Example sentences of "be [verb] over [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the political parties have accepted the fact that social security has got to change we 're spending over a third of public spending on social security and each political party is reviewing it to find way of making it more effective and to make saving . |
| 2 | With at least six candidates — five Conservative and one Labour — now in the race to replace Mr Bernard Wetherill , intense behind-the-scenes soundings will be taken over the next week to try to reach a compromise . |
| 3 | If you have n't got one of these to hand , perhaps we could arrange for one to be taken over the next few months . |
| 4 | Erm , but , having been supported by each chief officer and general manager , you will see in paragraph eleven of the report , the various actions that have been taken over the last twelve months or so , and I would like to pick out particular the fact , that chief officers are now , operating or required to have effective arrangements for achieving equal opportunity in employment in their department or unit . |
| 5 | William and Debbie Balthis , now both nine , and their six-year-old brother David were burned over a third of their bodies in the accident four years ago . |
| 6 | Fires were burning over a third of the city . |
| 7 | By 1950 it was devoting over a third of its space to sport with particular emphasis on football . |
| 8 | I do n't think so because it 's in the main street called street and I was taken over the first day . |