Example sentences of "is [vb pp] over a [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is named after the book by Stoppani , whose portrait is imposed over a map of Italy on the foil packaging . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In a different class of important circuits , positive feedback is applied over a band of frequencies from zero frequency upwards . |
| 9 | As the stylus is moved over a pattern , the router duplicates the original . |
| 10 | Examination of the mechanical behaviour shows that there are five distinguishable states in which a linear amorphous polymer can exist and these are readily displayed if a parameter such as the elastic modulus is measured over a range of temperatures . |
| 11 | These are both particular kinds of relaxation spectroscopy in which the sample is perturbed by a sinusoidal force ( either mechanical or electrical ) and the response of the material is measured over a range of temperatures and at different frequencies of the applied force . |
| 12 | The chancel is raised over a crypt below . |
| 13 | If this loyalty is stretched over a period of 28 years , it is certainly worthy of note ! |
| 14 | These so called ‘ holes in the water ’ cause problems because fast flowing water is forced over a rock , plunges down the other side and then tumbles backwards . |
| 15 | A radar pulse scattered back by the planet is spread over a distance range which exceeds that of the transmitted pulse by an amount equal to the radius of the planet . |
| 16 | By far the most effective arrangements presently available are those which : ( 1 ) provide for the continuing partners to have the option to acquire the share in the firm of an outgoing partner ( which overcomes the tax problems noted in Chapter 10 and offers some desirable freedom of manoeuvre to the continuing partners without ordinarily causing any disadvantage to the outgoing partner ) ; ( 2 ) finance the purchase of the share of a partner who dies before retirement by way of insurance effected on the lives of each of the partners the proceeds of which are declared to be held on trust for the partners for the time being ; ( 3 ) finance by endowment insurance the purchase of the shares of partners whose retirement can be predicted ; ( 4 ) ensure that in any case which is not or can not be sufficiently covered by available insurance ( eg payments to a partner who is expelled or who otherwise leaves the firm before normal retirement date ) payment of any capital sum is spread over a period so to reduce the burden on the continuing partners without imposing any great hardship on the outgoing partner or his estate ; and ( 5 ) impose on each partner an obligation ( Clause 14.02 ) to take out adequate ( as discussed with all the partners from time to time ) retirement provision for the benefit of himself and his familyso as not to impose any burden in that respect on the firm , which in former times would have accepted responsibility . |
| 17 | The second example comes from the growth of EPoSS ( Electronic Point of Sale Scanning ) in retailing , in other words the increasingly common barcode which is passed over a scanning device linked to the cash register . |
| 18 | As the polymer sample should not be under a tensile stress , the suspension wire supporting the disc is passed over a pulley and the weight of the disc and sample are counterbalanced by loading the end . |
| 19 | Such mixture of affective psychosis and schizophrenia may be revealed in changes in the symptom profile that are observed when the person is studied over a period of time , or it may be evident within a single episode of illness . |
| 20 | The best effect is achieved over a period of years , but at worst you really ca n't come to much harm . |
| 21 | Right , April , April the tenth to the twelfth , is the , is the National Amnesty A G M which is held over a weekend and this year is in Exeter . |