Example sentences of "[being] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moorish Spain came into being over a period of several hundred years — from the period of the first Moslem conquest in the eighth century , to the eventual re-conquest by Christians from the north of the peninsula in the later part of the thirteenth century . |
| 2 | More prosaically , resistance to delegation may stem from the conviction that one is being over exploited , being asked to do considerably more work but without any increase in pay . |
| 3 | Someone who trails in on his own faces the possibility of being over the time limit that eliminates him from the race as a whole . |
| 4 | If you have been very much home-based , you may need some encouragement from your partner in getting involved in community activities or a hobby ; and it may be necessary , in order to avoid being over dependent on another person . |
| 5 | It is the persistent belief that whenever the religion involved a ‘ god ’ to be worshipped , which was almost invariably , that ‘ god ’ had to be an extraterrestrial being over whom mankind has absolutely no control . |
| 6 | It was described by Bishop Pontoppidan in the eighteenth century as being over a mile and a half in circumference ; he also said the sea all around it was darkened by the jets of ink it spat out . |
| 7 | The majority of these forms have been in use since October 1967 when the drink/driving law regarding being over the prescribed limit ( OPL ) was introduced . |
| 8 | All three Evangelists agree that the account of the death of Jesus begins with the comment about ‘ darkness ’ being over the ‘ whole land ’ from the sixth hour ( 12 noon ) until the ninth hour ( 3.00 pm ) . |
| 9 | Besides the materialist assertion of the determinacy of being over consciousness this piece equates ‘ social being ’ with the ‘ mode of production ’ . |
| 10 | They have come into being over thousands of years . |
| 11 | Salt burning , on the contrary , made Droitwich ( Table 2.16 ) one of the poorest communities in Worcestershire , almost without parallel anywhere , the township itself being ‘ somewhat foule and dirty when any reyne faullythe , with moche carriage throwghe the stretes , being over ill pavyd or not pavyd ’ . |
| 12 | The National Union of Seamen declared a strike after the tragedy , one of the major concerns being over health and safety practice and legislation at sea . |
| 13 | The coming into being over the last 30 years of the political communities of Scotland , Wales , women , Afro-Caribbeans , Asians , Muslims , — each of these is premised on a freshly ‘ discovered ’ history of violence . |
| 14 | Coyle ( 24 ) looks remarkably trim but admits to being over his ideal playing weight . |
| 15 | The spool is of ideal size , large enough to aid trotting and casting without being over sized . |
| 16 | Talks had been under way since February 1991 [ see p. 38115 ] , the principal difficulties being over improved access to EC markets for eastern European agricultural products and textiles . |
| 17 | Yeah that might be of those situations with the referee being over protective towards the goalkeeper . |
| 18 | Small areas are best paved in a single colour using a simple design to avoid being over fussy . |
| 19 | And that 's really the scene for this afternoon , with the best of any sunshine being over the Lothians and the south , and still the chance of a shower in the north west . |
| 20 | and with hindsight , although , do n't think I 'm being over critical , although you put forward eighty or so estimates for different schemes , with hindsight it 's clearly more prudent and fairer and accurate , more accurate to have a contingency fund is n't it ? , in the , in the budgetary cost |
| 21 | What we have dreams of , what we have hardly dared to hope , but towards which we were straining all our will and all our strength , was coming into being over there . " |
| 22 | Though she was learning to cope , she was a long way from being over Guido yet . |
| 23 | But even at a time when the church is under financial pressure , Father Robert Sweeney does n't think they 're being over extravagant . |
| 24 | ‘ We are confident , without being over confident , of automatic promotion . |
| 25 | after being over here about a year . |
| 26 | A net inflow of funds from the government ( where expenditure exceeds taxes on a particular day ) results in the banking system being over liquid . |
| 27 | I still ca n't get over being over the edge . |