Example sentences of "the [adv] [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when , after several hours , the majority of emigrants had set off , a group of young men wearing track suits remained in darkness at the back of the embassy , helping the most recent arrivals over the railings . |
| 2 | Ulster , the reigning inter-provincial champions and the most consistent province over the past five seasons , enjoyed an easy win over the Scottish Saltires . |
| 3 | Monday the 11th was , as travellers and commuters will recall , one of the most wintry days over Scotland for some time . |
| 4 | Perhaps the most famous row over this took place at St Mary 's Baptist Church in Norwich in the 1850s . |
| 5 | The most serious problems over credit use — sometimes an extreme manifestation of one of the general problems , such as the relationship between ignorance , high-cost credit use , and over-commitment ; sometimes something quite distinct — are too rare to show up in a quantifiable way in a sample survey such as ours . |
| 6 | Congress it has been my sad misfortune to encounter some of the most hostile employers over the past year that would make the grey hairs that I 've got fall out . |
| 7 | That to me was one of the most rewarding moments over and above when we got into the big game against New Zealand . |
| 8 | The three tee off in one of the most attractive groupings over the first 36 holes at 2.10pm on Thursday afternoon . |
| 9 | The matter is , however , far from conclusive and the presence of the southern building on a different alignment , much nearer to an east-west axis , with the entrance at the west side , raises the possibility that a small Christian shrine was built to sanctify the site ; , but this , according to the rather tenuous argument over the coins , did not take place until the end of the century . |
| 10 | He had an attentive caddy who held the brilliantly segmented umbrella over him between shots . |
| 11 | But I wished fervently that I had been able to do more , and as I passed my hand along the richly coloured coat over the ribs the vast bandaged finger stood out like a symbol of my helplessness . |
| 12 | Although the recently announced European Air Traffic Control information system may facilitate the movement of aircraft across national boundaries , it can not create more airspace in the already crowded skies over southern England . |
| 13 | But Spartak proved to be much better than I and , no doubt , Liverpool , imagined and deservedly earned their passage after being the more accomplished side over both legs . |
| 14 | As one of the parents in the interviews described later says , ‘ When they say , you 're the experts , parents are experts , what they really mean is — you get on with that little bit over there , and we 'll get on with the really important stuff over here . ’ |
| 15 | The increasingly bitter dispute over the role of the media [ for June Constitutional Court ruling see pp. 38971-72 ] took a new turn on Dec. 31 when the opposition parties in the National Assembly joined forces to deprive the government of the two-thirds majority it needed for the passage of a new media bill . |
| 16 | Scatter the freshly chopped herbs over the tomatoes and lightly season with salt and black pepper . |
| 17 | A comfortable trip , apart from the almost incessant announcements over the public address system which interrupt work , leisure reading and , worst of all , an attempt at a nap . |
| 18 | Randolph Trumbach has illustrated this point by reference to the otherwise baffling controversy over the ban on marriage to a deceased wife 's sister . |
| 19 | Road traffic had long been a matter for the police because of the very great concern over road accidents . |