Example sentences of "[vb pp] over or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apply a wood preservative that can be painted over or varnished afterwards . |
| 2 | Matters of town planning , of course , and all local land charges that are exempt from registration are the same as in unregistered conveyancing , and if there has been any development of the property you 'll need to satisfy yourself before exchange that formal town planning and by-law permits will be handed over or inspected on completion . |
| 3 | Nor were they in Europe , where it took off in a big way as the cult movie of the moment , especially in countries where the dire American dialogue could be dubbed over or subtitled with more viable prose . |
| 4 | When we see her we are so afraid she might get run over or lost . ’ |
| 5 | Broadly , the parties can choose what liabilities are to be taken over or treated as taken over , although liabilities to employees and liabilities attaching to specific assets pass automatically . |
| 6 | When competitors pull out , get taken over or go bust , fares go up . |
| 7 | It is pretty clear that while big business is being done in local area network hubs and routers , the market is very overcrowded , and in those circumstances , the outcome is usually that the rich get richer and the poor get taken over or go bust : observers reckon that in that context , the richest of the rich is Cisco Systems Inc , Menlo Park , which did $340m in the year to last July and is estimated to have at least 45% of the market and maybe as much as 50% ; Wellfleet Communications Inc is thought to be number two , with anything from 12% to 20% , with 3Com Corp third at around 10% , but in the hub sector alone , SynOptics Communications Inc is thought to have about 33% and Cabletron Systems Inc 15% , although the latter says the two are neck and neck . |
| 8 | If this is true , organic replicators , and eventually DNA , must later have taken over or usurped the role . |
| 9 | Once an imbalance occurs between the number of males waiting to acquire units and the number of units that can be taken over or entered , the system could go into a series of oscillations which would be self-perpetuating , at least for some time . |
| 10 | Often the reasons for being passed over or failing a job interview will not be properly explained . |
| 11 | The third section offers a critical exploration of possible starting points for new strategies , not least by looking anew at some of the difficult and resilient questions about cultural identity and belongingness , about ethnicity and community , that were often glossed over or disavowed in the antiracist movement . |
| 12 | When headquarters control extended to such mundane questions as whether a chemical or flushing toilet should be installed and whether surrounds should be grassed over or concreted , it is easy to understand the frustration of the engineers in the divisions . |