Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb pp] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the cafés in the quiet , tree-lined High Street were a little shabby , and the handsome Georgian houses taken over as bank premises , solicitors , offices , and old people 's homes . |
| 2 | As a point of interest , our branch also collects used English and foreign stamps , while any foreign coins left over from your holidays would be welcome , too ! |
| 3 | You are faced with half a packet of dusty dried peas , the unopened naan bread mix that seemed such a good idea at the time and the smoked oysters left over from last year 's Christmas hamper . |
| 4 | Controversy was thus avoided and the tone set for a glittering festival of commemorative events , congratulatory speeches , and social gatherings spread over nine days . |
| 5 | In 1992 , various specialised companies processed over 8,000 tons of plastic bumpers , 700,000 batteries , 50,000 catalytic converter housings , 3 million litres of solvent and 70,000 tons of old oil . |
| 6 | An attempt by GAMTA to persuade the CAA to allow commercial pilots aged over sixty years to make single-pilot public transport flights for pleasure flying and also to undertake aerial work operations has been unsuccessful so far , the Association reports in the British General Aviation Bulletin . |
| 7 | For full grant to be earned , One-Year courses extended over twenty-four weeks , each meeting of two hours ' duration with an equal division between instruction and class activity . |
| 8 | Passing sentence , Mr Justice Latham said : ‘ Adolescent emotions boiled over in a way that older people would have been able to cope with . ’ |
| 9 | Goggled officials hunched over consoles around tiers of cantilevered wrought-iron galleries , listening to data , whispering orders . |
| 10 | That night , Dot was to sleep on two extra blankets folded over to make a thin mattress for he , the man , would be in the bed where Dot used to sleep . |
| 11 | The duplicate tickets were also altered and all the remaining tickets written over so it would be impossible to tell which had been changed . |
| 12 | East of the Fosse in Townsend Close , the buildings apparently also went out of use , with their associated plots given over to burials , which again followed the earlier layouts and rarely contained any grave goods ; observation of roadworks between Townsend Close and Heave Acre revealed yet more similar burials . |
| 13 | All of this means that in the past year Schnabel has applied paint and might one hope quality thought time ? to an area as big as a standard tennis court with 400 square feet left over . |
| 14 | In 1989 primiparous women aged over 35 were more likely to have a non-elective caesarean section than those aged <=35; ( 9/46 ( 20% ) v 59/618 ( 10% ) , p<0.05 ) . |
| 15 | Although Microsoft Corp is currently gorging itself on Intel Corp iAPX-86 platforms with its Windows desktop environment — and Windows NT will follow — there are still expected to be some rich pickings left over for the gaggle of hopefuls which are working on desktop Unix implementations for the architecture , which will soon include the new P5 80586 iteration when it arrives . |
| 16 | Er we 've got a little few earmarked funds left over like for instance , Theakston 's Brewery gave us the barrels and they gave us two and a half thousand pounds . |
| 17 | The article ‘ Snowdon the Hard Way ’ by Jerry Rawson ( June 1991 ) revived many pleasant memories of long days spent over 40 years ago in the mountains of Snowdonia . |
| 18 | He said there were ‘ glaring examples ’ of under-representation of some groups of workers , such as people of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin , women , disabled people , and redundant executives aged over 40 . |
| 19 | Contrary to popular belief , long timespans given over to arduous , repetitive practice do not necessarily equate with improvement . |
| 20 | The Faculty also offers a range of vocational courses taken over one or two years in subjects such as Architecture ( DipArch ) , Education ( MEd ) , Landscape Architecture ( MLA ) , Nursing Studies ( MSc ) and Social Work ( MSW ) . |
| 21 | Goodwill , which arises where the cost of acquiring subsidiary companies exceeds the net assets taken over , is written off directly to reserves . |
| 22 | Memento Mori in particular she considers a great blow for old age , full of vigorous famous actors aged over 70 and in some cases over 80 . |
| 23 | In 1986 , only 4 per cent of conceptions to married women aged 20–4 were legally terminated compared to 43 per cent to married women aged over 40 . |
| 24 | The advantages possessed by incumbents within the US political system , particularly the disparities in the levels of campaign funds available , meant that most governors and federal legislators — current estimates suggested over 95 per cent — could expect to win re-election . |
| 25 | If the new motherboard is smaller then you will have some mounting pillars left over — keep them safe . |
| 26 | In a prospective trial , fully informed consent was obtained from 66 consecutive patients aged over 60 years who were then randomised to undergo ERCP with or without nasal oxygen ( 2 l/min ) . |
| 27 | The Ninth Awards Exhibition , around 300 of the country 's leading professional photographers submitted over 2200 images for the prestigious Association of Photographers annual book and awards ( 25 Feb–19 Mar ) . |
| 28 | The Ninth Awards Exhibition , around 300 of the country 's leading professional photographers submitted over 2200 images for the prestigious Association of Photographers annual book and awards ( until 19 Mar ) . |
| 29 | Here are three examples of different planned programmes spread over twelve weeks , based on the assumption that ( i ) the school has agreed to allocate a basic six hours per term to music and ( ii ) the school spends a proportion of its time on an integrated project . |
| 30 | They are sometimes acidic to neutralise any alkaline residues carried over from the washing process and sometimes include disinfectants . |