Example sentences of "[adj] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) The only interests or charges in or over land which are capable of subsisting or of being conveyed or created at law are — ( a ) An easement , right or privilege in or over land for an interest equivalent to an estate in fee simple absolute in possession or a term of years absolute ; ( b ) A rentcharge in possession issuing out of or charged on land being either perpetual or for a term of years absolute ; ( c ) A charge by way of legal mortgage ; ( d ) … any other similar charge on land which is not created by an instrument ; ( e ) Rights of entry exercisable over or in respect of a legal term of years absolute , or annexed , for any purpose , to a legal rentcharge . |
| 2 | He mentioned a sum which would pay my rent until I 'd finished the helium balloon and leave some over for sandwiches . |
| 3 | I said , ‘ I believe there 's some over in the producer 's office . |
| 4 | It is thought possible that , when the Universe came into existence , there was by chance a little more matter than antimatter ; most of the matter destroyed itself by interaction with the antimatter , but that still left some over — the matter which makes up the Universe around us . |
| 5 | ‘ One of our researchers is American and he brought some over and it 's simply fantastic , ’ says Party worker John Reece . |
| 6 | The first 15 overs yielded only 30 and the 100 did not come up until the 35th over . |
| 7 | Haden caught Lampitt bowled Tolley in the second over of the day … |
| 8 | Away goes David Lawrence the start of the fifty-ninth over of this innings , a hundred and thirty-eight for four he 's bowled to short outside the off stump , he lets that go through to Russell . |
| 9 | Take off your shoes and socks : we do n't want to leave wet prints ill over . ’ |
| 10 | The hilltop is now completely wooded over , but the name remains as witness to a possible mark . |
| 11 | Vic knows what it is : a book entitled Enjoy Your Menopause , which one of Marjorie 's friends at the Weight Watchers ' club has lent her , and which she has been reading in bed , without much show of conviction , and falling asleep over , for the past week or two . |
| 12 | Just tell her the names of those books and I tell you she 'll be right over . ’ |
| 13 | We 'll be right over . ’ |
| 14 | Due to the extensive television coverage practically every hole on the course , and certainly all those on the second nine , can be conjured up in the mind 's eye , even when the tournament is long over . |
| 15 | Although its milling days are long over , the mill now forms a useful storage building as well as housing a small electronics workshop , a far cry from the days of steam and dust featured throughout its century of use . |
| 16 | ‘ The question of whether we 're going to clean up the environment of this country is long over , ’ he told a press conference . |
| 17 | Necessity sometimes drove half-pay officers to seek a commission in an active battalion even when they had attained such an advanced age that any chance of a successful military career was long over . |
| 18 | By the time Western economies suffered the severe shock of the quadrupling of oil prices in 1973 , and subsequent further increases in 1979 , the baby boom was already long over , although marriage continued to become more popular until 1972 . |
| 19 | Tea was long over and , downstairs , the evening 's work was well under way . |
| 20 | Programmes were long over , but the white screen with the volume down served not badly as a night light ; any of the lamps in the shoebox room kept Sam awake , and total darkness made him frightened . |
| 21 | The great church was mute and dark , for compline was long over , since the routine of the house clung as yet to its winter timetable , and the monks were in their beds until midnight should rouse them for matins . |
| 22 | Fifty years before , gold had been discovered at Bathurst and wages had been spectacular , but those boom times were well over and the rush now was for any job at all and to fight to keep it . |
| 23 | THE World Cup may be well over , but there 's no forgetting some of the performances we saw in October 1991 . |
| 24 | The Rush Years were well over . |
| 25 | By then the breeding season is well over . |
| 26 | He laughed at Shildon 's stupidity before saying : ‘ The case is pretty well over , did you know that ? |
| 27 | The row was well over , however , and meeting Mallachy on the corner near his house caused no further friction . |
| 28 | On a turgid turner that had thwarted the seamers ' efforts until the 199th over of the match , Essex required a further 29 to avoid the follow-on on the final morning with four wickets intact , only to be denied by a spell of 3 for 1 in 14 deliveries that ultimately allowed Nick Cook to give the hosts ( and Britannic Assurance Championship leaders ) a right old grilling in the second dig ; but for Ambrose he might never have had the chance . |
| 29 | For the record , the eight balls of Aqib 's fateful over resulted in the following : 1 . |
| 30 | ( They kept the latter over from ‘ World Clique ’ until it could appear in America on a less-wasteful Eco-Pac CD . ) |