Example sentences of "is [verb] over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A retaining wall of loose bricks or stones separate the bog garden from the pool proper and retains the peaty mixture which is placed over a layer of gravel . |
| 2 | A massive , handsome monument of granite is placed over the grave . |
| 3 | Various techniques to promote reflux while imaging have been attempted , such as abdominal cuffing , in which a binder is placed over the abdomen and the pressure is increased by inflating it with air . |
| 4 | We may extend this metaphor further by suggesting that our everyday experience of stress is rather like a tap which is placed over the glass and into which it drips drops of stress . |
| 5 | If a piece of ordinary glass is heated over a gas flame , it softens easily , and eventually the heated part will gather itself into a drop and fall to the ground . |
| 6 | Suddenly the back of the Morris Minor is hanging over the cliff edge . |
| 7 | In many cases , a shrine is erected over the anthill and women can be seen lighting candles and praying to the Deity within . |
| 8 | that early intervention is the best way of coping with it , and certainly it demands that parents and friends and teachers , and people concerned are aware of any change which is sustained over a period because by early intervention then you 're probably coping with the problem rather than the eating disorder , because the problem is there before the eating disorder . |
| 9 | Gloom is gathering over the weight of public debt , declining small-business confidence , the inefficiency and expense of public services , and the spreading tentacles of organised crime . |
| 10 | The opposite of projection is to mull over the past with resentment and regret . |
| 11 | For all bookings made within 8 weeks of departure , the holiday is confirmed as soon as a verbal confirmation is given over the telephone or your travel agent confirms the booking via Viewdata , and therefore if you subsequently cancel your booking , cancellation charges as shown in condition ( 9 ) apply . |
| 12 | In such cases , the tonic syllable is the syllable on which the pitch movement of the tone begins , but that pitch movement is completed over the rest of the tone unit ( i.e. the tail ) . |
| 13 | Travel agents and tour operators often make back to back reservations which means that certain accommodation is booked over a period of time and as one group of guests depart another group takes their place . |
| 14 | ‘ Reversionary ’ bonus is added over the term of the policy and once added becomes part of the guaranteed benefits and can not be taken away by Clerical Medical provided the policy is maintained in full force until the end of the term . |
| 15 | ‘ Reversionary ’ bonus is added over the term of the policy and once added becomes part of the guaranteed benefits and can not be taken away by Clerical Medical provided the policy is maintained in full force until the end of the term . |
| 16 | But he is fuming over the interference in his work of the chief executive , Lionello Celon . |
| 17 | At Congleton the canal is carried over a road at the south-east side of the town by a cast-iron aqueduct , built around 1835 , on curving masonry abutments . |
| 18 | but the strong impression I had is walking over the hill from Kettleborough where the gun club now is walking down into this valley and seeing that view of this little end of the village nestling in the hollow and I can remember feeling a extraordinarily strong sensation that I could easily live there |
| 19 | This is located over the subduction zone and consists largely of thrust sheets of sediment and slivers of oceanic crust , known as ophiolite , emplaced by the subducted plate . |
| 20 | The Scottish new towns constitute a microcosm of what is happening over the whole of Britain . |
| 21 | When I emerge Bill is looking over the side , around the boat , with a mixture of rage and disbelief . |
| 22 | The volume of support for Sakharov broke through to the Moscow centre where power is wielded over the world from lofty isolation , where ‘ they ’ make their decisions . |
| 23 | It is named after the book by Stoppani , whose portrait is imposed over a map of Italy on the foil packaging . |
| 24 | Similar loading continues onto the upper triangle ( no space can be left in the middle ) , still keeping the corners well built up , and finally a cap is built over the tripod tips . |
| 25 | The blessing itself is made over a cup of wine in honour of the day ( ‘ Blessed art Thou , O Lord our God , King of the universe , who createst divers kinds of spices ’ ) which adds to the light of the Sabbath , symbolised by the candle , offering a fragrance and a beauty all its own . |
| 26 | A muffled announcement is made over the loudspeaker . |
| 27 | In this technique a V-profile chisel , the graver , is pushed over the surface of the metal in order to remove a sliver of metal . |
| 28 | In a different class of important circuits , positive feedback is applied over a band of frequencies from zero frequency upwards . |
| 29 | The vinyl is applied over the paper base , through an engraved screen , and then the design is ‘ blown ’ by heating in an oven . |
| 30 | As the stylus is moved over a pattern , the router duplicates the original . |