Example sentences of "be built over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was disappointed that the water-wheel had gone — the kitchen had been built over the pit which had housed it . |
| 2 | The homes of this minority tribe are built over the water on stilts , its vegetable fields float on the lake 's surface and its fishermen propel their long narrow boats with a unique leg-rowing motion that has made them famous . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If the Government of the day decide that a motorway is to be built and a footpath is to be built over the road , the cost of building a bridge or underpass is all part of the cost of building the motorway , and it is borne by the taxpayers . |
| 5 | The airport was to be built over the sea , partly on piles and partly on reclaimed land off Taipa Island , which was itself to be the subject of major development . |
| 6 | Most Christian churches in Britain were built over the original sacred sites at these points . |
| 7 | Nearly 100,000 TR6s were built over the next 7 years and 90% went to America , where it caught on as a winner on road and track . |
| 8 | Nearly 100,000 TR6s were built over the next 7 years and 90% went to America , where it caught on as a winner on road and track . |
| 9 | Similar loading continues onto the upper triangle ( no space can be left in the middle ) , still keeping the corners well built up , and finally a cap is built over the tripod tips . |
| 10 | The floor is at a higher level in the sanctuary where it is built over the enormous crypt beneath . |
| 11 | Build around a forward-mounted Transit diesel engine and Land Rover axles and a mini-digger cab , the unit was built over the winter . |
| 12 | Staveley Works station was built over the Chesterfield Canal , and served Hollingwood and the Stanton & Staveley works which generated a good deal of freight traffic . |
| 13 | The first stone ridge was built over the Vltava in the 12th century . |
| 14 | After burial at Santiago , a church was built over the relics . |
| 15 | The posts were eventually taken down and themselves burnt before the mound was built over the top and the ring ditch dug around the outside . |