Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | a fiery fellow ( the salamander was popularly supposed to be able to live in fire ) ; also , a circular iron plate which is heated and placed over a pudding or other dish to brown it ( OED ) . |
| 2 | A piece of magic from Collins settled the issue when he won a tackle and looped over a high pass for Chris Higgs to race clear for the Police 's fourth try . |
| 3 | Clinical waste disposal is one of the areas where many difficulties can arise if the hospital site is ( as many older psychiatric facilities are ) geographically remote and scattered over a wide area . |
| 4 | His father was an Ulsterman who emigrated to Scotland to work in the mines , where he married a local woman and presided over a strictly protestant household in which both parents were active members of the Orange Lodge . |
| 5 | From an unfavourable position in 1949 — greatly aided by Western support and the Basic Law — Adenauer had given West Germany political stability , won international respect , preserved peace abroad and democracy at home , prevented the rise of political extremism , brought rapprochement with France , and presided over a remarkable economic recovery . |
| 6 | The Yang brothers had taken a prominent part in quelling the " turmoil " in mid-1989 and presided over a massive programme of political education within the army . |
| 7 | If , as suggested above , he faced considerable initial hostility , and presided over a government which some churchmen found oppressive , religion could have been one way in which opposition was expressed . |
| 8 | Under the 1961 Constitution executive power is vested in the President , who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The Tongan sovereign ( currently King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV ) is head of state and presides over a Privy Council which functions as a Cabinet . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The Governor ( who is appointed by the President of Portugal ) is assisted by as many as seven Under-Secretaries with executive powers , and presides over a Superior Council of Security and a Consultative Council . |
| 13 | It 's light , comfortable , and worn over a T-shirt , or even next to the skin , warm enough for the Scottish summer without making you sweat to death . |
| 14 | Standards ( 0.1 ml aliquots of the labelled cells ) were made up to 50 ml with water and distributed over a fixed amount of filter paper in an identical container . |
| 15 | Standards ( 2% of the injected dose ) were made up to 200 ml with water and distributed over a fixed amount of filter paper in a plastic container . |
| 16 | The prosecution 's only witness on the main charge that Beattie had convened and presided over a meeting of UDA officers to plan the murders was an anonymous Special Branch detective who claimed to be reporting evidence of a paid , anonymous informer . |
| 17 | Tied up and robbed , before they were shot and thrown over a cliff . |
| 18 | ‘ Mervyn had suggested we should make the Dalek transport machines out of cardboard tubes — sprayed silver and fitted over a person 's legs . |
| 19 | Call us on 01– or write to 1 Savoy Hill , London WC2R 0BP for a copy of our brochure and have over a century of experience available to you and your family . |
| 20 | Often their estates were not concentrated in a single province , but scattered over a number . |
| 21 | But levied over a period of three years it brought in about £80,000 and became the prototype for later subsidies . |