Example sentences of "[vb base] the [noun] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fish , which in the cold European waters are sluggish and easily caught , often provide the staple for mink over the winter . |
| 2 | CAPTURE THE VICTORY OF SCIENCE OVER TIME . |
| 3 | If the pond-building books fail to acknowledge Murphy 's Law , it is nowhere more evident than at the point where neat diagrams demonstrate the laying of slabs over flap of liner . |
| 4 | Pipe the chocolate into swirls over the chocolate-coated truffles . |
| 5 | Drop the loop of string over the pins , draw it taut to form a triangle with a pencil point . |
| 6 | PROTECTION officers face the jibes of colleagues over their ‘ flunkey ’ duties for VIPs . |
| 7 | Try to increase your attention span and extend the length of time over which you can work effectively . |
| 8 | As compared with the more usual situation in which we only know the activity of people over a short period , such data raise some challenging statistical and econometric problems . |
| 9 | Other feminist writers , such as Overfield ( 1981 ) , Wallsgrove ( 1980 ) and Fee ( 1983 ) have suggested that dichotomies such as nature/culture , subject/object , emotional/rational are harmful because they imply the superiority of culture over nature , the objective over the subjective , and the rational over the emotional . |
| 10 | Note the coat of arms over the door and the fine plasterwork — with the date 1659 — over the fireplace . |
| 11 | And , in order to accomplish this , energy management systems , like the internal arrangement of the Panopticon , vaunt the merits of security over those of liberty . |
| 12 | In all such matters the government is in a position comparable to that of every private individual who can by his actions affect the fortunes of others over whom he has no authority , and who may , within limits , force people to obey their moral duty when they incline not to do so . |
| 13 | I love the way of life over here . |
| 14 | Devouring animals ( eg lions , griffins , dolphins , snakes and panthers ) symbolise the triumph of death over life . |