Example sentences of "be [adv] [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Terry McLaughlin , the deputy editor of the Irish News , said some of the material shown to him was marked ‘ top secret ’ , the highest security classification , and went beyond the type of photo-montage material that has been widely leaked over the past month . |
| 2 | A decrease in the incidence of gastric carcinoma has been widely reported over the last three decades . |
| 3 | Whatever the reasons for inaction , rising unemployment has not been uniformly spread over the entire population , but instead has struck hardest at these who are already the most vulnerable . |
| 4 | THE Scottish Football League programme has been badly affected over the last couple of weeks , not only by the injuries which might reasonably be expected at this stage in a crowded season , but , unusually , by a flu virus which has caused havoc in the playing staffs of some of the Premier Division teams . |
| 5 | It was built in 1803 but had been badly modernised over the years . |
| 6 | As Raynor ( 1969 , Chapter 2 ) argues , the ‘ middle class ’ was never homogeneous ( in particular it has never been equivalent to Marx 's ‘ bourgeoisie ’ ) , but nonetheless its degree of heterogeneity has been greatly increased over the post-war years , and the shift in the distribution of social labour analysed above has accelerated this process . |
| 7 | I am extremely baffled over the deaths and by the behaviour of the older fish . |
| 8 | It has been much improved over the previous version and humanized , to boot . |
| 9 | There was also a lot of clay in one part of the garden and sand in the rest , but the soil has been much improved over the years by generous additions of peat . |
| 10 | The operation , run by the police , Army and Air Force , was to last 60 days and was to result in the eviction of all garimpeiros from the 2,000-sq km reserve which had been progressively invaded over the previous two to three years . |
| 11 | Informal briefings and seminars are generally held over the lunch-time period , which is only flexible for scientific and administrative staff . |
| 12 | Probably something that had been generally agreed over the remains of the first person that had dared to call him Rosie . |
| 13 | Stresses are easily transmitted over the phone and fuel concern . |
| 14 | They 're usually purchased over the counter with no instructions , but last week I bought one in a plastic sleeve , on which the following instructions were printed : ‘ This voltage indicator is suitable for testing AC voltage from 100 volts up to a maximum of 500 volts against earth The metal part on top of the indicator must be touched to operate it , and the earthing position of the user largely determines whether it lights up or not . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it was understood that G-7 leaders had been deeply divided over the shape of the final aid package approved for the Soviet Union . |
| 16 | The furniture , too , looked as if it had been gradually acquired over the years ; gifts , rejects , the unregarded remnants of long-forgotten jumble sales . |
| 17 | Opinions are usually communicated over the telephone and are often given within 24 hours . |
| 18 | As , however , social classes are unevenly distributed over the map of Britain , then the politics of distribution also quickly becomes a geographical matter implicitly , if not explicitly through spatial policies . |
| 19 | The rule has been slightly relaxed over the last few years , although only in relation to secondary legislation ; it has also been breached from time to time by a number of judges , not least by judicial free spirit , the former Master of the Rolls , Lord Denning . |
| 20 | Employee relations manager George Piechniczek said : ‘ This sensitive issue has been extensively debated over the last few years and whilst the trade unions support the principle of protecting non-smokers at work , it has proved difficult to find a practical solution that satisfied all parties . ’ |
| 21 | Somerville has been enormously enriched over the past century by Somervillians remembering the College in their wills . |
| 22 | The ground has been thoroughly explored over the last 250 years , which is one estimate of the span of art critical and art historical activity . |
| 23 | Relations with Peru had been severely strained over the invasion , and over the presence in the Peruvian ambassador 's residence of 12 members of the Noriega regime . |
| 24 | Drugs used in the treatment of mental disorders are often supplied over the counter without prescription , with insufficient or misleading information , or are prescribed inappropriately . |
| 25 | Now once again lights and darks are juxtaposed arbitrarily to create a sense of shallow relief , and are evenly scattered over the entire picture surface to maintain a compositional balance . |
| 26 | The projected increase this year is a further 25% over 1991/92 prices , and since the Library 's budget this year is the same as last year , drastic cuts in subscriptions were essential to avoid further damaging our bookfund , which has already been substantially eroded over the last three years . |
| 27 | Forest cover has been substantially reduced over the past two decades , although the local people are also reported to be becoming more aware of the need for conservation measures . |
| 28 | If six garages are now placed over the five cars on the top shelf ( leaving one garage empty ) , and four garages placed over the four cars on the bottom shelf ( all garages being full ) , then about one in three four-year-olds now maintain that the bottom shelf has more cars . |
| 29 | In the case of scabies , however , the lotion should be carefully applied over the whole body surface from the neck downwards . |
| 30 | A large stitch pattern template will automatically be correctly split over the appropriate number of Mylar sheets when necessary . |