Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | These worms have a similar food-gathering strategy to the more familiar filter-feeding tubeworms , but instead of the feathery heads of fanworms have long , sticky tentacles which they wave in the current or drag over the substrate in search of food particles which are then carried back to the mouth as the tentacles are drawn in . |
| 2 | Thus there is no net loss or gain over the period of time . |
| 3 | A certain kind of great achievement , as revealed in power or influence over others , might itself spring from traits of a psychotic nature . |
| 4 | Direct capitalist control or influence over the communication of ideas ( mass media , publishing , universities ) , and capitalist influence over the state , both structure ‘ debates ’ in liberal democracies . |
| 5 | It is absolutely essential to ensure that , so long as the possibility of control or influence over the Russian republics remains , steps are taken to bring about a strategic arms reduction . |
| 6 | Women have little presence in or influence over technological design . |
| 7 | The Egyptians gather in a line , thinking more of the cats than of putting out the flames , but the cats dart through or leap over the men and spring into the fire . |
| 8 | It may then penetrate the side of a tank or fly over the top . |
| 9 | Should the full cost be provided for immediately or spread over future accounting periods ? |
| 10 | Walking backwards on their tails and soaring to astonishing heights to nod balls or jump over ropes are common features of public displays . |
| 11 | Ground impact marks , sometimes a considerable distance from the main wreckage , should not be trampled upon or run over by rescue vehicles . |
| 12 | ‘ He could have been eaten or run over or trodden on or blown away or fallen down a hole or trapped , ’ said Grimma . |
| 13 | In woodlands they can swing from tree to tree or scramble over the treetops to drop to the forest floor below . |
| 14 | Tip cous cous into a steamer or sieve over a pan of boiling water and steam for 5–7 minutes until tender . |
| 15 | They either hover above the Equator or pass over the poles . |
| 16 | Under existing arrangements for weather satellites , the US , USSR , Japan and Western Europe operate weather craft that either hover above the Equator or pass over the poles . |
| 17 | However , Trotsky also had to affirm that although the Russian proletariat in power could win the support of the peasantry by appropriate measures , it would be unable to maintain itself in power or pass over to a socialist regime in Russia ‘ without the direct state support of the European proletariat ’ . |
| 18 | At this type of meeting there are usually two sides who are trying to make an agreement or bargain over a point . |
| 19 | The equal opportunities legislation of the 1970s was and is important , but was regarded by most members of the teaching profession as a positive rather than constraining factor and had no influence over the locus of power or control over the curriculum . |
| 20 | There is no power or control over the shot because the golfer has hit flat-footed with his body weight in the wrong place . |
| 21 | Threats to our sense of dignity and self-worth , and to our authority or control over a situation . |
| 22 | They are united in the emphasis they place on the need to avoid all forms of censorship or control over cultural workers . |
| 23 | This may well be considered to be an important factor , but , like other arguments for restricting popular influence or control over political systems and assemblies , it is not a democratic argument . |
| 24 | ‘ Escape ’ was defined as ‘ escape from a place where the defendant has occupation or control over land to a place which is outside his occupation or control . ’ |
| 25 | On the other hand , the membership of corporate bodies may be excluded from knowledge of , or control over , the process of cooperation and bargaining . |
| 26 | The House of Lords felt there was no justification for assessing one trustee , namely the resident trustee , as , for instance , he had no right or control over the income . |
| 27 | Or lean over headlines , taking nothing in . |
| 28 | John Dykstra , with Richard Edlund and others , was able to set up a camera rig that moved very precisely in metal tracks , with the camera on an arm that could move up and down , while the camera itself could pan from side to side or tilt up and down or any combination or roll over to the side and also change focus as needed . |
| 29 | Mr Yeltsin could either plead with Congress when it resumes tomorrow to reconsider its vote or go over its head and call a referendum on a new constitution that would effectively dissolve it . |
| 30 | Y'know , we 'd get down town early or go over to Liverpool and spend all day out . |