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 | Take off your shoes and socks : we do n't want to leave wet prints ill over . ’ |
| 3 | The hilltop is now completely wooded over , but the name remains as witness to a possible mark . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Just tell her the names of those books and I tell you she 'll be right over . ’ |
| 6 | We 'll be right over . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ The question of whether we 're going to clean up the environment of this country is long over , ’ he told a press conference . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Tea was long over and , downstairs , the evening 's work was well under way . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | THE World Cup may be well over , but there 's no forgetting some of the performances we saw in October 1991 . |
| 17 | The Rush Years were well over . |
| 18 | By then the breeding season is well over . |
| 19 | He laughed at Shildon 's stupidity before saying : ‘ The case is pretty well over , did you know that ? |
| 20 | The row was well over , however , and meeting Mallachy on the corner near his house caused no further friction . |
| 21 | For the record , the eight balls of Aqib 's fateful over resulted in the following : 1 . |
| 22 | When he was out England had ten overs to score 39 , with five wickets left , and by the beginning of the penultimate over needed just seven with three wickets left . |
| 23 | Kevin Burns made 49 and Tim Watkins took 3–23 before Gareth Finney hit the winning runs in the penultimate over . |
| 24 | Dream-like mist lies down-like over , |
| 25 | But I was not prepared for the raking over of academic arguments on defining poverty around when John Moore , then Secretary of State for Social Services , said poverty no longer existed . |
| 26 | Oh perhaps I should just report briefly that erm the erm changing over of erm erm some stage twos from my sub team to other sub teams became a necessary when Fiona returned very shortly afterwards . |
| 27 | Holding started it with a blistering over of flat-out speed that accounted for Boycott , after which no one passed 26 and they were all out for 122 , with Croft again the leading wicket-taker . |
| 28 | When she did finally reach for the food , or lure , all she would do was lean over and rip off a piece , rather than step on to the glove . |
| 29 | He placed emphasis on the impersonal manner in which umpire Palmer had returned Aqib 's sweater and hat to him at the end of that infamous over , and referred repeatedly to the lack of lift of the offending deliveries to tailender Malcolm . |
| 30 | The focus is moved away from what people are really outraged over , so that the main issues on TV and radio were ‘ stopping the violence and increasing the peace ’ . |