Example sentences of "be [verb] over [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A whole set of disagreements on trade , notably over North American free trade and the GATT , could be smoothed over under that rubric : to be open and unbelligerent on trade is not weak-minded , but is in America 's interests . |
| 2 | The morning will be given over to those two sessions . |
| 3 | In addition , there are also certain to be one or two early mistakes which will need rectifying , and plans to be mulled over for next spring 's display . |
| 4 | They 'll be flown over in one of the biggest movements of horses ever . |
| 5 | Maggie could n't help but be won over by this appeal on her mother 's behalf . |
| 6 | The reduced deficit was to be achieved by ( i ) a 13.2 per cent reduction in investment spending ( although unused investment allocations for 1988 were to be carried over into 1989 ; and ( ii ) the raising of direct and indirect taxes by 29.7 per cent and 23.3 per cent respectively ( although this was largely a reflection of the fact that actual tax yields in 1988 exceeded 1988 budget projections by some 20 per cent ) . |
| 7 | Whatever claims for the English language he may wish to make from a supposedly technical , linguistic perspective , he can not assume that attributing ‘ objectivity ’ to it is unproblematic , or that the meaning attributed to it within that sub-culture can safely be carried over into cross-cultural correlations with the features of certain languages and grammars . |
| 8 | All that is learnt must be carried over into real-life situations , so training of parents is very important ( see section on ‘ Groups in the Institute ’ ) . |
| 9 | In terms of the revenue output it 's a hundred and forty three thousand below the estimates and it was agreed that any variations would be carried over into next year . |
| 10 | Economists noted , however , that the downward trend was unlikely to be carried over to 1990 , and in December 1989 the Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( Miti ) announced a package of measures designed to encourage " drastic " imports into the country . |
| 11 | Their third conclusion is that ‘ when new technology is introduced an inappropriate form of work organization — that associated with the technical trial of the machinery — tends to be carried over to subsequent operational units ’ ( Trist et al. 1963 , 293 ) . |
| 12 | ( Shreds of these hoards can now be picked over in provincial brocante shops , brave remnants of another , more confident age . ) |
| 13 | If substantial public funds are to be made over to voluntary associations then , as Griffiths intimates , some form of audit ‘ becomes essential : and this raises the question of the independence of voluntary organisations , which is said to be one of their great virtues . |
| 14 | A frozen river , marsh , lake etc , may be moved over at normal rate . |
| 15 | Remember when cutting the stock material that it must be turned over after each cut to obtain the correct angles on each segment . |
| 16 | That is something that can be argued over in specific instances . |
| 17 | That said : ‘ All Russians to be handed over to Soviet forces and all surrendered Yugoslav nationals serving in German forces to be handed over to Yugoslav forces . ’ |
| 18 | All Russians should be handed over to Soviet forces at agreed point of contact established by you under local arrangement with Marshal Tolbuknin 's HQ . |
| 19 | AFHQ had given instructions to Eighth Army ( by the " Robertson order " of 14 May ) that " all Russians " were to be handed over to Soviet forces . |
| 20 | Obviously there was a complete contradiction between the two policies , and at 2135 hrs that evening Eighth Army signalled AFHQ IKP 213 ] for an urgent ruling on which policy was to be followed : " Reference your FX-75383 dated 14 [ the " Robertson order " of 14 May ] stating all Russians to be handed over to Soviet forces and SHAEF 399 FWD stating Cossacks accepted by 12 Army Group . |
| 21 | The plan outlined the procedures whereby all the Cossacks defined by the Definition Order of 21 May , including Germans , should be handed over to Soviet forces . |
| 22 | The pair arrived with money and dispatches written in invisible ink that were to be handed over to one of the leaders of the insurrectionary party in Spain , currently conspiring to get rid of the autocratic King Ferdinand and currently enjoying the support of idealistic and poetical young Englishmen . |
| 23 | The theatre could now be handed over to one of two local groups . |
| 24 | Under the terms of the truce and the modifications agreed to it on 27 June , the siege of Quimperlé would be lifted , Duke John would withdraw his army from Brittany , Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte would be handed over to papal mediators who would deliver it to the King of France when the truce expired , and the English would receive 40,000 francs in compensation . |
| 25 | Those responsibilities not taken over by the newly privatised gas , petroleum and electricity industries are expected to be handed over to existing departments such as Trade and Industry and Environment . |
| 26 | Even more alluringly , the entire process could be handed over to private enterprise . |
| 27 | Much of the responsibility for dealing with it is likely to be handed over to private contractors , with the Energy Authority having a supervisory role . |
| 28 | Pinochet also claimed no direct knowledge of events at Pisagua and there were widespread fears that the case would be handed over to military jurisdiction . |
| 29 | Mr Porras , considered a chieftain of the Medellin cocaine cartel , was arrested on Thursday in the northern town of Tulcan , about 10 miles from the Colombian border , and was to be handed over to Colombian authorities ‘ as a show of Ecuador 's support ’ for the drug crackdown , an Ecuadorean spokesman said . |
| 30 | Having learnt its worst fears were about to be realised , that it would be handed over to Chinese rule in 1997 without external protections or guarantees , it immediately put the best possible face on its situation . |