Example sentences of "be [verb] over the [noun pl] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Care must be taken over the signs of relationships , specifying which category has been selected as the base for comparison ( see section 8.2 ) .
2 But Coun. Nicholas Thorne-Wallis ( Lab ) , chairman , said that no final decision had been taken over the proposals and Coun. Mrs Rose Davison ( Lab ) called for more options to be considered by the council .
3 He described being taken over the years to see his sick , and finally dying and almost certainly innocent father in another prison .
4 On English Heritage : I must be confident that Jocelyn Stevens [ its director ] is handing over the sites to the right custodians ; I feel that local management could be better .
5 On an assets purchase , Newco will not acquire any of the vendor 's trading losses or unutilised capital allowances , and they may not be usable by the vendor , for example where Newco is taking over the liabilities which reduce the aggregate value of the target business down to a nominal amount .
6 The next generation which is taking over the reins of industry is a generation who were not brought up in the same milieu that I was brought up in .
7 ‘ All what moving about the country ? ’ asked Cliff , largely to avert further discussion of sprouts and red cabbage , which he could see was imminent from the suspicious manner in which his mother was turning over the vegetables on her heaped plate .
8 He was made justiciar and chamberlain of both north and south Wales and was to take over the offices of constable and steward of royal lands in Wales as they fell vacant .
9 He was made justiciar and chamberlain of both north and south Wales and was to take over the offices of constable and steward of royal lands in Wales as they fell vacant .
  Next page