Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] over " in BNC.

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1 Beyond lay the dense Magyar thoroughfares , the grandiose piles of masonry , where fat profiteers sweated over their calculators .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 ) .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 He went on : The worst happened when British-Indian forces took over Rangoon on 3 May .
10 As Tory MPs mull over the changes during the ten-day Whitsun recess , they are still likely to feel buffeted rather than reassured .
11 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 .
12 The only relief is that some of the heads wither away as new ideas take over , so that old techniques and formats become redundant .
13 Staff working at Hartlepool 's Middleton Grange Shopping Centre have been assured that their jobs will be safe when new owners take over from the borough council .
14 The immediate difficulties were caused by administrative and computer changes as local authorities took over the administration of the benefit .
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