Example sentences of "[noun] or over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This did happen frequently for a variety of reasons , but it was usually because of a worsening of weather conditions either at home base or over the target area . |
| 2 | This raises public awareness and the press is always interested in hard statistics ; so if you can say several hundred people signed the petition in an afternoon or over the course of a few days it will undoubtedly earn you publicity . |
| 3 | Constance frequently reiterated that she would never buy anything that had belonged to somebody else , that meant something to them , that had been warm against their skin or over the fireplace : only brand-new articles , the stuff of commerce in transit between factory and store , the owners of which already had more money than was good for them and were themselves no better than they should be . |
| 4 | Precedent 4 is a document which would be used where second hand goods were sold , for instance , at auction or over the counter , rather than in the context of a sale governed by a set of standard terms and conditions . |
| 5 | ‘ And are you , or are you not , sick as a parrot or over the moon respectively , about increased charges for changing rooms and pitches ? ’ |
| 6 | They came from the big houses down the loch or over the pass towards Loch Lomond , or the castle at Inverary , from miles and miles , little girls in furred and caped coats and dresses gathered into heavy bows behind the cascades of ringlets . |
| 7 | Possibly the test is , ‘ Can it be inferred from the facts of the particular case that the occupier had such control over the licensee or over the circumstances which made his act possible that he ought to have prevented it ? |
| 8 | He was polite but distant after that for the rest of the week , and there was no suggestion that they should get together in the evening or over the weekend . |
| 9 | Text comes in either from our own word processing systems , on disk from various sources or over the Telecom Gold Email service . |
| 10 | The neat , sturdy water-buses pass by , on their way to the railway station or over the Basin to the Lido ; they used to be steam-powered , which is why they are called vaporetti . |
| 11 | The cost is very reasonable starting at around £30 , and the course can be completed in a day , either during the week or over the weekend , in safe flat water conditions . |
| 12 | This option allows the user to generate an alphanumerically ordered Relationships Listing which can be grouped either by individual charge code or over the entire LIFESPAN system . |
| 13 | I have already mentioned two ways by which it is possible to travel eastwards out of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and into the Mauléon valley , both of them remote and somewhat tortuous : the mountain roads through Ahusquy or over the Col Bagargui a little further south . |
| 14 | The M4 motorway and A34 trunk road make Didcot easily accessible by car and coach or you can choose a scenic drive down the Thames Valley or over the Berkshire Downs . |
| 15 | We had a good field of fire all round in case the enemy came out of the sunken road or over the hedge . |
| 16 | After weeks of discussion , the sides failed to agree terms , either over the crown of France or over the lands to be held by the English , and under what conditions . |
| 17 | If the ball is short of the service line or over the baseline , then the rally ceases . |
| 18 | Not by letter or over the phone . ’ |
| 19 | I did n't want to say that to you in a letter or over the phone . ’ |
| 20 | such an offer made in a letter or over the telephone could still remain ‘ without prejudice ’ and would not be admissible in evidence . |
| 21 | A more likely explanation is that , seeing that the Germans had vanished overnight from the field of Gumbinnen he judged his outnumbered foe to be in full retreat , either to the fortress city of Konigsberg or over the Vistula . |
| 22 | They continued along the walkway , the members of the delegation peering towards the cells or over the rails every so often . |