . |
| 6 | Billingsgate has presided over this decline with all the grace of an oligarchy that sees its power declining . |
| 7 | has fallen over this period from seventy eight per cent to twenty eight per cent . |
| 8 | The controversy that has arisen over this issue in recent days emphasises the importance of proceeding with this investigation with all possible speed and effectiveness . |
| 9 | But the grey-haired proprietress is adamant : ‘ I 've lived over this shop for years , and I 'm not moving now . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Traditional climatic geomorphology as represented by most of the papers in this volume has to a large extent glossed over this paucity of knowledge of fundamentals ; it may be said to have proceeded , like Davis 's work , to premature generalization on the basis of quite vague ideas on the underlying process relations . |