Example sentences of "over [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Special Report of the Girls ' Friendly Society in 1879 pointed out that middle-class women tended ‘ to over regulate those women whom we would serve ’ , because they were ignorant of working-class life . |
| 2 | Personally I ca n't afford to over indulge , I just drink what I 'm comfortable with . |
| 3 | Nesting fish , like many cichlids , form pairs that share the parental duties equally , and the same is true of over go per cent of all bird species , where incubation and feeding duties are particularly demanding . |
| 4 | Men aged 60 and over and women aged 55 and over do not receive an invalidity allowance . |
| 5 | Thus older people predominate among long-term claimants : 75 per cent of people aged 60 and over have been receiving Income Support for three years or more , compared with 40 per cent of those under 60 ; elderly people comprise 60 per cent of those receiving this benefit for five years or more . |
| 6 | This means that approximately 4,275,000 adults aged 60 and over have some form of disability , using the OPCS definition . |
| 7 | Overall the OPCS survey indicates that 3,323,000 people aged 60 and over have problems with mobility . |
| 8 | The figures for the proportion of vacancies that are acceptable , men aged 55 and over have very low reservation wages ( especially in the second period ) and appear to accept almost any job . |
| 9 | Over have so far signed a petition in an attempt to save the hill from further housing . |