Example sentences of "be passed over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 An algae magnet in a plastic bag can be passed over the sand and gravel to remove any metal fragments .
2 Copeland found that more tubers were infected after they had been passed over an elevator digger which was lifting stocks of heavily infested tubers .
3 Savery-Gilliard bougies or Eder-Puestow metal olives of increasing size were passed over a guide wire which had been positioned with the help of a fibreoptic endoscope .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 A fine needle is passed over the mould to get a surface profile of the skin so it is possible to prove if wrinkles are less deep than before .
7 Each microchip carries a unique code , which can be read using a special scanner which is passed over the area where the chip is implanted .
8 The ropework was passed over the pot from above and bent to fit .
9 This ca n't be good for him , thought Denis , and he remembered the story he had read of an old man in England , although younger than Uncle Mick was now , who lined up to receive the very first old age pension ever issued in England and dropped down dead as soon as his money was passed over the counter to him .
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