Example sentences of "over [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can not see over tall buildings , over hills , or through woods , however . |
| 2 | He was approaching Clairmont Square , at the summit of the hill , where tall houses , once genteel , then decaying , now undergoing gentrification , faced over tall trees to the bustle of traffic on Pentonville Road . |
| 3 | Goria , a former prime minister , resigned over persistent rumours he played a part in the 1976 collapse of a small bank in the northern town of Asti . |
| 4 | Once a week a ten-minute helicopter flight ( £20 ) soars over the harbour , heads out to sea to hover over inviting beaches and then on its return trip swoops down between the mountains , close to the hang-gliders . |
| 5 | Our brief discussion of economic objectives and their relationship to the level of national income suggests that control over aggregate money demand is necessary if the government is to achieve all or some of these objectives . |
| 6 | I left him with appreciation and went forward into the central dining car where all the actors were sitting in front of coffee cups and poring over typed sheets of stage directions , muttering under their breaths and sometimes exclaiming aloud . |
| 7 | We flew over dry , brown Antigua with its ruined sugar mills standing solid as castle puddings ; butterfly-shaped Guadeloupe with city boulevards ; green Martinique and Marie Galante . |
| 8 | Smooth it over dry or damp hair for controlled shine with no frizz — it costs £2.19/200ml . |
| 9 | We walked on , jumping over trickles of water , squelching through soggy bits , scrambling over dry stands of heather , bouncing off spongy peat , clambering around rocky outcrops . |
| 10 | We do n't have any choice about that because this is only a single-engined job , so we 're not allowed to fly over built-up areas . |
| 11 | Crafty commercial banks have tried to win a bit of the business by repeatedly rolling over short-term credits to companies ( though they have had to charge higher rates than long-term lenders ) , or by buying long-term lenders of their own . |
| 12 | That belief took a severe knock with the screening of Cutting Edge , which showed a pupil beheading a rabbit ( said later to have myxomatosis ) , boys prowling around with weapons , and girls fighting over stolen make-up . |
| 13 | These outlaws pitched their tents in the abbey precincts , fought over stolen goods and , like Jack Hogg and I , stole out at night to rob and pillage the houses of the rich . |
| 14 | Certainly we are interdependent , but under EMU we would be totally dependent , for there is a big difference between entering an agreement to keep exchange rates within certain ( adjustable ) margins and handing over monetary and economic policy control en bloc . |
| 15 | Control over monetary policy is political and a lack of control over it is undemocratic . |
| 16 | The Commission has proposed that specific decisions be taken over controversial projects such as the introduction of synthetic milk-producing hormones ( such as BST ) . |
| 17 | Efforts to resolve the US-EC quarrel over agricultural subsidies had gained momentum in early September after talks , shrouded in secrecy , resumed in Brussels between the EC External Affairs Commissioner Frans Andriessen and the US Trade Representative Carla Hills . |
| 18 | As on previous occasions , the talks faltered over Israeli intransigence on the controversial issue of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories . |
| 19 | When I saw him stood upright before me , I could not be sure to what extent he was hunched over due to infirmity and what extent due to the habit of accommodating the steeply sloped ceilings of the room . |
| 20 | Throughout November and December a few big cod can be taken over low water from the end of the sandbar on night tides . |
| 21 | Backache is a constant complaint as I stoop over low baths , sinks , baby buggies and shopping trolleys . |
| 22 | The software also provides data switching , enabling terminal and personal computer users to choose the resource to which they need to connect over low speed lines . |
| 23 | Consequently mist will form over low ground and patchy fog can be expected before the night is out . |
| 24 | The , they used to put a conductor on for peak time and then about nine o'clock the rear door was closed and the driver took over issuing tickets , taking money and then perhaps the conductor would come on from about twelve or two and then again , perhaps from half past four till half past six . |
| 25 | STINK OVER GRUBBY BR |
| 26 | In a transaction that has never fully been explained , and to this day baffles Baxter , the two Scottish players handed over counterfeit Canadian dollars , and within hours were facing police accusations that they were involved in a forgery ring . |
| 27 | norw paper Aftenposten last saturday had an article mentioning that Leeds and Albacete still are negotating over Fat-Frank . |
| 28 | The announcement was the chess federation 's response to the decision by Kasparov and Short to stage their final outside FIDE 's auspices in an attempt to attract higher prize money and give players more control over professional chess . |
| 29 | Often , too , the paths rose and fell over undulating ground and writhed among the trees with little reason as though they followed the casual waywardness of game tracks . |
| 30 | chopped leaves best added fresh , in large quantities just before serving , as the light flavour is quickly lost , add to soups , particularly sorrel or spinach ; all egg dishes salads ; Bechamel sauce ; ingredient in fines herbes ; sprinkle over roast meats , or make herb butter to rub over poultry |