Example sentences of "[vb pp] over [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Practice has differed over the years . |
| 2 | Scattered over the hills |
| 3 | Outside the Barbican , the National Gallery is mounting ‘ Edvard Munch : the Frieze of Life ’ ( 12 November to 7 February ) which focuses on the cycle of paintings of that name which the artist codified and modified over the years . |
| 4 | In addition , the SIB " high pressure " regime has been modified over the years . |
| 5 | I hope that he will also accept that Conservative Members have used the existing procedure to delay legislation which they have disliked over the years , which is why we want to change it . |
| 6 | Poisoned wells , putrid carcases slung over the walls . |
| 7 | If there was no natural cover , camouflage nets were slung over the trucks , while the men tended to disperse themselves some distance away , preferably in the lee of a rock . |
| 8 | ‘ Bragad 's men hold it , and all in it ; his ‘ Wares must have come over the ramparts in the night . ’ |
| 9 | Fresh food is the most extreme example of the change that has come over the shops . |
| 10 | They tell me if I walk in a certain direction for an hour I 'll come across a road and by the time I set my watch and compass they 've vanished over the dunes . |
| 11 | One tree in a school near Worcester has remained in its original position , while the buildings around it have been demolished and rebuilt over the centuries . |
| 12 | The National Trust is responsible for the care and upkeep and the old wooden gutters have been repaired over the years . |
| 13 | The general conclusion that emerges from this chapter is that social policy has been a positive force in economic growth though not as powerful a force as some of its protagonists have claimed over the years . |
| 14 | Newcomers picked over the bones . |
| 15 | That 's if the lawyers left her anything after they 'd picked over the bones . |
| 16 | Japanese magazines have picked over the details of the imperial engagement , including the less flattering ones : Miss Owada 's creased kimono , her unsuitable confidence when talking to the press . |
| 17 | The CPRW 's Pembrokeshire Branch has been strongly committed over the years to ensuring that the Dyfed Structure Plan , the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Plan and all local plans pay due regard to the need to protect the environmental quality of the area . |
| 18 | Partly in the course of his business , partly out of a personal interest , Julian Hayman had amassed over the years a remarkably comprehensive archive of criminals of every kind . |
| 19 | A mass of bodies scrambled over the shelves , everybody was shouting at one another and books were being thrown in all directions . |
| 20 | All the money I have earned over the years has gone — in some cases I do n't why or where — but the fact is that at the age of 40 , I have no savings . |
| 21 | Since fertilisation is external , with the male 's sperm being shed over the eggs as they are laid , amplexus ensures that the male is in the right place at the right time to fertilise the eggs . |
| 22 | He was described in this militia list as a weaver , the same trade that his ancestors had pursued over the generations . |
| 23 | In 1957 Macmillan inherited the leadership of an unpopular government , lagging behind Labour in the opinion polls , but the policies pursued over the years to 1959 managed eventually to retrieve the party 's position : Macmillan 's nuclear ‘ defence ’ policy seemed at the time a plausible way to reclaim the status of a world power on the cheap ; the formation of EFTA was negotiated ; Macmillan sacked the deflationary Chancellor Thorneycroft and substituted Heathcoat-Amory who instituted another convenient bout of pre-election tax cutting . |
| 24 | These were fairly continuously reported over the months preceding Iraq 's invasion in September by the BBC monitoring service and by newspapers like The Times , which on 20 September , just three days before Iraq moved in , reported an Iranian attack with tanks and jets . |
| 25 | His superb physical shape has been honed over the years by a practical approach to food and exercise . |
| 26 | His instincts , honed over the years as he lived continuously on the threshold of danger , warned him that things were about to change . |
| 27 | The wavefront of mist rolled over the Marines in a billowing carpet , though once the first rolling wave was past , the mist was much thinner , merely causing a watery distortion in everyone 's vision . |
| 28 | A further outcry from consumer groups and fire brigade unions is expected over the dangers from fire . |
| 29 | These stylistic differences have gradually eroded over the years , and today regional divisions have all but disappeared . |
| 30 | Certain of the services implicit in a wholesaler function , and for which publishers have agreed to pay higher rate of discounts , have been eroded over the years , and we wish to see them reinstated . |