Example sentences of "the over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No way do I wish to be seen as a killjoy , I , I like a drink myself , I would always happy to give somebody a drink , but it 's the over indulgence which worries us . |
| 2 | Most eager tourists have experienced it : the natural exhaustion that overcomes them in art galleries , caused by the over stimulation of the visual senses . |
| 3 | Indeed , the over spill factor had a longer history than a concern with post-coal industrial restructuring , since the plans of the 1940s and early 1950s had assumed stable employment in coal . |
| 4 | The belt here is hidden under the over fall , and a further garment , a veil , is worn over head and shoulders . |
| 5 | gave a lecture and all she came in with was some notes written out on some full scape paper and some papers for the over head projector |
| 6 | The inadequacies of management in state enterprises have been described in dramatic terms by several Nigerian academic observers , one of whom wrote in 1974 that the reasons for the poor performance of the state-owned sector could be seen in the words of one observer ‘ in the over centralization of authority … inspired by sheer love of power ’ or by another : |
| 7 | You see the thing is , I said , Gary said to me he said did you ask them about the over bed erm units and that and I said yeah , I said he wanted to , he , he said he could do the over bed unit for eighteen hundred plus the wardrobes for three eighty eight |
| 8 | You see the thing is , I said , Gary said to me he said did you ask them about the over bed erm units and that and I said yeah , I said he wanted to , he , he said he could do the over bed unit for eighteen hundred plus the wardrobes for three eighty eight |
| 9 | Yeah , it 's er , it 's er cheap for the wardrobes , but expensive for the over bed unit , I mean Gary said well at that price he said the over bed unit we might as well get out of a catalogue . |
| 10 | Yeah , it 's er , it 's er cheap for the wardrobes , but expensive for the over bed unit , I mean Gary said well at that price he said the over bed unit we might as well get out of a catalogue . |
| 11 | Well the figures show that assessments of the over provision are incorrect but even had they been correct if circumstances were an over provision comes about not because of an increase in our provision of services , but because of expansion in the private sector . |
| 12 | And er to avoid a collision and in fact I think they did strike but I 'm not really sure , but to avoid a collision this one then goes over the other side of the road , picks up this Ford Orion coming the over way , rolls it over the bank , and it goes underneath the tractive unit of the artic . |
| 13 | So the technological backwardness means that , and the over population , means that the soil is , is losing its richness and there 's absolutely no way of restoring it artificially by ploughing deeply and turning up er new soil or by re-enriching it as it were by the use of artificial or natural fertilizers . |
| 14 | businesses are going bust all the over place . |
| 15 | Er , the first thing is I put on the top of my draught that I 'd rather the pupils were n't involved at this stage I 'd rather they were involved in the over view with form tutor . |
| 16 | There can be little doubt that the analysis of text for word and sentence length , punctuation , as well as the use of certain types of words and the over use of others , are all valuable . |
| 17 | Was this because of the over accident ? |
| 18 | The argument is that the clubs are in charge of several factors which can affect the over rate , i.e. the balance of the playing staff , the choice of captain , stewarding of sightscreens , etc . |
| 19 | The ‘ deadlocks ’ which some public choice theorists think desirable because they will reduce the over supply of public services might well deny needy groups the services on which they depend . |