Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A full and accurate assessment of land potential involves detailed enquiries into soil and climate and experience of the behaviour of the crops and livestock it carries , and this can only be achieved over a period of years . |
| 2 | Fixed costs will often only be fixed over a limited range of output and will tend to behave in a stepped rather than linear fashion . |
| 3 | These real arts of the field man 's work can only be acquired over a long period , and they must be practised and refined by an officer on his own in the course of his work . |
| 4 | The temple can only be approached over a narrow drawbridge of truesteel . |
| 5 | It is believed he thought he could no longer be charged over the under-age sex given the time that had elapsed . |
| 6 | You will find that the modulation is approximately correct when the flashing can only just be seen over the steady glow . |
| 7 | THE Duke of Westminster 's Cheshire estate would not be prosecuted over a huge leak of diesel fuel into the River Dee in June , the National Rivers Authority decided yesterday . |
| 8 | However , Eleanor Young vice-chairman of the National Association of Community Health Councils and chairman of Darlington CHC , expressed concern that recent efforts to bring down the lists would not be sustained over the next few months and years . |
| 9 | The right wing candidate does not make himself available for interview and could not be contacted over the weekend . |
| 10 | What this means , in effect , therefore , in the context of private international law is that an administrator can not be appointed over the affairs , business and property of an overseas company . |
| 11 | It is often necessary where a distinctive and valuable sound made by an instrument or small group of voices can not be heard over the singing of a congregation . |
| 12 | When the thing starts playing up , the customer calls the HP SupportPack phone number listed on the package and if the problem can not be resolved over the phone , a replacement product is shipped overnight . |
| 13 | Freud thought that communism could not be established over the world as a whole without a great deal of bloodshed , and that even then , although the human potential for brutality and killing may be less , it would not disappear entirely . |
| 14 | The new load could not be transported over the existing river gradients , as these were not sufficiently steep . |
| 15 | He knows that a profitable deal can just as easily be struck over a caesar salad and glass of mineral water as over a T-bone steak and bottle of vintage claret . |
| 16 | A special ‘ Victorian Belle ’ period costume evening train will also be run over the line on Saturday July 4 headed by ‘ City of Truro ’ . |
| 17 | The dominance of economic terms of reference , to the possible detriment of clients , rather than matters of public service can also be seen over the issue of who was to be accepted as a member of the scheme . |
| 18 | These ‘ loans ’ ( which is in effect what they amount to ) can also be invested over the winter and spring period at considerable gain to the operator . |
| 19 | A bridging unit could also be used over a dressing table , with a mirror on the wall behind . |
| 20 | Netting can also be stretched over the hoops used for the popular polythene tunnel cloches . |
| 21 | Nicotine chewing gum can now be bought over the counter at the chemists . |
| 22 | We soon learn how to cope but still relieve the tension by shouting obscenities that ca n't be heard over the sounds of the engines . |
| 23 | 3 THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT : Should n't be mounted over the motherboard , especially the processor , RAM slots or any jumper switches . |
| 24 | You ca n't be hurt over a telephone . |
| 25 | This will then be recorded over the following three days alongside Debussy 's La Mer and Printemps for the tenth and final volume in his highly successful Ravel/Debussy series for Chandos . |
| 26 | The remainder would then be destroyed over the following two years provided that no third country refused to comply with the ban . |
| 27 | This can then be searched over a Local Area Network by up to 25 users simultaneously , a speed performance ten times better than the best CD-ROM can normally offer . |
| 28 | A gravel tidy , which is no more than a fine plastic mesh , should then be laid over the coarse medium and should be neatly trimmed to fit snugly into all the corners and around the uplifts . |
| 29 | Certain necessary fixed costs of overheads can then be spread over a greater number of units of output thus reducing their incidence per unit of output , and also unit attributable costs might be lowered via bulk buying or the better management of production , and by strengthening of purchasing power . |
| 30 | ( Monday to Friday ) , giving a taste of the kind of stamina that will ultimately be required over a much longer period . |