Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the optic lobe contains a wealth of neurons which respond specifically to elaborate patterns of motion , such as the optic flow fields generated on a retina when an insect turns around or flies over the ground , but there have been disappointingly few descriptions of neurons with interesting spatial properties . |
| 2 | But there is probably no substance that will make wrinkles disappear permanently and by midlife many of the lines on our faces have been etched there by laughter or frowns over the years . |
| 3 | Indeed , aggression is one of the most predictable ( stable ) psychological traits or attributes over the life-span ; children who are particularly aggressive at the age of three are also likely to be the children who fight and quarrel most frequently at fourteen and even in early adulthood . |
| 4 | If one keeps traveling in a certain direction on the surface of the earth , one never comes up against an impassable barrier or falls over the edge , but eventually comes back to where one started . |
| 5 | ‘ This thing that goes over the camel . |
| 6 | and outside the porches , to light their number up outside their house , erm people do n't seem to have erm , really changed their ideas very much , we still sell the same type of fitting to people , er the one that goes over the garage doors , on the corner of the , of the house wall , er lanterns er outside the front door with coloured glass in them er things that have been going for |
| 7 | I was cleaning out knives and the metal thing that goes over the knives there was something there and it was a nail and I just pushed and I caught it . |
| 8 | I started off qua , er quarter of an hour so half ha , it was only one of these things that goes over the top . |
| 9 | And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn . |
| 10 | Some come complete with a tent that fits over the boom to make a very snug overnight bedroom . |
| 11 | In relation to the tap and glass metaphor we can think of these as being something like a plunger that fits over the glass and which forces down the level of stress . |
| 12 | She speaks with an almost childlike directness that wins over the most sceptical audience . |
| 13 | Reports in the Independent of Feb. 24 suggested that splits over the government 's Gulf war policy had prompted new political alignments between the army and right-wing opponents of Sharif . |
| 14 | The sense of disappointment that hangs over the rest of his career reflects the loss of nerve that came from finding that , at the moment when his career seemed to be taking off , there were no opportunities to build on what he had achieved . |
| 15 | I used to walk between the two parts of the building — that is between my studio/study and the main house — and stare up at the pulley that hangs over the hall , an imitation of the one that hung there in the days when a real miller hoisted his sacks of grain . |
| 16 | The threat of removal elsewhere , if one 's condition gets worse , is one that hangs over the heads of vulnerable elderly people in both private and local authority residential homes in many cases . |
| 17 | Two scientists from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have observed a fall of as much as 50 per cent since 1982 in what is known as the " Arctic haze " , a cloud of pollutants that forms over the region each spring . |
| 18 | Accordingly , where the parcels are described simply by references to the Ordnance map ( either by specifying the numbers of the enclosures or by a plan that prevails over a verbal description ) the parcels will be taken to be those shown on the Ordnance map ( Fisher v Winch ) . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , an inacurrate plan that prevails over the verbal description may have the same effect as a verbal misdescription . |
| 20 | The air around each of them is by no means as sweet-smelling as it was then and the water that flows over the falls into the harbour is certainly not as pure . |
| 21 | It is a power that seeps out of the earth itself , a distillation of the magical energy that flows over the world and settles into the soil and rocks from where it is driven by the harsh cold of winter . |
| 22 | It is likely that disputes over the respective responsibilities of health and local authorities will intensify , and without substantial investment by the National Health Service in continuing care many older people will remain in inappropriate hospital care . |
| 23 | If the lamp is adjusted , by a circular knob set into the side , the purple glow can be made much brighter and plays over the mutant . |
| 24 | And before most ministerial committees an equivalent official committee meets and goes over the points , so that the meeting can proceed without a hitch to an agreed conclusion , provided none of the ministers wishes to interject a personal note . |
| 25 | Have you ever thought it strange that the curse of the working classes is none other than that beloved boardroom nectar that evaporates executive stress and wins over the most capricious of clients ? |
| 26 | And upsets over the Will , and claimants . |
| 27 | Under the 1961 Constitution executive power is vested in the President , who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 28 | The administration consists of an executive President who is directly elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term , and who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 29 | The Tongan sovereign ( currently King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV ) is head of state and presides over a Privy Council which functions as a Cabinet . |
| 30 | The Constitution provides for an executive President who is directly elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term , and who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |