Sentence examples for to overhang from inspiring English sources

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to overhang

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To hang over (something).

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The pastry should be large enough to overhang the sides of the tray.

Line a colander with cheesecloth, allowing cloth to overhang by several inches.

Reading the Wall Street Journal recently, I found a new note of pathos to overhang the grouping.

Line a sieve with an oversized piece of cloth or muslin, allowing the ends to overhang the sieve.

"Here we've got even another layer," Ms. Hart said, "where you're allowed to overhang off the edge of your square.

Brush the filo sheet with butter, then lay another sheet on top, leaving the edges to overhang in a different direction.

"We think the group's prospects remain good in the medium to long term, but near term the possibility of financially distressed Arcandor being forced into a sale of its 52.8% stake will continue to overhang the shares," Sam Hart, an analyst at Charles Stanley, wrote in a note.

Persimmon's warning that Autumn sales were not as strong as usual led the sector down.. Keith Bowman at Hargreaves Lansdown said: Mortgage availability remains constrained, public spending cuts and tax increases continue to overhang consumer confidence, whilst the rise in commodity prices could eventually impact on group costs, with timber and copper piping products potentially in the firing line.

"The economy is obviously feeling the strain from cooler global conditions and the policy uncertainty that continues to overhang us here as we turn the corner on 2012 and into 2013," said Robert A. Dye, chief economist at Comerica in Dallas.

These implants tend to overhang the medial-lateral width of resected femurs from Chinese patients.

For BP, the Gulf of Mexico accident continues to overhang, with asset sales impacting production," he said.

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