Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ambitious presentation of amateur radio to young people involves inviting Novice trainees , Scouts , Guides and ATC members to take part in amateur radio related activities arranged over a whole weekend plus some social activities . |
| 2 | Raw council estates spilled over the fields at the edge of town , marring the views . |
| 3 | A head with two huge eyes and antennae pressed over its back pushes through the pupa at one end . |
| 4 | When the sick and exhausted Armenians reached Beirut after the Ottoman collapse , they were allowed to build shacks on the swamps of Bourj Hammoud in the east of the city and then to erect houses which look to this day curiously Balkan , their wooden balconies hanging over the narrow streets of Camp Marash . |
| 5 | There were oil lamps hanging over the verandah , and they threw black shadows towards the mosque entrance , and towards the shop where clothes were sold , long since shut . |
| 6 | The Congress 's disarray — radical democrats argue that it should be disbanded — has been on embarrassing display this week as deputies argued over what to call their state . |
| 7 | ‘ Cost and volume ’ contracts specifying a price for a minimum level of service , with additional cases treated over that minimum to be supplied at agreed prices . |
| 8 | Not only does the pattern of young people 's activities change over time , it also changes as they age . |
| 9 | If six garages are now placed over the five cars on the top shelf ( leaving one garage empty ) , and four garages placed over the four cars on the bottom shelf ( all garages being full ) , then about one in three four-year-olds now maintain that the bottom shelf has more cars . |
| 10 | Does he realise that , for example , in University college , Cardiff it is proposed to put an extra 1,000 students into the humanities building over the next three years ? |
| 11 | In the early spring , Peckham will meet the health minister , William Waldegrave , to present him with a set of firm plans developed over the past months . |
| 12 | For example , while the present data show how soft constraints affect preference ( and thus the state of the comprehension system ) , they can not address the question of how the preferences develop over time on reading a stimulus sentence . |
| 13 | informal group norms developed over what was to count as an acceptable day 's work despite what management thought . |
| 14 | The concept of a profession is , as we have seen , based upon claims to specialised knowledge and skills developed over time through training . |
| 15 | He seemed to have sat for hours mulling over people 's recollections of events on Friday . |
| 16 | Gulf states criticized over pollution |
| 17 | a number of the savings erm and the increased income that is available to , to avoid savings are the result of your own policies developed over a number of years and I hope implemented with a degree of further manage managerial action which has actually given you some money to spend , erm which will avoid you having to make er painful cuts in order to fund a new growth and in particular I would highlight the significant movement that has has now taken place , children from special educational needs provision outside the county , back into the county . |
| 18 | However , as land use patterns change over time , zone boundaries will need changing , adding to the procedural complexity . |
| 19 | Having the right in the more serious cases to appeal over the head of the chief constable to the Watch Committee had little effect . |
| 20 | ( Stimulus A of fig. 5.10 might be said to be enriched , if only a little , by virtue of its ability to evoke the image of X. ) The differentiation theory , in contrast , holds that ‘ percepts change over time by progressive elaboration of qualities , features and dimensions of variation ’ ( Gibson and Gibson 1955 , p. 34 ) , that is , by an elaboration of aspects of the stimulus that are present in it from the outset . |
| 21 | We passed splendid mare's-tail waterfalls where tiny becks tumbled over the cliffs , and watched oyster-catchers and cormorants wading and diving . |
| 22 | In 1957 Macmillan inherited the leadership of an unpopular government , lagging behind Labour in the opinion polls , but the policies pursued over the years to 1959 managed eventually to retrieve the party 's position : Macmillan 's nuclear ‘ defence ’ policy seemed at the time a plausible way to reclaim the status of a world power on the cheap ; the formation of EFTA was negotiated ; Macmillan sacked the deflationary Chancellor Thorneycroft and substituted Heathcoat-Amory who instituted another convenient bout of pre-election tax cutting . |
| 23 | His fingers ranged over mauve condolences and a group of ‘ Hurray , Hurray , You 're One Today ! ’ until they came to one he liked , a carpet of spring flowers beside Lake Windermere , and the writing within plain and tasteful . |
| 24 | Bare granite peaks towered over the south all day and the pools and falls seemed to grow bigger and better every mile . |
| 25 | The company , founded in 1974 to create and publish practical reference books for adults , now sells its titles in over 80 countries and in 37 languages and almost 90 per cent of the 560 titles originated over the company 's history are still in print . |
| 26 | Society , he said , was no longer based on small groups scattered over large territories . |
| 27 | Inside the store in Clayton Square yesterday , bargain hunters picked over sale items while others wandered around saying silent farewells to an old friend . |
| 28 | All I saw were this pair of legs sticking over the desk and him going aaaaagh ! |
| 29 | Two years ago , there were huge doubts hanging over the future of Cowley . |
| 30 | Felipe shot a quick glance at her , his eyes flashing over her , and Maggie tried hard to look normal and unenlightened . |