Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [verb] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the main factory , heads were bent over the new German sewing-machines in which Rose had recently invested . |
| 2 | All cars were judged over the two days at given times for sound quality including staging , stereo image , clarity , frequency separation and absence of noise . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Their organisations were split over the original decision to send troops to the Gulf : the National Association of Arab Americans ( NAAA ) supported the build-up , while the ADC , a larger organisation , opposed it . |
| 5 | For these discussions to take place in an effective manner accurate forecasts are needed over the medium term . |
| 6 | Showers are expected over the whole country — but the south-east may get a dry spell on Saturday and Sunday . |
| 7 | Watanabe 's initiative proposed that Shikoton and the four islets collectively known as Habomai , be returned immediately , and that temporary Japanese administrative rights be granted over the two more populous islands — Etorofu and Kunashiri — prior to their being handed back . |
| 8 | There were characteristic variations in waveform over the left temporal region as a function of different spoken letters , but no parallel changes were recorded over the corresponding region of the right hemisphere . |
| 9 | Whether or not further concealed households are formed over the next fifteen years , seems to me to be an irrelevance . |
| 10 | Products — announcements are promised over the next few months — will ship direct and to OEM customers . |
| 11 | Products — announcements are promised over the next few months — will ship direct and to OEM customers . |
| 12 | Instead , it proposed that the Beacon and six other children 's day centres be closed over the next two years , with an increase in supported child-minding placements to compensate , in part , for this loss . |
| 13 | Governors were blasted over the weak financial plan for the voluntary aided Rupert Road school . |
| 14 | Governors were criticised over the weak financial plan for the voluntary aided Rupert Road school . |
| 15 | Expansion of the routes was expected over the next decade . |
| 16 | Despite a continuing diificult economic climate membership levels were held steady , and a 4 per cent increase in new members was achieved over the previous year . |
| 17 | Her fingers were sliding over the satiny warmth of her skin , and in a sweet intimate flash of reminder , or of warning , her body ( her secret breathing body which she ignored for nearly all of her time , trying to forget it ) came to life and spoke to her . |
| 18 | The academics ' letter to The Independent , for which signatures were gathered over the past fortnight , expressed dismay at the damage it said had been inflicted on universities and polytechnics since 1979 . |
| 19 | With the proven success of Alert , five more Trackers were launched over the following two years , the last four of these were slightly modified to provide more accommodation aft and were known as Mark II's . |
| 20 | There were five of these sites and in the tot in total nine hundred and twenty eight operations were performed over the five sites . |
| 21 | A spokesman said more cash calls were expected over the next few months as members become faced with increasing demands from agents to meet large losses . |
| 22 | Over 100 different tests are applied over the whole raw material range . |
| 23 | At RAF Lyneham 500 men are sweating over the vast amounts of equipment the individual soldier attaches to his body prior to jumping into a theatre of war . |
| 24 | To this end , you have the option of selecting a Midland Life Low Start Endowment Policy , under which your repayments are reduced over the first five years of the mortgage . |
| 25 | Comfort 's hands were clenched over the carved , gilded footboard of the bed and her big grey eyes were anxious when Julia could at last focus on them . |
| 26 | The three men were walking over the top paddock . |
| 27 | To these eight , a further thirteen children were added over the next twenty years . |
| 28 | One of the solvents is passed over the solid mixture which is located in a column or tower . |
| 29 | Talks on privatising Deutsche Bundespost Telekom have entered a critical phase , with a key decision due next month , Germany 's postal and telecommunications minister Wolfgang Bosch told Reuter at Hannover on Friday : ‘ In a few weeks we will know whether or not there will be a change to the constitution , ’ he said , noting that decision will not only affect privatisation of Telekom but also Bonn 's position at the upcoming talks with the European Commission — an agreement on privatisation would pave the way for Bonn to approve the Community plan to open domestic and international telephone calls to competition ; the current strategy to get agreement from Germany 's opposition socialists is to win over the postal union , which so far rejects turning Telekom into a joint stock company for fear of massive job losses . |
| 30 | 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 . |