Example sentences of "[noun] be over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One road death in five is drink-related and every year about 900 people are killed and 17,000 injured in accidents where drivers are over the legal limit . |
| 2 | With selections for most events being clear-cut , the main dilemma is over the one lap event . |
| 3 | Byrne 's letter was very nearly counterproductive , as it convinced Smith 's trade union backers that the sooner this contest was over the better . |
| 4 | The main areas of disagreement were over the economic control of aviation on the North Atlantic . |
| 5 | The legal debate in involuntary manslaughter is over the lower threshold of homicide liability — where to draw the line between manslaughter and killings which should be ascribed to mere accident . |
| 6 | The gallery is over the front door . |
| 7 | The principal disagreement was over the maximum size of buffer stocks , affecting the extent to which cocoa could be " bought in " to defend a floor price in times of market surplus . |
| 8 | Perhaps the most intense of my health service battles of the mid-1980s was over the selected list of drugs . |
| 9 | My room was over the back door and it squeaked like a murdered rat . |
| 10 | Generally top players cope with the fast , short delivery by moving back and across the crease or , as Graham Gooch , by standing his ground and putting the wight on the front foot so that the head is over the front knee . |
| 11 | Once the first week was over the two small girls joined others in the schoolroom . |
| 12 | The library was over the other side of the town . |
| 13 | GUARDIAN Royal Exchange is to transfer 100 jobs from Edinburgh to Lytham St Anne 's over the next two years , the insurance giant announced yesterday . |
| 14 | In addition , where the contribution is payable from disposable income , the limits set out above apply strictly , whereas there is a discretion to permit the grant of a certificate even if the applicant 's disposable capital is over the financial eligibility limit . |
| 15 | The greatest concern is over the so-called recombinant DNA organisms and experiments . |
| 16 | The sale by Sotheby 's over the next few months is expected to raise £5 million . |
| 17 | Once the training is over the real learning process begins . |
| 18 | " Everything has to be done as quickly as possible ; the only time we spend extra hours in the garden is over the few weeks we are entering competitions , just to make sure it looks at its best , " says Barbara . |
| 19 | Despite the masterpieces they contain , Italy 's museums are so uninviting and so often closed that they have very few visitors : only the Uffizi is over the one million mark ( 1,048,185 ) , with the Accademia in Venice at a mere 183,474 ( compared with the London National Gallery 's four million visitors ) . |
| 20 | When pupillage is over the young barrister may join a local Bar instead of practising in London . |
| 21 | A new system is to be brought to Britain which will immobilise a car if the driver is over the legal alcohol limit . |
| 22 | For example , we all know that productivity growth in the UK has been inferior to West Germany 's over the post-war decades ; that product development has been behind that of Japan ; and that over many years the rates of growth of South Korea , Italy and East Germany were higher than the United Kingdom 's . |
| 23 | When the patient is over the acute episode and begins recovery the insulin requirement usually decreases . |
| 24 | But last night , group chairman Sir Antony Pilkington hinted the company was over the worst . |
| 25 | He accepted however that once this case was over the real hunt for more suitable accommodation would begin and by that time , at least , there could be the introduction of such a carer . |
| 26 | Government statistics indicate that during 1988 , there were around 850 fatalities and 20,000 casualties in accidents where a driver was over the legal blood alcohol limit ( 80mg/100ml ) . |
| 27 | By the time Corrie 's wedding took place Philippa was over the worst of her sadness and in a good position to enjoy it to the full — ; the closest to the centre of the ceremonies , yet fancy free ; and she had had a very good time — much affectionate sympathy from aunts and cousins , and husbands of aunts and cousins , and admiration and flirtation and kissing enough . |
| 28 | All the fuss is over the fourth charge — should Mosher have published an article in a Taiwan Sunday newspaper condemning Chinese birth-control methods and accompanied by photographs of women 7½ months pregnant and about to be given an abortion ? |
| 29 | If that van was over the other side it would be much better . |
| 30 | The race was called the Mille Miglia because the distance of approximately 1000 miles was over the old Roman Mile . |