Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] over the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Museum , although having a modern exterior , was originally built around a Moorish bath-house Commemorative plaques of the Rock 's historical past have been posted all over the streets and buildings . |
| 2 | ‘ Leaked all over the pages . ’ |
| 3 | The simple service has not altered basically over the years . |
| 4 | There were American military bases scattered all over the Islands : they were there to protect the Pacific . |
| 5 | Channel shares had varied somewhat over the years , quite apart from the changes caused by the introduction of BBC2 and Channel 4 ( Table 6.18 ) . |
| 6 | On another level , for example , the size of office premises has grown tremendously over the years . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Deputy Speaker I 'm just about to come on the South Wales police but I will answer the point directly , er I and my honourable friend the parliamentary secretary are always willing to discuss with local government , matters relating to local government finance and we have done so over the months leading up to this settlement and my honourable and right honourable friends in the Home Office are always willing to discuss matters on the police er where they are important and warrant a ministerial meeting and that again has happened recently with the Home Office min minister discussing this very issue . |
| 8 | The club paid him the princely sum of £8 , a fee that has not risen much over the years according to some of Celtic 's more dour stars . |
| 9 | Seaton has not grown much over the years due to lack of building land , though there are now new terrace-type cottages in the centre of the village . |
| 10 | Montreal is an unusual city , made up of 50 villages which have grown and merged together over the years to form the modern conurbation : about 100 square kilometres in size ( 60 square miles ) , encircled by the St. Lawrence River . |
| 11 | Public expenditure has , as indicated , grown rapidly over the years , largely alongside steady growth in the economy generally . |
| 12 | Such courses which may relate to graphic design , fashion/textile design , interior design , and product design are usually of similar duration to those leading to CNAA degrees , that is three years full-time , and the numbers taking them have grown gradually over the years . |
| 13 | Few have done more over the years to encourage and inspire the growth and development of tennis by putting it on as professional footing as possible . |
| 14 | Just finally looking back over a career that spans now five decades , is there anything you 'd have done differently over the years ? |
| 15 | If the walls and ceiling of the room are white or near-white in colour , the lamps can be turned upwards over the heads of the performers who are then illuminated indirectly by the reflected light . |
| 16 | There has to be a strategic theme particularly in counties such as North Yorkshire which is predominantly rural , it is a major area of planning control , fully merits strategic control and that strategic control must be applied or if it if it is to be applied in the structure plan if you do agree that there should be a Policy E two , then the control of development must be applied consistently over the districts . |
| 17 | Even three years after the accident , the shadow of Chernobyl still hung heavily over the proceedings . |
| 18 | Blufton laughed , revealing a line of white teeth , regular except for the two upper canines which had grown forward over the teeth in front . |
| 19 | These were used copiously over the years of Stormont rule . |
| 20 | It was small and poky , the carpet stank of sweat from all the bands that had rehearsed there over the years , the floor was rotten and covered with fungus More unpleasant smells came from the toilet that did n't work and the leaking skylight which let in so much rain the whole place was always damp . |
| 21 | The XJ6 is a great saloon that 's become better over the years . |
| 22 | A balance in the aquarium has to be reached gradually over the weeks . |
| 23 | The two , working together , made a formidable team , whose powers of persuasion were demonstrated clearly over the years by the Government 's support of major new initiatives , most notably the provision of the Causewayside Building , the second phase of which is now under construction . |
| 24 | Aircraft do appear however in the chapter on Calshot where good coverage of the various types to have been based there over the years is included . |
| 25 | His room 's a dustbin with lists of objects pinned all over the walls — no , I do n't know what it means . |
| 26 | Fireplaces of Dent marble can be found all over the Dales , while the columns of Ingleborough Hall and the staircases of the Inns of Court , London , Owens College , Manchester , and the Cartwright Memorial Hall , Bradford , were all made of the crinoid limestone of Dentdale . |
| 27 | It is correct that Britain has one of the lowest rates of corporate tax in the developed world , something from which our businesses , large and small , have benefited enormously over the years . |
| 28 | The rubbish that 's been legally dumped here over the years has now caught fire . |
| 29 | The wrinkled skin was stretched tightly over the bones , paper-thin , blue-shadowed over pink crêpe . |
| 30 | As young models , Liz and Vanessa become friends and then rivals , their lives linked inextricably over the years . |