Example sentences of "over [conj] " in BNC.

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1 A comparison with the total income tax due will disclose either an over or under payment of income tax .
2 Once you have your decree , be it for over or under £1000 , you pass it to the Sheriff Officer for enforcement .
3 Overall , there was no clear pattern of over or underpricing .
4 Calculate the over or under-absorbed overhead for each cost centre .
5 ( 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 .
6 None of them was more enthusiastic to turn on the heat and get the thing over than General Douglas MacArthur , the ‘ United Nations ’ commander in Korea , who was at pains to point out he had ‘ no direct connection with the United Nations whatsoever ’ .
7 But no sooner was that battle over than a new one began — on two fronts .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Typically companies designing for automated assembly fall into the central band shown in Figure 5.13 , and include product/ideas-based and skills/ideas-based companies , all dealing with a mixture of over and underconstrained problems .
11 Tea was long over and , downstairs , the evening 's work was well under way .
12 Robin Haire and Adrian Semple made sure of knocking off the remaining runs , leaving them with an over and a half to spare .
13 Moxon and Byas took advantage of some mediocre bowling to score at five an over and lay the foundations for Yorkshire 's first limited overs score of more than 200 this season .
14 Byas hit 80 before being out in the final over and White was left unbeaten on 52 , the fifth-wicket pair smashing their way to 119 in 15 overs .
15 But a bowler who does not break down at the end of every other over and who can finish each season with an average around the 25 mark would be worth his weight in gold now .
16 ‘ One of our researchers is American and he brought some over and it 's simply fantastic , ’ says Party worker John Reece .
17 They needed two wickets in the final over but picked up only one as Hightown held out at 110–9 .
18 The batsman failed to survive the over though , Gooch managing to hold onto a slip catch .
19 A week later , poor Walsh was involved in another traumatic final over as Pakistan despatched him for 14 to win off the final ball .
20 A 6′ 4″ natural athlete from Eastbourne who spent the winter slumming it as a ski-guide on the slopes of Meribel , he completed the over when Jones limped out of Lancashire 's victory quest at Hove , then proceeded to halt the charge with a career-best 5 for 54 .
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