Example sentences of "[vb infin] over [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A die could survive over a long period of time . |
| 2 | If an applicant 's programme quality is deemed ‘ exceptionally high ’ , it may even win over a higher bidder . |
| 3 | The centre of the string should hang over a clean saucer . |
| 4 | She only hoped there was a bed , and that she would n't fall over a low pallet . |
| 5 | No-one can predict with any degree of certainty how interest rates will rise and fall over a 5 year period . |
| 6 | However , this does not persist over a long time scale and is often not to be observed at all . |
| 7 | The relevant statute in those cases had provided simply that jurisdiction should exist over a married woman ‘ carrying on a trade separately from her husband . ’ |
| 8 | Accordingly , there has been a gradual realization that the endeavour should advance over a broader field rather than trying to seek a ‘ universal ’ method ( Dearden , 1981 ) , that subjective methods are probably more cost-effective ( Price , 1976 ) , that any method should include room for different tastes ( Jacques , 1980 ) , and that much could be learnt from the approach of experts in the area of aesthetic and artistic judgement ( Carlson , 1977 ) . |
| 9 | No doubt they would send over a few H.E . |
| 10 | Under the proposal Poland would allocate over a twenty-year period the zloty equivalent of the hard currency involved to set up and develop schemes to reduce pollution and improve the environment in Poland . |
| 11 | And because one would share with neighbours , it was rather spaced out so that people could benefit over a longer period . |
| 12 | Then , by way of habit , if you leave the dog alone it will continue barking , and this noise may carry over a considerable distance . |
| 13 | They could also tip over a small boat — so these people are putting themselves in danger as well . ’ |
| 14 | It 's hoped the building and ten acres of land could fetch over a million pounds so the creditors can be paid off . |
| 15 | It 's hoped the building and ten acres of land could fetch over a million pounds so the creditors can be paid off . |
| 16 | The nautical outline will reduce its bulk , while the periscoped roof will curve over a central atrium open at the edges to the elements . |
| 17 | The new programme , which will run over a two week period , will focus on a wide range of mental health issues . |
| 18 | Let the vegetables soften over a low heat . |
| 19 | We consider a pendulum that is free to swing equally in any direction , so that the bob can move over a spherical surface — an arrangement known as a spherical pendulum or a conical pendulum . |
| 20 | And indeed , it did hold its stout pectoral fins away from the sides of its body , and it was not hard to imagine that had it been vigorous , it could have used them to help it move over the rocky sea floor of its true environment . |
| 21 | There are now companies in Japan , Europe and the US building computers which can perform over a billion operations per second ( a gigaFlop ) . |
| 22 | Following the primary attack , there may be no further episodes , or the disease may recur over a long period , in some cases several years . |
| 23 | Eventually they may take over a small group when the large parent troop undergoes fission as increasing size produces social instability . |
| 24 | The introduction of the rabbit into Australia offered a classic illustration of how a species could take over a new environment in which there were no natural predators . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Accept a £12m offer to move Wimbledon north to merge with a League club who would take over the Premier League franchise . |
| 27 | The Government , he added , should take over the legal battle to reclaim millions of pounds which Robert Maxwell plundered from pension funds instead of leaving professional advisers charging £1m a month to unravel the complexities of the disgraced tycoon 's financial dealings . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Foreign labour was cheaper than Libyan , and it was excluded from the benefits of socialist legislation , in particular from the provision that workers could take over the private businesses for which they worked . |
| 30 | 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 . |