Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] over [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authorities are thought of as having committed themselves to the maintenance of a particular unemployment rate irrespective of the inflationary consequences and of being prepared to carry over this policy at least into period t . |
| 2 | It is often not needed and because sometimes you require both hands free to clamber over slippery rocks , with sharp barnacle-encrusted boulders as the only hand-hold , superfluous equipment is to be avoided . |
| 3 | The aim of the discussion on full employment policy in his Cabinet committee was to put out a statement before Beveridge , and the politicians were prepared to slide over practical difficulties in implementing the policy — all that was required was a statement of principles . |
| 4 | This , plus strengthening of the laws against vagrancy in 1714 , 1740 and 1744 , meant that many of the lower orders found it more difficult and more risky to move over long distances . |
| 5 | It would be pointless to go over well-worn ground in discussing what pornography is or is not , and why , how and when . |
| 6 | A soft rubber ball like a squash ball is easy to insert over each cane : your local squash club may be willing to give you discarded punctured balls . |
| 7 | Basaltic magmas are normally expelled at the surface in a very hot and fluid state , and the resulting lavas are often able to flow over considerable distances . |
| 8 | Also throughout this period some members of the House of Commons , though their numbers steadily decreased , owed their election to the influence which the Treasury and Admiralty were able to exert over certain constituencies . |
| 9 | And perhaps it 's the case that police series are uniquely able to take over those questions because of the traditional link with crime . |
| 10 | Dicynodonts , with their small body size , sprawling reptilian gait and lack of internal thermoregulatory mechanisms , would have been unable to migrate over long distances . |
| 11 | He was a most able officer , and I was able to hand over this part of the work to him with confidence , while I concentrated on the current activities of the department . |
| 12 | The British regarded it as essential to win over Arab opinion by promising postwar independence for Syria and Lebanon ; de Gaulle regarded this as British colonialist meddling in French affairs , and when the British tried to issue a declaration promising independence in their own name as well as Free France 's , he objected that the future of French mandates was none of Britain 's business . |
| 13 | One of them is the law of return ; another is diversification — as against any kind of monoculture ; another is decentralisation , so that some use can be found for even quite inferior resources which it would never be rational to transport over long distances . |
| 14 | This makes the diet difficult to sustain over long periods and management requires the services of a specialist metabolic team . |
| 15 | It was difficult to win over European partners given the degree of US advance in the field , and the failure of the ELDO European launcher development project . |
| 16 | However , it is always repayable on demand and due to the fluctuating interest rate , costs may be difficult to assess over longer periods . |
| 17 | It was nice to talk over old times and Swire Sugden assured me that in future he would get a consensus before sending in the bulldozers . |
| 18 | They are opportunist birds , not wholly dependent on natural sites , but ready to take over man-made embankments . |
| 19 | It may be wise to take over some livestock with the farm , particularly if it is home-bred and acclimatized , but there is a great danger of taking on too much too soon . |
| 20 | He was ready to hand over African colonies to appease Hitler . |