Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] over [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll know it 'll be he who 'll end up cassandring me , precisely in nomansland where the male gods will ever take over the pythian oracles , turning them into twittering spokespersons . |
| 2 | Even so , the larger features in Figure 9.3 are visible from the Earth and many have been observed to hardly change over the 100 or so years for which Jupiter has been subject to extensive and continuous observation with powerful telescopes . |
| 3 | They could also tip over a small boat — so these people are putting themselves in danger as well . ’ |
| 4 | If left to reach their natural dimensions , many species will eventually take over a wide area of ground and should be avoided in small gardens . |
| 5 | If an applicant 's programme quality is deemed ‘ exceptionally high ’ , it may even win over a higher bidder . |
| 6 | The decision not to simply take over the entire MoMA show was made partly on the grounds that the Pompidou has already mounted a major Matisse retrospective ( in 1971 ) , and partly through a desire to study in depth a period of the artist 's life now viewed as fundamental for the development of twentieth-century painting . |
| 7 | Marx fancied that he could simply take over the Hegelian analysis and , in Engels ' famous phrase , ‘ stand Hegel the right way up ’ with no reference to the fact that Hegel 's whole analysis is rooted in an effort to resolve quite specific problems which he inherited in the theory of knowledge . |
| 8 | He would then take over the European Components ' planning activity when everything was centralised in Detroit . |
| 9 | The poverty-stricken could then take over the deserted metropolises . |
| 10 | Those who can fully grieve over an unexpected disaster , like the sudden loss of a limb or blindness , will be in a far better state to make the best use of the faculties left . |