Example sentences of "are [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are stepping over the invisible , moralistic Maginot Line of the old culture of opposition . |
| 2 | The skeleton , whose hands are placed over the groin in one of the traditional attitudes of repose , is slightly proud of the shell ; hence the gable lid , resulting in a close-fitting coffin . |
| 3 | Both the assertion of central authority and the fragmentation of local social structures and economics are integral to the overall desire to use power to restructure social arrangements in such a way that certain interests are favoured over others , to reward supporters , and to maintain these arrangements by using social institutions to entrench an alternative set of ideas , those of the ‘ enterprise culture ’ . |
| 4 | male economic activities and the products of male labour are prized over female economic activities and the products of female labour . |
| 5 | It is often argued that survey data give a very limited analysis of managerial policies which are developed over a period to deal with specific problems and this study should help to test such methodological criticisms . |
| 6 | ‘ As soon as I can spare you , you are to go over there and make the place habitable . |
| 7 | Variations in pension cost , which are identified as a result of actuarial valuations , are amortised over the average expected remaining working lives of employees . |
| 8 | ‘ Well that 's the way things are goin' over here , and that 's the way he sees it goin' in the future , under the Government constraints he outlined at that meetin' . ’ |
| 9 | Because family credit and housing benefit are withdrawn over a large band of income , and because low-income families begin to pay tax at a low threshold , there are now whole bands of income over which it is difficult for low-income families to improve their net income . |
| 10 | Whether or not further concealed households are formed over the next fifteen years , seems to me to be an irrelevance . |
| 11 | Far from being static these are redefined over time in line with economic and social change . |
| 12 | Often such a panel gives early warning of changes in public opinion where they are consulted over several years . |
| 13 | But clearly someone out there misses it because promoters are bringing over The Incredible Hulk Hogan , The Ultimate Warrior and a gentleman called Randy Savage , for eight dates in April and May , and they 're all sold out . |
| 14 | To hold a large piping bag , grip it so that your fingers are curled over the front of the bag and the folded corner twisted between your thumb and index finger . |
| 15 | Travellers back from Japan say that profound things are happening over there and that despite the buffeting the Japanese companies are taking from the recession they continue to invest in their Unix operations . |
| 16 | Otherwise , cleaning the room inevitably becomes more difficult as hairs are shed over the chair covers , and there is an increased risk of flea infestations . |
| 17 | The outer layer of the skin ( epidermis ) is made up of cells which are shed over a cycle of 28 days . |
| 18 | Ancient castles , burial chambers , ruins and churches are scattered over the area , highlighting the rich cultural heritage and providing a contrast to the golden sands , estuaries and wooded valleys . |
| 19 | Most of these patches are subdivided , and 26 small units of DNs are scattered over a wide area . |
| 20 | The disk is round to subpentagonal ; covered with thickened skin ; no scales but granules are scattered over the surface which are more conspicuous in dried specimens ; disk diameter up to 20 mm . |
| 21 | Small granules are scattered over the surface some developed into low spinelets . |
| 22 | When the blades are rolled over the pastry , they cut even slashes , which create the lattice effect . |
| 23 | Consumer protection and refuse disposal are the responsibility of county councils , as , too , are police and fire services , although some police and fire services are amalgamated over several counties . |
| 24 | Some 150,000 Jews , Armenians and ethnic Germans have come to the US since 1975 , and 80,000 more are expected over the next year . |
| 25 | The hotel , which will have full conference , banqueting and leisure facilities — including an outdoor swimming pool — is the first Novotel venture in Ireland , but others are expected over the next few years . |
| 26 | Showers are expected over the whole country — but the south-east may get a dry spell on Saturday and Sunday . |
| 27 | The WRU and its leading 18 clubs are deadlocked over the issue of leagues , with no sign of a thaw in the cold war between the two bodies which has gone on for two years . |
| 28 | Women who stop attending the clinic are sent a postal version of the questionnaire and , if this is not returned , are interviewed over the telephone or at a home visit . |
| 29 | Government departments and multinational companies , for example , are dispersed over wide areas . |
| 30 | These results introduce an immunologically-important , putative LCR which can be used to target genes to cells of the B cell lineage , as well as to other class II MHC expressing cells , and highlight the importance of chromatin structure analysis as a means to locate DNA regions of regulatory interest which are dispersed over a large distance . |