Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some have romantic visions of crouched and muffled figures dragging log-laden sledges through a savage landscape of snow and ice ; frost-bearded Vikings with massive axes , round great fires of pine logs ; or raw-boned Northerners squatting over faggot-heated porridge pots . |
| 2 | They paid the balance in monthly or quarterly payments spread over one , two or three years with interest at the rate of 5 per cent a year . |
| 3 | Beyond lay the dense Magyar thoroughfares , the grandiose piles of masonry , where fat profiteers sweated over their calculators . |
| 4 | The fact that political authorities rule over whole communities itself dictates some of the ways in which the question of the justification of such authorities should be formulated . |
| 5 | Zimbabwe and other African countries are now making the same mistake , and inviting Swedes to come over and do progressive things to their economies . |
| 6 | Normally , you will be able to agree to disagree when necessary , but if conflicting attitudes spill over into lasting antagonism , then you are heading for trouble . |
| 7 | Pylons battle : both sides prepare their action plans Objectors and would-be developers battling over plans for pylons across North Yorkshire and Cleveland draw up their plans of action next week . |
| 8 | Mossy boulders , strangely twisting tree roots and little streams splashing over stones are my delight . |
| 9 | there 's a big gang of these big black and white things coming over so we 're giving the and then a big gang from this side 'd come over and then all the white swans 'd come over , god ! |
| 10 | She stands in the garden with a basket over her arm and white pigeons flying over her head . |
| 11 | Many of the Yugoslavs and White Russians handed over were executed without trial by the Titoists and Russians . |
| 12 | A white petticoat , black stockings and white drawers lay over outer clothes . |
| 13 | Yet , he is not sure all his countrymen benefit similarly from committing themselves to becoming fulltime professionals in the northern summer : ‘ There is a danger if fast bowlers go over when they are too young , ’ Tribe says . |
| 14 | Early in the First World War substantial numbers of Czech and Slovak troops went over to the Allied side . |
| 15 | Czech and Slovak Republics argue over ownership of art |
| 16 | In the range as a whole block faulting is significant and vertical movements predominate over thrusting and other effects involving laterally induced stress . |
| 17 | Catholic church and Brazilian police row over murdered priest . |
| 18 | The colonel promptly died of ’ food poisoning ’ , and other officers took over his trade . |
| 19 | For conservatives , this policy is part of a trend to encourage private initiatives and voluntary organizations to take over the traditional government role in the health services ( SCF , op. cit . ) . |
| 20 | Insectile service vehicles crept hither and thither among serpentine feed lines , while filthy drones and animate mechanics crawled over partly dismantled ships . |
| 21 | Clerides supporters poured into the streets to celebrate , but electoral officials argued over whether to order a recount in the capital , Nicosia , as demanded by the Vassiliou camp . |
| 22 | The increasing specialization of modern agriculture means that while arable farmers use over one million tons of artificial fertilizer each year , intensive livestock producers experience considerable difficulties in disposing of their animal waste . |
| 23 | The major national breweries themselves began to either acquire or be acquired by non-brewing companies so as to form larger conglomerates such as Allied-Lyons ( formed when Allied Breweries took over the catering group J. Lyons in 1978 ) , Grand Metropolitan ( formed when Grand Met Hotels took over Truman Hanbury and Buxton in 1971 and Watney Mann in 1972 ) and Imperial ( formed when Imperial Tobacco acquired Courage Breweries in 1972 ) . |
| 24 | Instead of a see-saw process as different regions take over the running , a vicious circle sets in — a process of cumulative causation — by which the places which initially take the lead generate , by that very fact , all kinds of other advantages which make their position unassailable . |
| 25 | As social services takes over responsibilities for the community care there will be a qualitative difference between social fund officers ’ decisions concerning packages of care if both are controlled by cash-limited budgets . |
| 26 | Linear chains of oceanic volcanoes , such as the Hawaiian and Society Islands , that occur when lithospheric plates drift over a ‘ hotspot ’ , are now widely thought to be the surface manifestation of mantle plumes , columns of hot rock that rise buoyantly from the deep mantle . |
| 27 | He went on : The worst happened when British-Indian forces took over Rangoon on 3 May . |
| 28 | As Tory MPs mull over the changes during the ten-day Whitsun recess , they are still likely to feel buffeted rather than reassured . |
| 29 | After some 200000 words , there 's a confrontation as various parties struggle over the fate of the galaxy ; despite mental strife , group minds and energy screens this still consists of people sitting down to discuss the big situation . |
| 30 | The only relief is that some of the heads wither away as new ideas take over , so that old techniques and formats become redundant . |