Example sentences of "and [adj] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | United States efforts to broker a Middle East peace plan floundered in March when Israel 's national unity coalition collapsed under the pressure of differences between Likud and Labour over the country 's Palestinian policy . |
| 2 | It is a full moon , yellow and low over the trees on the Heath . |
| 3 | hundred and odd over the top , so it 's gon na be doubled that |
| 4 | By the time the demo was over I was nearly nauseous at the presumptuousness of these notions and despondent over the lack of scepticism in the room . |
| 5 | She grabbed Steve 's sleeve , their eyes in unison watched the ball sail through the air and high over the net . |
| 6 | And then the tables faded away , and the music shook me , and I forgot where I was in the joy of raising my voice above the talk and the traffic and the whole street and high over the awning into the sky , with nothing but strummed chords on the guitar for company . |
| 7 | Second , he was very much a Romantic , with all the Romantic 's preference for the vital , inward and spontaneous over the static , outward and formal . |
| 8 | Given the British Government 's determination to provide official aid to democratic countries — we are seeing the emergence of a growing number of them — does my hon. Friend agree that it would be proper and popular over the next five years to halve the gap between our official aid and the United Nations target ? |
| 9 | The sense of solidarity has developed and hardened over the years . |
| 10 | These waterways wind their way through countryside often inaccessible by road and unchanged over the years . |
| 11 | Press it down lightly and smooth over the top with a palette knife . |
| 12 | Spoon the mixture over the fruit and smooth over the surface . |
| 13 | Secure the tails to the bodies of the whales with grey-tinted royal icing and smooth over the joints . |
| 14 | A chin I could write a prelude about firm and fine over the symphony of your neck . |
| 15 | The cat leaped lightly on to the bed and padded over the bodiless sleeves . |
| 16 | When observed from the rear , the trailing edge is gull shaped and from the side , the angle of attack created by the bridle is very steep over the central delta and shallow over the outer panels . |
| 17 | It has been developed and refined over the last four years by engineers at the company 's parent company , General Motors . |
| 18 | A dispute then arose between Cenwulf and Wulfred over the Kentish houses of Reculver and Minster-in-Thanet , and the pope seems to have suspended the archbishop at the king 's request . |
| 19 | In 1938 Lewis took a job in a Welsh secondary school , but could see the shadow of war approaching and worried over the problem of pacifism : ‘ I have a deep sort of fatalist feeling that I 'll go . |
| 20 | One of her arms lies outside the covers , hanging out pale and naked over the edge of the bed . |
| 21 | Far and wide over the common-grazing 's green undulations the encampments spread , colourful tents and pavilions erected for the lords , chiefs and great ones , banners fluttering in the October breeze , cooking-fires smoking , horse-lines being watered , smiths busy shoeing and beating out iron for spear and axe heads , troops and squadrons practising formation riding , infantry deploying to form squares , hedgehogs and wheelings-in-line , trumpets and horns sounding , captains shouting commands — and half the citizenry and dogs of Edinburgh out to watch and add to the din . |
| 22 | They were both Swiss , both Reformed ( i.e. Calvinist ) , both theologians rather than historians or biblical specialists , and both men of immense intellectual power and energy , capable of ranging far and wide over the whole spread of Christian thought in search of the resources and materials to fashion the theology which had to be reconstructed . |
| 23 | And such is the ruthlessness of authority here , that they were hunted out even from these rude shelters and scattered far and wide over the country . |
| 24 | Delegates at the congress , in East Berlin 's Dynamo sports hall , last night called for a ‘ grassroots renewal ’ and said they were bitter and disappointed over the ‘ criminal acts ’ of their former leaders . |
| 25 | Bouguer anomalies are generally negative on land and positive over the oceans . |
| 26 | Down their flanks and branching over the head , runs a line with a slightly different texture from the rest of the body . |