Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 1 January , Hodder & Stoughton took over distribution in the trade ; sales through the Trust 's own retail outlets and catalogues will continue as before . |
| 2 | A wooden frame or pelmet mounted over a window treatment to hide the hardware . |
| 3 | This profitability is maintained by a balancing act ; the fundamental chemical industry balance summed up in the fact that if you want to get the utmost out of sodium chloride , you should n't have either sodium or chlorine left over unsold at the end of the day ; not much use increasing the use of one if you ca n't increase use of the other in proportion . |
| 4 | Er or aircraft went over when the siren was going , and the people could n't hear it . |
| 5 | He must n't give in ; he must n't allow temper or panic to take over ; he just must n't break , no matter how great the provocation . |
| 6 | Once in a while she allowed Gaston or Marius to drive over to Reine and take her back to one or other of their houses for Sunday lunch . |
| 7 | Originally these bands were made of silk or cotton worked over cord , leather or vellum and fastened inside the spine . |
| 8 | Where rifting occurs over a mantle plume the sub-lithospheric mantle will be up to 200°C hotter than normal and large quantities of magma will be generated . |
| 9 | Or Phoebe moves over to Home and Away . |
| 10 | Where a person claims possession of land he alleges is occupied solely by a person or persons ( not a tenant or tenants holding over ) who entered into or remained in occupation without his licence or consent or that of any predecessor in title of his , the proceedings may be brought by originating application under Ord 24 . |
| 11 | The Directive allowed a margin of discretion in introducing national laws but where problems arise over interpretation of the Act reference may be had to the Directive . |
| 12 | Astley has not had an agency job since D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles took over Yellowhammer 17 months ago . |
| 13 | The notion of difference of level between quite different programming languages can equally well be expressed within a single language : at a single level of language , say of the programming language LISP , one normally defines a function in terms of sub-functions , so that I might for example write a function WALK(x) ( where x ranges over walkers ) whose sub-functions ( to be executed in order ) might be some form of LIFT-RIGHT-LEG ; FLEX-RIGHT-FOOT ; and so on ( I am not suggesting that sequence would be even remotely plausible in fact ) . |
| 14 | On the subject of overseas coaches or players coming over for big money to coach Irish clubs Armstrong has strong views . |
| 15 | Your best setting for demonstrating the art of negotiation is the one in which you and your son or daughter disagree over some issue . |
| 16 | The only reason now , looking at the way knitwear is going or any products going , the only way now that we can get the latest is if we design er oh er design new ideas that are want something fresh or fashion takes over . |
| 17 | Melt the chocolate gently in a double saucepan or bowl set over a pan half full of gently simmering water — do not allow the chocolate to get too hot or it will separate . |
| 18 | Every week somebody from Wales or London flew over to discuss aspects of design or production schedules with her as well as the regular , more formal selection meetings , held at least every two months . |
| 19 | Any correspondence or filing left over from the morning shift should be dealt with . |
| 20 | There are no opposing benches or party whips but unofficial groups like the Anglo-Catholics or Evangelicals meet over lunch to decide tactics . |
| 21 | Preoccupied with clinging to the remnants of their well-being , there is no time or energy left over for anything grander . |
| 22 | Where production extends over a long period as in construction industries and shipbuilding , measurement of work in progress has to be achieved by other means . |
| 23 | On quite a number of occasions that enthusiasm spills over and then another emotion comes to the surface . |
| 24 | Although disputes continue over detail , there remains a persuasive logic to its arguments , paralleling that which it accords to the growth of the party . |
| 25 | It is already clear that trusts to hand over objects or to free slaves could be enforced in specie under the auspices of the magistrate whose cognitio was involved . |
| 26 | But it was paid with the knowledge on both sides that customs control over goods imported may be exercised in support of illegal as well as of legal demands of duty . |
| 27 | It was then that Carrie took over , dividing her time between caring for her baby and attending to her customers . |
| 28 | Immediately Kalchu rushed over , shouting at the red bitch to get back , kicking and thumping her . |
| 29 | Instead of prayers to protect us from these sources of guilt , shame and terror Freud suggested that dreams took over , transforming the Gothic horrors into cryptic symbols only interpretable by psycho-analysts , the new priests of nineteenth century rationalism . |
| 30 | The wording of the EPC , however , is difficult to apply to morality issues surrounding genetically engineered organisms for exactly the same reasons that difficulties arise over ‘ essentially biological processes ’ — the drafters of the convention did not envisage patenting of plants and animals . |