Example sentences of "[verb] over [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its concern with celebrating femininity encourages it to pass over more of traditional psychology 's gender biases than egalitarian feminist psychology does . |
| 2 | ‘ the smoke of the innumerable tall chimneys lies over all like a poultice … houses and shops go on for ever , and at the back of them , blotting out all the rest of the world , rise great precipitous mills like frowning cliffs , at whose base are the small houses where the folks live like coneys at a mountain foot . |
| 3 | Furthermore , these giant corporations possess such wealth and power that they not only affect our lives , limbs , health , and property from the forceps to the grave , but they also bend the political democratic process in such a way that their interests are often prioritized over those of the electorate , consumers , employees , and shareholders . |
| 4 | It is , though , well worth remembering that snow may cover over some of the bolt-holes , maybe even entrances too , so that some become difficult to locate whereas others will be plain to see . |
| 5 | As with social class , the effects of the wife 's education predominate over those of the husband ( OPCS 1983a ) . |
| 6 | The value of A 2 will tell us whether or not the size of the polymer coil , which is dissolved in a particular solvent , will be perturbed or expanded over that of the unperturbed state , but the extent of this expansion is best estimated by calculating the expansion factor α . |
| 7 | Then he brushes over some of the issues which run through the play which are especially noticeable at the end . |
| 8 | ‘ The contractors had done a lot of the work , but we had to go over some of it again , including painting the wooden treads on the stairs just to make sure it was right , ’ he explained . |
| 9 | Helmets in panther skins vied with shapkas of the hussars , while towering over all at military reviews were the bearskins of the Imperial Guard . |
| 10 | I have today won a concession from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , in as much as he is going to give a delegation from the Southampton and district licensed victuallers an opportunity to see him at the Department to talk over some of these matters . |
| 11 | Brideprice ( bridewealth ) payments are very seldom made over all at once . |
| 12 | I can not give over any of the powers that I , as a Member of Parliament , elected by the citizens of Aldridge-Brownhills — and each of us elected by our respective constituents — was given when I came to this Parliament . |
| 13 | She turned over some of the stock . |
| 14 | Alderman Glover said that the corporation 's record would have been better had they not handed over some of their schemes ready-made to the NIHT . |
| 15 | One county , Kopparberg , has handed over most of its budget to family doctors and made them responsible for buying services from competing providers . |
| 16 | Her mother had handed over most of her fortune of £50,000 to Rotha and this was used to fund the organization . |
| 17 | The spectator in movement will see one mass protrude over another with the changes of image accelerated for people passing in cars — a kind of reality fixed in a rapidly changing life . |
| 18 | As I helped myself to a cigarette from the depleted pack I was turning over some of what he 'd told me . |
| 19 | That seemed to sum up Robinson 's attitude when , within weeks of becoming ‘ Lord High Everything ’ in the playing administration , he gladly handed over many of his responsibilities to a new team manager , Mike Hendrick . |
| 20 | Ratsiraka handed over many of his responsibilities to Razanamasy , although retaining the portfolios of Defence and Foreign Affairs . |
| 21 | Sheep automatically seem to connect people with food , so that they become bothersome and , in some cases I saw , dangerous as they tried butting until harassed walkers gave in and handed over some of their food . |
| 22 | The court was told that Gavin , full-time city council union official at the time of the offences , handed over some of the cash as hardship payments to striking bin men . |
| 23 | I make no apology for going over some of the ground again . |
| 24 | Even now exports surpass local consumption , and Japan takes over half of them . |
| 25 | When this introduction is successfully achieved the topic can be introduced , and the counsellor should try to ensure that the group takes over most of the talking . |
| 26 | We clattered over this into the outer bailey where chickens pecked and pigs rooted for food . |
| 27 | Although his solo records were strong , his work partnering singers like Thriller U and Cocoa Tea was explosive and gradually his status soared over that of rivals Ninjaman and Chaka Demus . |
| 28 | ] Sweeney in 1933 when he talked of coming over all of a hoo-hah . |
| 29 | He was running over some of these in his mind when Dandelion appeared . |
| 30 | I puzzled over this for a week or so , before a second whisper clarified the message . |