Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These worms have a similar food-gathering strategy to the more familiar filter-feeding tubeworms , but instead of the feathery heads of fanworms have long , sticky tentacles which they wave in the current or drag over the substrate in search of food particles which are then carried back to the mouth as the tentacles are drawn in . |
| 2 | Thus there is no net loss or gain over the period of time . |
| 3 | Direct capitalist control or influence over the communication of ideas ( mass media , publishing , universities ) , and capitalist influence over the state , both structure ‘ debates ’ in liberal democracies . |
| 4 | It is absolutely essential to ensure that , so long as the possibility of control or influence over the Russian republics remains , steps are taken to bring about a strategic arms reduction . |
| 5 | ‘ Try , Constance ! ’ he would exhort , when she faltered before jumping a stream or climbing over a hedge . |
| 6 | The Egyptians gather in a line , thinking more of the cats than of putting out the flames , but the cats dart through or leap over the men and spring into the fire . |
| 7 | It may then penetrate the side of a tank or fly over the top . |
| 8 | Someone who used bad language , for example , or refused to work , pretended sickness , or climbed over a fence instead of using the official entrance ( or , what is more likely , exit ) was deemed DISORDERLY ; he could be put on bread and water for forty-eight hours and other privileges were stopped . |
| 9 | In woodlands they can swing from tree to tree or scramble over the treetops to drop to the forest floor below . |
| 10 | Tip cous cous into a steamer or sieve over a pan of boiling water and steam for 5–7 minutes until tender . |
| 11 | They either hover above the Equator or pass over the poles . |
| 12 | Under existing arrangements for weather satellites , the US , USSR , Japan and Western Europe operate weather craft that either hover above the Equator or pass over the poles . |
| 13 | Direct investment : the inflow of foreign investment directly into UK enterprises ( as when Ford , a UK company , builds a new plant in the UK or takes over a UK firm ) and the investment of British firms in foreign plants |
| 14 | At this type of meeting there are usually two sides who are trying to make an agreement or bargain over a point . |
| 15 | Threats to our sense of dignity and self-worth , and to our authority or control over a situation . |
| 16 | The equal opportunities legislation of the 1970s was and is important , but was regarded by most members of the teaching profession as a positive rather than constraining factor and had no influence over the locus of power or control over the curriculum . |
| 17 | There is no power or control over the shot because the golfer has hit flat-footed with his body weight in the wrong place . |
| 18 | The House of Lords felt there was no justification for assessing one trustee , namely the resident trustee , as , for instance , he had no right or control over the income . |
| 19 | In their work the TECs may either influence or take over the careers service ( Farley 1990 ) . |
| 20 | Most mixed economy interventions involve the state in subsidizing or taking over the organization of necessary economic activities unprofitable for capital ; and most welfare policies can be understood as attempts to socialize labour costs falling on businesses , which become financed out of general taxation instead of showing up directly in employers ' wage bills and production costs . |
| 21 | Fads breed products with a short life-cycle , such as pop records and other leisure items ; fashions tend to develop or reappear over the course of years , and the products which follow them tend to have a relatively long life-cycle . |
| 22 | This was no great problem for Mr Berge ; being cocky and confident comes naturally to him whether he is presiding over his other little empire , the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house , or standing over a gaping hole in credibility . |
| 23 | Reports by the United Nations and Amnesty International detailed human rights abuses under the regime , one citing 14,000 cases of execution or torture over a six-year period . |
| 24 | It will then excavate a burrow , or take over a rabbit hole ( ousting the occupant if necessary ) . |
| 25 | With the national and strategic interest of the United States as part of its more elevated terms of reference , the CIA would co-opt DEA informants at will or take over a DEA operation that suited its purpose or use the DEA as a cloak for its own interests or activities without much regard for the lesser claims of law enforcement . |
| 26 | Family breakdown is common and there are a large number of single parent families , with the result that many grandparents share in or take over the upbringing of their grandchildren and behave as parents to them . |
| 27 | Also provided always that will not be obliged to assist with or take over the conduct of any proceedings which are principally based upon allegations of negligence , breach of contract , or other acts or omissions by , nor will be obliged to indemnify in the manner set out in this clause in relation to any such proceeding ; |
| 28 | There is not the faintest trace of float or wallow over the fastest crests or in the steepest dips ; the body just maintains constant ride height throughout giving a feeling of invincible security . |
| 29 | People with HC may be clumsy , or fall over a lot , or get very fidgety . |
| 30 | We used to stand for hours beside the railway line or leaning over a bridge waiting for the next one to come rushing past , and we would write down the numbers of the engines and also their names ( King George V , Dunraven Castle ) . |