Example sentences of "[adv] over [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the 1988 Act , the governing bodies had control only over religious instruction . |
| 2 | This view is reinforced by the writings of some of the early church fathers such as St John Chrysostom , who observed that there was no conflict over natural common property such as air , sun , water , earth , sea , light and stars or even man-made common property such as baths , cities , markets and arcades , but only over private property which created what he termed that frigid expression ‘ Thine and Mine ’ . |
| 3 | The regions will then have some control and not only over such things as regional grants . |
| 4 | On our return journey , we rode through a village where the houses , like ships , were moored along a canal and could be approached only over little bridges . |
| 5 | social choice over a set of alternatives must depend on the orderings of the individuals only over these alternatives and not on ‘ irrelevant alternatives ’ ; |
| 6 | Dramatic herself , she enjoyed drama in art ; and the music swept in over emotional defences that were already down . |
| 7 | Right , I just thought the Chair would like to thank Councillor for the immense amount of work I know that he 's been putting in over certain things that have been going on lately and I now take councillors ' questions if any of you got any for me . |
| 8 | Stir in over moderate heat . |
| 9 | The water swirled in over small pebbles , widening into a narrow , deep , fast-flowing stream ; shaded from sunlight by overhanging branches . |
| 10 | The original author of this book commented in the House of Commons , ‘ Seldom have I seen the House or the Government in quite such a mess … as we are in over this Bill … this House does not contain a majority for this Bill . |
| 11 | ‘ So I 've arranged for a whistle-stop tour around the country houses of some influential contacts , and there are one or two long-standing debts and favours due to me that I 'm going to call in over this weekend . ’ |
| 12 | Character , plumage , feather details , light and shade can be worked in over this framework . |
| 13 | Denis , great Atlanticist , a man with a vivid war experience , former defence secretary , it 's an unlikely position to find you in over this war , is n't it ? |
| 14 | LABOUR 'S transport spokesman John Prescott could step in over British Rail 's plans to sell off a Darlington sports ground . |
| 15 | Wavelets swished idly over white sand and the broad plain of the sea stretched away into darkness . |
| 16 | Elise , tall , red-haired and elegant , occupied pole position on the centre-page shot , wearing one of Leonora 's sweaters , a silver fox-head brooch pinned to the scarf thrown carelessly over one shoulder , the interior of the shop in the background . |
| 17 | In some people ketamine has the potential for compulsive , repeated use ; cases of self administered injections several times daily over prolonged periods have been reported . |
| 18 | Through the open door Elisabeth could hear voices in the lane as she and Mother Jacobsen ambled gently over uncontentious topics . |
| 19 | Resistance to the French troops who ‘ occupied ’ Spain under cover of the Treaty of Fontainebleau and the national revolution against France which broke out all over unoccupied Spain came , therefore , from those whom the French commanders termed le petil peuple and from those local notables who were outside an administration manned by appointees of Godoy . |
| 20 | In the first-ever legal challenge to a space launch , a coalition of anti-nuclear groups charge that Galileo 's generators could rain radioactive waste all over eastern Florida if the shuttle were to explode during takeoff . |
| 21 | These results will step up pressure for roundtable talks between party and reformers , along the lines of those held last year all over Eastern Europe . |
| 22 | This one was more highbrow than most , bringing together economists from all over Eastern Europe and the West as well . |
| 23 | In eastern Germany itself , subscribers are being linked via cellular or microwave radio to newly-installed digital networks , and similar patterns are emerging all over Eastern Europe . |
| 24 | God was working a miracle all over Eastern Europe in country after country , and at last they were free . |
| 25 | The example illustrated in Fig. 561 is a purely timber log structure of the type built all over eastern Europe till long after the Middle Ages . |
| 26 | All over Eastern Europe similar cases could be found , and a similar state of affairs probably holds sway elsewhere . |
| 27 | The traditional Diamond fighter kite as flown all over Eastern nations is remarkably controllable even on a single line , though its flight path is limited to a narrow sector of the downwind area . |
| 28 | Certainly all over rural Essex everybody was killing pigs and everything surreptitiously . |
| 29 | ‘ They would n't be swarming all over Kentish Town , would they , those rats and flies ? ’ demanded Constance , opening the tall wooden gate to the back garden . |
| 30 | The following day , March 8 , actions took place all over Occupied Palestine . |