Sentence examples similar to a standing over from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a standing over" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a situation where someone is in a position of authority or oversight, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "There was a standing over of the project by the manager, ensuring everything was on track."
Alternatives: "an oversight" or "a position of authority".

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A number of organisations (e.g. the British Microlight Aircraft Association and the Light Aircraft Association) have obtained a standing over-flight permission for Permit to Fly aircraft within their area of interest with some European countries, notably France.

He grew to be a very large horse, standing over high.

"Anything a person isn't standing over, cops consider abandoned," Bredenberg recalled.

There she discovers a cocky 12-year-old boy with a gun, standing over a bird carcass lying on a bed of blood-spattered snow.

They also objected to the album's artwork, which featured a butcher standing over a naked woman, and a photograph of guitarist Richard Kruspe spanking a nude prisoner.

Lauren Beukes's Broken Monsters (Harper Collins £12.99) opens with a detective standing over a body.

He was also jailed after "he was found inside a house standing over a sleeping woman" with his trousers down.

"Today there is no fresh fish, only frozen," says a saleswoman, standing over a few meagre bags of rock-hard fish.

The police were called by a hotel guest who saw a man with a gun standing over Dr. Perchick.

Employability is not being able to show you worked a 40-hour week with a guard standing over you on a rubbish tip.

"The smoking gun of an Iranian standing over an American with a gun, it's never going to happen," he said.

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