Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [noun] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nylon bristles are not to be recommended because they are likely to create static electricity in the coat and may actually damage the hair over a period of time . |
| 2 | In some cases these can completely cover the topography over an extensive area and form an ignimbrite plateau . |
| 3 | ‘ All you do is re-distribute the rubbish over a wider area . ’ |
| 4 | DIR will not do this , of course , it will just hover the heads over the position where the directory area would normally be found . |
| 5 | Barnes added : ‘ We have not solved the mystery of unlocking their defence , but it is something the management will discuss a lot over the next few days . ’ |
| 6 | Berger then decided to wait until the scheduled pit stops in the hope that the Ferrari crew could steal an advantage over the McLaren mechanics . |
| 7 | Enthusiastic support for the project among the local populace , many of whom see it as a source of potential employment , helped tip the balance over a rival site outside Paris , the researchers said . |
| 8 | This method of calculating an average is favoured by the hotel and catering industry as it can show the trend over a period of time and eliminates the effects of seasonal fluctuations . |
| 9 | Ms Judy Weleminsky , director of the fellowship , said the Government should allocate the sum over the next four years to prevent patients — many suffering from schizophrenia — being discharged without proper supervision . |
| 10 | A BUS company is anxiously waiting to hear if a Government minister will break the deadlock over a deal which could bring a Sainsbury superstore to Darlington . |
| 11 | Each reckoned that off-road , they could beat the other over a suitably undulating course . |
| 12 | The Manor was an important landmark during the annual and ancient custom called the ‘ perambulation of Purton ’ , during Rogation Tide in May , when a large procession , headed by the clergyman , would beat the bounds over a period of two days . |
| 13 | I hasten to add that when I was responsible , as Secretary of State for the Environment , for such developments in England , I found that , with certain conditions one could improve the environment over a period of years . |
| 14 | She asked him if he would lift the bicycle over a stile for her , she not having realized there was a stile to be crossed when she had embarked over the fields by herself . |
| 15 | Continuing demand in Edinburgh for water from the Union Canal made it necessary for the new aqueduct , which would eventually carry the canal over the bypass at Hermiston , to be constructed without interruption to the flow in the canal and the contractor elected to use an open channel diversion capable of passing 237 litres per second . |
| 16 | When the Daily Telegraph thundered on to his front doormat , he could get up and do the crossword over the pot of tea that served as his breakfast . |
| 17 | A spokesman for the local NRA said : ‘ Another downpour could send the rivers over the top . ’ |
| 18 | Thereafter Labour 's spending plans , which could send the PSBR over the £40 billion mark , will impose an enduring interest rate premium . |
| 19 | Examples include E-mail , where one user can send a message over the network to another . |
| 20 | Per Andersen of IDC 's European Unix Centre says this trend will shape the industry over the next two years . |
| 21 | Per Andersen of IDC 's European Unix Expertise Centre believes this to be a significant trend that will shape the industry over the next two years . |
| 22 | According to Snodgrass they occur in all winged insects but are much modified in the Ephemeroptera and Odonata , presumably because these insects do not flex the wings over the abdomen at rest . |
| 23 | The rye hid him from the French rankers , and only those officers on horseback could see the Rifleman over the tall crop . |
| 24 | It 's up the side of the platform — I can just see the light over the door from where I 'm standing . |
| 25 | Either side of the interval the tiny striker had chances to convert simple headers but pushed one wide of the post and saw Maxwell claw the other over the bar . |
| 26 | If you 're nice to him — I wo n't use the language over the air ( because you 'd be shut down ) that he uses to me — however nice you are to him it does n't make a bit of difference . |
| 27 | Lewis can become a multi-millionaire over the next four years if he becomes our first world heavyweight champion for nearly a century — and defends successfully . |
| 28 | That may sound a bit over the top , but do not tune out yet . |
| 29 | I have met many of them at my advice surgery , and I will weep no tears over the demise of a tax that had no progressive element and which sometimes militated against people on low incomes . |
| 30 | The chief executives all confidently predicted that Leyland Daf trucks would make a profit over the next three years despite the loss of eighty-two million pounds at the time the company went into receivership . |