Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she could still be asked to leave with just one month 's notice if someone takes over the 20-year lease . |
| 2 | This is an acquired skill which develops over a long period . |
| 3 | One of these is the methanation reaction which occurs over a nickel metal catalyst and which was originally discovered by Sabatier and Senderens 80 years ago , Although this is widely used to make synthetic natural gas for example , there is even more interest in the production of compounds containing higher numbers of carbon atoms . |
| 4 | However , we can illustrate the most important features by considering just two types of motion , each of which occurs over a significant sub-range . |
| 5 | Moreover , it is a ‘ spectre ’ which hangs over a predominantly deprived urban ‘ underclass ’ of unqualified , unskilled and unemployed young adults . |
| 6 | With this type of valve ( of which the Garston or BRS valve is the best known ) , there is no moving piston — rather a rubber diaphragm which closes over a nylon seating with the last movement of the float arm . |
| 7 | He said that the Italian Government , which takes over the presidency of the EC Council of Ministers , in July should ‘ convene and open ’ the treaty revision conference before handing over its presidency in December next year . |
| 8 | The Italian government , which takes over the EC presidency from Ireland next summer , will use the three-stage Delors strategy for monetary union as the basis for considering changes to the Treaty of Rome . |
| 9 | The main responsibility will fall on the Irish Government , which takes over the presidency of the EC council of ministers at the end of the month , and the Italians , who take over in July . |
| 10 | The Irish Government , which takes over the Presidency of the European Community at the end of the month has expressed its determination to give higher priority to environmental issues . |
| 11 | China , which takes over the British colony in 1997 , refuses to bless the undertaking — and thus open the way for private financing of part of it — until it has wrung several concessions from the British . |
| 12 | COMEDY is set to be one of the strong suits of Meridian which takes over the TVS area and its 5.2 million viewers . |
| 13 | These surveys come in the week when Carlton Television , which takes over the Thames franchise in the new year , announced its schedule . |
| 14 | TV company Carlton Communications , which takes over the Thames franchise in January , is looking good with analysts forecasting a profits increase of up to 16% , at £103m . |
| 15 | This routine can be carried out manually without any special equipment , but it is easier and quicker with an edit controller which takes over the operation of both machines from the one keyboard . |
| 16 | China , which takes over the British colony in 1997 , has flatly rejected two plans . |
| 17 | It can perform flow injection analysis ( FIA ) and segmented continuous flow analysis ( SFA ) independently or can combine the techniques on a single test allowing automatic sample pretreatment such as dilution , concentration and/or filtration on-line , The Super Cartridge is a two part heater consisting of a spool of polymeric tubing which droops over a cone-shaped heater . |
| 18 | The first ( and simplest ) is where the downpipe terminates in a shoe which discharges over a gully . |
| 19 | But rumour has it that a sevens tournament is going to be organised in Moscow in September to decide who takes over the Soviet place : Russia , Ukraine , Georgia , Latvia or Kazakhstan . |
| 20 | It was said when he first arrived at Wigan that he had a great act to follow after Lowe but that becomes even more relevant this time for fellow Aussie John Dorahy who takes over the reins . |
| 21 | One suggestion has been that the energy output of the Sun itself fluctuates over a long period . |
| 22 | I can assure you it 's very easy to become lost in the New Zealand bush , and this one stretches over a large area . ’ |
| 23 | Just how good it is depends mainly upon how much care one takes over the cream sauce . |
| 24 | Everyone is aware of the sensation experienced in a lift as it starts to descend , and in a car when it goes over a humped-back bridge . |
| 25 | Every golfer in the world experiences that awful feeling of helplessness when he stands over a putt and knows that he has not the slightest chance of getting the ball near the hole , let alone into it . |
| 26 | His output is prodigious and it springs from the unbending control he exercises over every aspect of his life . |
| 27 | Such overly anxious and insecure horses are usually found amongst the Thoroughbred population , where speed is of such importance that it predominates over every other desirable characteristic . |
| 28 | As it passes over a toll point in the road ( essentially a wire loop buried in the surface ) a radio beam from the loop will interrogate the number plate and feed back the vehicle number to a central computer . |
| 29 | There 's a purity to ‘ Nevermind ’ that all but defies description , it washes over every tune , every note even . |
| 30 | If the nucleic acid core enters a living cell , it takes over the metabolism of that cell , so that the viral DNA is copied , and viral coat proteins , coded for by the genes of the virus , are synthesized . |