Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That enabled a considerable amount of groundwork for the valuation exercise to be undertaken over the summer . |
| 2 | If , however , you book your holiday within 6 weeks of departure date , final timings and detailed joining instructions will be given over the telephone or on Viewdata at the time of booking . |
| 3 | If , however , you book your holiday within 6 weeks of departure date , final timings and detailed joining instructions will be given over the telephone or on Viewdata at the time of booking . |
| 4 | An approximate indication of cost can be given over the phone on receipt of a few basic facts . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Then he looked up , raising his voice so as to be heard over the sow 's din . |
| 7 | They turned south this time and soon Jenna was amused and intrigued to see huge gaggles of geese in fields , moving about almost as one and honking loud enough to be heard over the noise of the car . |
| 8 | ‘ I just wanted to say something , ’ Loren Aldridge told her , leaning close and raising her voice to be heard over the music . |
| 9 | ‘ How long ? ’ shouted Billie from the rear , loud enough to be heard over the roar of the two-hundred horsepower engine . |
| 10 | It is intended that a steel structure forming the skeleton will be erected over the Christmas period . |
| 11 | At least two inches of washed gravel ( washed means swilling repeatedly in a large bucket until the water runs completely clear ) should be placed over the plate — allow 10lb per square foot . |
| 12 | If you want to be really safe , a condom or , to avoid vaginal or menstrual fluids , a dental dam ( a square of latex that can be placed over the vulva ) can be used . |
| 13 | But in three short years the following essential features of creative sound were worked out for the first time : cut-and-splice sound editing ; dubbing mute shots ( i.e. providing library sounds for completely silent bits of film ) ; quiet cameras ; ‘ talkback ’ and other intercom systems ; ‘ boom ’ microphones ( so the mike could be placed over the actor 's head and moved as necessary ) ; equalization ; track-bouncing ; replacement of dialogue ( including alternative languages ) ; filtering ( for removing traffic noise , wind noise , or for simulating telephone conversations ) ; busbars for routing controlled amounts of foldback or reverberation ; three-track recording ( music , effects , and dialogue , any of which could be changed as necessary ) ; automatic volume limiters ; and synchronous playback ( for dance or mimed shots ) . |
| 14 | To give a smooth polish to the fondant , a plastic icing smoother can be pressed over the surface of the cake . |
| 15 | If the holder has an option to redeem at a premium , that premium should be accrued over the period to the earliest date at which the option can be exercised . |
| 16 | Baldwin rightly thought that this particular bubble would be pricked over the weekend . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | More will be organised over the winter . |
| 19 | Is there room for a cubicle or can one be installed over the bath ? |
| 20 | Although at some times of the year , individuals within the dogwhelk enclave may be scattered over the shore , at others they aggregate in large clusters . |
| 21 | The final finish was my ‘ favourite ’ for outside use ; ‘ Deks Olje No. 1 ’ , a proprietary marine oil which gives a pleasant , easily maintained matt finish , with excellent protection ( for a gloss finish ‘ Deks Olje No. 2 ’ can be applied over the oil ) . |
| 22 | If the Government of the day decide that a motorway is to be built and a footpath is to be built over the road , the cost of building a bridge or underpass is all part of the cost of building the motorway , and it is borne by the taxpayers . |
| 23 | The airport was to be built over the sea , partly on piles and partly on reclaimed land off Taipa Island , which was itself to be the subject of major development . |
| 24 | For example , a Roman burial alongside a road leading from a Roman town may originally have been deliberately buried , but as the town expanded and the burial was forgotten , a house might be built over the site . |
| 25 | Fortunately , it 's a tremendously generous jug , enabling a secure launch to be made over the bulge into the easier crack above . |
| 26 | An end-quarter exchange rate is used as interest lies in the gains that could be made over the period in which the yield differential held on average . |
| 27 | They were a delight for the charterers in the Bahamian lagoons , but in an Atlantic storm such wide windows could be our death warrants for if Wavebreaker fell off a big wave the glass could be driven out of the windows and the boat be filling with water in seconds , and so I cut and shaped sheet steel shutters that could be bolted over the boat 's glass at the first sign of bad weather . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | There is not a public pathway along the river to the south , but if there was , the bridges built for the barge houses could be seen over the drainage dykes . |
| 30 | all single men will have to be shot over the age of forty |