Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [vb pp] over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The budget need not be balanced every year but should be balanced over the trade cycle , with surpluses in booms and deficits in slumps . |
| 2 | The occasional hairline crack in external brickwork need not be of any significance , but should be observed over a period to see if it extends or widens . |
| 3 | The opening quotation for this chapter should be placed over every school library catalogue for the message is the need for librarians to provide learners with a means for learning about the interrelationships of subjects in an increasingly multi-disciplinary school environment . |
| 4 | At least two inches of washed gravel ( washed means swilling repeatedly in a large bucket until the water runs completely clear ) should be placed over the plate — allow 10lb per square foot . |
| 5 | Some topics will inevitably lean more towards some of these elements than others , but a balance should be achieved over the whole of Key Stage 2 ( hence the need for whole school planning for history ) . |
| 6 | Before the rabbit is taken out of the net , another net should be set over the hole in case other rabbits bolt . |
| 7 | If the holder has an option to redeem at a premium , that premium should be accrued over the period to the earliest date at which the option can be exercised . |
| 8 | Acknowledging that cars are responsible for 70 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles , the CBI has suggested that the taxation of road transport should be changed over a number of years to encourage the use of more fuel-efficient vehicles . |
| 9 | It would seem that Madam ( please call me ‘ Falklands ’ ) Thatcher has decided that 145 local tax collection offices should be closed over the course of the next four years , with the loss of 3000 Inland Revenue jobs . |
| 10 | The range of flavours expected in a Thai meal should be spread over a choice of textures , too . |
| 11 | If an open-loop stepping motor control is to operate at speeds in excess of the start/ top rate the instantaneous stepping rate must be increased over a number of steps , until the maximum speed is attained . |
| 12 | control must be maintained over the dissemination of information . |
| 13 | Under U.S. GAAP accounting for goodwill as an offset against shareholders ' equity is not permitted ; rather goodwill must be amortized over the period of its expected useful life , subject to a maximum write-off period of 40 years , through the income statement . |
| 14 | For example , a Roman burial alongside a road leading from a Roman town may originally have been deliberately buried , but as the town expanded and the burial was forgotten , a house might be built over the site . |
| 15 | The windows over the shop were discreetly curtained so it was likely that whatever Dobles there might be lived over the shop . |
| 16 | Alternately , a piece of light green paper might be glued over the hardboard . |
| 17 | But in three short years the following essential features of creative sound were worked out for the first time : cut-and-splice sound editing ; dubbing mute shots ( i.e. providing library sounds for completely silent bits of film ) ; quiet cameras ; ‘ talkback ’ and other intercom systems ; ‘ boom ’ microphones ( so the mike could be placed over the actor 's head and moved as necessary ) ; equalization ; track-bouncing ; replacement of dialogue ( including alternative languages ) ; filtering ( for removing traffic noise , wind noise , or for simulating telephone conversations ) ; busbars for routing controlled amounts of foldback or reverberation ; three-track recording ( music , effects , and dialogue , any of which could be changed as necessary ) ; automatic volume limiters ; and synchronous playback ( for dance or mimed shots ) . |
| 18 | The new cabinet could be finalised over the weekend following the crisis produced by the resignation of the prime minister , Mr Ladislav Adamec , on Thursday , the source said . |
| 19 | The new cabinet could be finalised over the weekend , he said . |
| 20 | An end-quarter exchange rate is used as interest lies in the gains that could be made over the period in which the yield differential held on average . |
| 21 | They were a delight for the charterers in the Bahamian lagoons , but in an Atlantic storm such wide windows could be our death warrants for if Wavebreaker fell off a big wave the glass could be driven out of the windows and the boat be filling with water in seconds , and so I cut and shaped sheet steel shutters that could be bolted over the boat 's glass at the first sign of bad weather . |
| 22 | Councillor said that that that that hundred and thirty million could be funded over a period of ten years , at thirteen million pound a year . |
| 23 | There is not a public pathway along the river to the south , but if there was , the bridges built for the barge houses could be seen over the drainage dykes . |
| 24 | His voice could be heard over a loudspeaker . |
| 25 | In March of the following year Mr Henderson was appointed treasurer of the Building Fund and the cost of the building scheme was estimated at £18,000 a sum which could be met over a period of 7 years . |
| 26 | If you like thinking about capacity for information storage ( I do ) , you can imagine the enormous number of different patterns of flaws that could be created over the surface of a crystal . |
| 27 | As a precaution , since cold iron is repulsive to fairies , scissors or nails could be suspended over the crib to keep the baby safe . |
| 28 | Angle iron can be used to cap the side rails for additional protection and a hood could be suspended over the fire to draw off the smoke if desired . |
| 29 | If anything , he looked younger and fitter , he 'd certainly kept himself in trim , although the hair was thinning and he seemed to be cultivating one long strand on the right side which could be plastered over the scalp . |
| 30 | We cadets spent that morning sewing shackles into confidential documents , so that they could be thrown over the side if anything untoward happened . |