Example sentences of "is [verb] over [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is bound to be considerable upheaval among the blue-chip client list which Deloitte UK is bringing over to the new firm . |
| 2 | Ideally the Civic Society would like to see far more drastic policy change , possibly thinking in terms of forty hectares but we realize the minimum possible would be the thirty point five hectares which is hanging over from the first phase of the structure plan , and so that must of course be regarded as committed . |
| 3 | The morning is given over to the religious aspect of celebrations , the afternoon belongs to the children , while the brass bands come into their own in the evening . |
| 4 | The greater part is given over to the well in which the ice was deposited . |
| 5 | The second CD is given over in the main to what I think of as Mark Goodier bands ( not a breath of criticism implicit in that , by the way ) . |
| 6 | The principle of counting to ensure pastoral care and effective deployment of manpower is carried over into the New Testament . |
| 7 | The grammar of English is carried over into the signing and presumably evaluation of the adequacy of BSL is based on the ease with which it can be fitted to this English format . |
| 8 | Meanwhile it 's sunny and the climbing frame is hauled over to the paddling pool , newly built in the back garden , and the covers are lifted off the sandpit . |
| 9 | On Lord Mayor 's Day , when the new Lord Mayor is elected , the staff is handed over by the father of the city council to the sheriff 's lady to keep the sheriff himself in order . |
| 10 | This sum is handed over by the long to the short in final settlement . |
| 11 | as if guessing the trend of his sister 's thoughts , Aubrey said suddenly , ‘ One of my great friends , Harry Keynes , is coming over from the United States next week , Dunbar . |
| 12 | The first thing Marie does when she goes in is go over to the hats . |
| 13 | Like Abingdon , Kemble is handing over to the army . |
| 14 | Perhaps too the medium is taking over from the message . |
| 15 | Telekurs AG of Zurich , Switzerland is taking over from the London Stock Exchange the professional customers of the Topic and Topicline real-time share information system : Telekurs ( UK ) Ltd will migrate customers to Topic-Plus — based on existing Telekurs services — from the middle of the year with the co-operation of the exchange . |
| 16 | We must find some way of ‘ taking out ’ of our calculations that fraction of brain that can be attributed simply to body size , so that we can compare what is left over as the true ‘ braininess ’ of animals . |
| 17 | ‘ You may take whatever is left over at the end of each day . |
| 18 | Essentially , two parallel trenches are made and the turf is folded over towards the centre . |
| 19 | But a film like When the Devil Drives ( 1907 ) , in which a train is taken over by the devil and taken at great speed under the sea and into the sky , shows that length did not necessarily constrict imagination , while The Airship Destroyer ( 1909 ) , with its combination of romance and action in the story of an inventor who develops a missile that will destroy an airship , shows a filmmaker drawing material from contemporary anxieties about aerial combat . |
| 20 | 1980 : UK Decca is taken over by the growing giant that is Polygram . |
| 21 | Late 60s early 70s : FLOWER POWER : NME is taken over by the complete staff of OZ magazine . |
| 22 | When a road is taken over by the local authority there are usually substantial charges to be paid , but often , in the case of estate roads , the developers have accepted responsibility and entered into a bond with the local authority to secure their liability . |
| 23 | Dowty is taken over by the TI Group |
| 24 | One concern is simply the common withdrawal of headquarters functions from the North when a firm is taken over from the South ( Watts , 1989 ) . |
| 25 | The general effect is taken over in the first red-figure ( fig. 87 ) ; but the black line which replaces incision is drawn with a brush , so by nature more malleable and fluid . |
| 26 | In addition , checks by waste disposal authorities are almost impossible to effect , owing to the fact that lorry loads of waste arrive on site every few minutes , are dumped and the tip is covered over at the end of the day . |
| 27 | The loftier tone of these words blends with a certain tendency to affectation ( the gallicism gants de Suede ) , and to euphemism ( payment is referred to by terms and remuneration , the child 's ill-health is glossed over in the noun weakness and the negative phrase " not robust " ) . |
| 28 | As the price of the contract goes against one of the counterparties , the resulting loss is met from that counterparty 's initial margin and is paid over to the other counterparty as profit . |
| 29 | ( b ) Insolvency The partnership share ( or , where the insolvent partner ceases to be a partner prior to any bankruptcy order , the right to have it ascertained and paid ) of an insolvent partner vests in his trustee in bankruptcy subject to any lien to which the continuing partners may be entitled under s39 of the Partnership Act and accordingly all partnership liabilities must be discharged and accounts between the partners settled before anything is paid over to the trustee . |
| 30 | About a quarter of exchequer support is paid over in the form of specific or supplementary grants . |