Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Severed human limbs , heads and trunks lay scattered over a wide area ; other human remains , accompanied by tattered shreds of uniform , hung grotesquely from the remaining tree branches . |
| 2 | Also the junction between the uncorroded metal and the applied patina is very sharp , whereas a patina which has developed over a long period of time will have eaten into the metal in a very irregular and quite characteristic manner that is very difficult to imitate . |
| 3 | like on i well no , no , you have to , you the net has to fall over a certain part of the creature . |
| 4 | The only way to move is by proving beyond all reasonable doubt that your home address has moved over a certain distance , and that the club you wish to join is considerably closer to your new address . |
| 5 | Figure 18.4 shows , by means of five-year moving averages of deaths per million in England and Wales , how the disease has behaved over a long period in relation to other serious illnesses . |
| 6 | For instance , a great deal of development has occurred within enterprise zones , and the Urban programme has presided over a wide range of projects . |
| 7 | The Coulson Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry falls vacant on the retirement in September 1994 of Professor N.H. March , who has presided over a separate department . |
| 8 | In office , doffing his hat to ‘ fairness ’ , he has presided over a wild game of insults and shadow-boxing between Americans , Europeans and Japanese . |
| 9 | However , the most damning indictment of the Conservative government 's record in housing is that it has presided over a massive increase in homelessness . |
| 10 | This time , though , Ninagawa has brought over a Japanese classic . |
| 11 | The Economist that bastion of left wing thinking commissioned an actuary to estimate the likely number of vacancies during a parliament ten point seven three sorry to be precise about this colleagues Tory MPs can be expected to die over a full five year term , I 'm sorry for being morbid . |
| 12 | A FURIOUS row has erupted over a Muslim leader 's call to lop off thieves ' hands . |
| 13 | If they wanted the Shah to stay they would already have told him to order the Army to destroy the revolution , not just peck at it , Instead , president Carter has sent over a senior US general , Robert E. Huyserl , to keep the army quiet . |
| 14 | Even at the primary stage , it has been shown that children can often grasp that a country house contains material that has accumulated over a long period . |
| 15 | But what I am saying in context , no this has a deal to do with the co boundaries , as you know erm the honourable member well knows , the essence of this this is wholly inappropriate in terms of erm trying to latest citizenship through an arrangement of six additional boundaries into a erm union and a political state and I think that that is the profound objection that this side of the house has expressed over a long period of time now , is a reflection of the public mood in the country in respect of this election and the way the boundaries er are are erm apportioned and all I say in conclusion is that this is an evidence further of the irrelevance of this house in reflecting and attesting to public opinion outside . |
| 16 | Your own , personalized weight control programme has not been a sudden thing but has evolved over a long period of time . |
| 17 | He agreed to preside over a public meeting of the inhabitants of Dundee to be held on 10 November 1819 to protest against ‘ the unprovoked , cruel and cowardly attack made on the people of Manchester ’ and ‘ to suggest the means most likely to lead to a reform of abuses ’ . |
| 18 | Erm , you 've got to go over a certain size to get a portion of the fee of paid |
| 19 | Then there came it think it was the gearbox or something went on the gar , you know , because I tow a caravan , and the car just would n't pull the caravan , and it was going to cost over a thousand pounds and that like . |
| 20 | If we 're going to get over a hundred we 're going to need quite a a lot of cakes . |
| 21 | Erm , another thing too it 's a , just a pity that that chap there , well both of them actually are standing whe pity they could n't be persuaded to move over a little bit because they are , you see this chap in a dark suit , he 's right against that very dark archway there . |
| 22 | We should only consider such cases where there is clear evidence of extreme weather and abnormal falls of snow having occurred over a short period of time . |
| 23 | West Yorkshire , having presided over a massive expansion of rail traffic in recent years , is pushing for more electrification in the wake of the successful completion of InterCity 's electrification to Leeds . |
| 24 | The interior cooling recorded by contraction at the surface must have persisted over a long period . |
| 25 | The southern leaf of the double doors was fixed open against the wall and the opposite leaf was fixed closed over a new infilling cavity-wall construction of concrete blockwork ( Fig 39 ) and Plate 8 ) . |
| 26 | Scientific examination has shown that they are made of bronze similar to that used in genuine Italic figures from Italy and the patination appears to have developed over a long period , suggesting that they are not modern copies . |
| 27 | Within the orbit of the late Roman world , Christianity was primarily receptive ; it inherited a set of institutions ready-made , conformed to a social and political structure which had developed over a long period , and learned to live with a culture which it had little part in creating . |
| 28 | Dr Bob Tait in presenting the cup complemented all the teams on the high standard of their project presentations which they had completed over a six week period . |
| 29 | It was important , for instance , to know how the salary profile of Company A or the age profile of Division B had altered over a particular period . |
| 30 | After Peter Russell had slotted over a neat dropped goal on the Dungannon 22 , McGarry , before going off with a nose injury swung the game again in Dungannon 's favour with his final penalty of the match . |