Example sentences of "[adv] spill over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Picketline disorder eventually spilled over into mining communities , which became the sites of major disturbances . |
| 2 | The relationship between Government educationists and villagers was a political one , and created the seeds of resentment and conflict that eventually spilled over in 1979 with the overthrow of the Shah . |
| 3 | Andy is filling the single champagne glass at the apex of the pyramid with champagne ; it is overflowing , filling the three glasses beneath it ; they in turn are overflowing , filling the glasses on the level beneath them , which are also full and so spilling over to the level underneath , and so on and so on down almost to the bottom ; Andy is on his eighth magnum . |
| 4 | However , as knowledge becomes increasingly use-specific , its portability declines , perhaps so much so that by the time it is embodied in a specific new product it can only spill over to producers of very similar substitute products . |
| 5 | The tension and frustration that had built up in the claustrophobic atmosphere of their life in Northumberland had finally spilt over when Louise had taken them both to the West End to buy the birthday dress . |
| 6 | But we do all recognise that without that balance , in certain instances , absolutism can easily spill over into extremism . |
| 7 | It could so easily spill over into civil disorder and violence . |
| 8 | After meeting the surgeons , he said they had agreed they could cope if medical emergencies did not spill over to their beds . |
| 9 | You could put a glass of water on the window edges and it would not spill over . |
| 10 | However , these grumbles , and the piecemeal reforms and constitutional pseudo-changes which they inspired , did not spill over into a generalised sense of unease about the essence of the liberal-democratic constitution itself . |
| 11 | They have also developed additives which prevent the fuel from frothing so that it no longer spills over your shoes every time you fill-up . |
| 12 | At the inaugural meeting he posed this question : " Why does water not spill over a bowl filled to the brim when goldfish are added ? " |
| 13 | With a de Goth or Canteloupe as archbishop of Bordeaux , and an Armagnac as archbishop of Auch , the alliance of higher clergy and nobility was assured , although family feuds could always spill over into ecclesiastical politics . |
| 14 | The imbalances and strains occasioned by the change of economic policy were not limited to the strictly economic areas , but also spilled over into the social and political spheres . |
| 15 | When the garden is looking its best in summer , our containers are positively spilling over with brilliant plantings . |
| 16 | Some benefits of R & d may also spill over to other firms , creating an externality . |
| 17 | This assistance inevitably spilled over as an increase in general prosperity for the ordinary Milanese city dweller . |
| 18 | Then , though he boasted of this and that , it was with an underlying modesty which often spilled over into self-mockery . |
| 19 | Those between clergy and musicians often spill over into the parish , and sides will be taken . |
| 20 | Her aunt nodded and her eyes strangely spilled over with quick tears . |
| 21 | Scores of supply vessels , tugs and survey ships filled every nook and cranny and even spilled over into the fish docks . |
| 22 | Jane had never seen him so depressed , his anger frequently spilling over into words to her , as the dwellings went up with hideous and indecent haste , flaunting a flag : ‘ Waterloo Homes ’ right next to his drive . |
| 23 | Guilt is an unwanted feeling that frequently spills over into behaviour . |
| 24 | Inadequacy is an unwanted feeling that frequently spills over into behaviour . |
| 25 | Inhibition is an unwanted feeling that frequently spills over into behaviour . |
| 26 | Jealousy is an unwanted feeling that frequently spills over into behaviour . |
| 27 | Worry is an unwanted feeling that frequently spills over into behaviour . |
| 28 | This emphasis on masculinity is found in all heavy industries , and even spills over into lighter industries where work is less awkward–and demanding . |
| 29 | Treating his pupils to the compliment of rational disagreement sometimes spilled over into a verbal contest so fierce that the young person concerned was abashed or even frightened . |
| 30 | Wills were of immense significance and the contingent squabbles sometimes spilled over into acts of family treachery and even violence … |