Example sentences of "[verb] over [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , these giant corporations possess such wealth and power that they not only affect our lives , limbs , health , and property from the forceps to the grave , but they also bend the political democratic process in such a way that their interests are often prioritized over those of the electorate , consumers , employees , and shareholders . |
| 2 | It is , though , well worth remembering that snow may cover over some of the bolt-holes , maybe even entrances too , so that some become difficult to locate whereas others will be plain to see . |
| 3 | As with social class , the effects of the wife 's education predominate over those of the husband ( OPCS 1983a ) . |
| 4 | The value of A 2 will tell us whether or not the size of the polymer coil , which is dissolved in a particular solvent , will be perturbed or expanded over that of the unperturbed state , but the extent of this expansion is best estimated by calculating the expansion factor α . |
| 5 | Then he brushes over some of the issues which run through the play which are especially noticeable at the end . |
| 6 | I can not give over any of the powers that I , as a Member of Parliament , elected by the citizens of Aldridge-Brownhills — and each of us elected by our respective constituents — was given when I came to this Parliament . |
| 7 | She turned over some of the stock . |
| 8 | The spectator in movement will see one mass protrude over another with the changes of image accelerated for people passing in cars — a kind of reality fixed in a rapidly changing life . |
| 9 | The court was told that Gavin , full-time city council union official at the time of the offences , handed over some of the cash as hardship payments to striking bin men . |
| 10 | I make no apology for going over some of the ground again . |
| 11 | When this introduction is successfully achieved the topic can be introduced , and the counsellor should try to ensure that the group takes over most of the talking . |
| 12 | We clattered over this into the outer bailey where chickens pecked and pigs rooted for food . |
| 13 | The reforms of the late nineteenth century had taken hold , it would be the self-governing professions , an aristocracy of merit , that would take over much of the social responsibilities of the hereditary peerage . |
| 14 | Book provision in any one system is centrally coordinated — though in very large systems a regional or subsystem structure may take over many of the coordination functions . |
| 15 | Some observers predict that ground-based fibre-optic systems may take over many of the point-to-point telecommunications tasks performed by satellites . |
| 16 | Within the further education sector , the FEFCs [ Further Education Funding Councils ] will take over many of the duties at present the responsibility of local authorities . |
| 17 | Alternatively , if the purchaser buys assets he does not take over any of the vendor 's liabilities ( except employees ) unless expressly agreed . |
| 18 | The Russian Federation took over many of the functions of the former Union . |
| 19 | Over the next few years Japanese took over much of the administration and established mechanisms for economic pre-eminence . |
| 20 | Both these concerns were in the Tilling Group of Companies and in a splitting up of the area and districts with certain other companies , the United Counties took over most of the local services , with the Eastern National taking a minor role . |
| 21 | L'Auberge expanded , necessitating the employment of Arnold , a young chef who took over most of the day-to-day running of the kitchen , and Olive , a restaurant manageress who , like almost all the waitresses , lived locally and had been trained on the job by George . |
| 22 | This improved matters at first , but green algae was followed by the dreaded brown patches , which took over most of the tank . |
| 23 | But , he took over most of the housework , whereas I was looking after my grandmother . |
| 24 | Besides her other duties she took over some of the maths teaching . |
| 25 | Quite recently many corporations have discovered that they were considerably over-insured and that by re-structuring their insurance and taking over some of the risks their costs could be reduced . |
| 26 | All this leads me to the conclusion that the greater part of the passage of geological time has left over most of the earth no more than Shakespeare 's " gap in nature " . |
| 27 | Any or all of the three minor pentatonics can be used to improvise over any of the chords in the same key . |
| 28 | The following are the main reasons for including the debtors and creditors in the asset sale : It is probable that the purchaser will have taken over all the books and records of the vendor relating to the business and the purchaser may have also taken over all of the vendor 's accounting staff . |
| 29 | The structure of the society , too , may vary from a large extended family system where care for all dependants — the young , the elderly , the mentally handicapped , the ill — is shared , to the small nuclear family , typical of the Western world , where often the state has taken over many of the traditional caring activities of the family , with their attendant safety aspects . |
| 30 | Within a mere twenty years of the murder of Valentinian III the Romans had accustomed themselves to new political circumstances , and the barbarian rulers had taken over many of the duties which had formerly been exercised by provincial governors as well as military leaders . |