Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] over a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , as the outcome if the Eastbourne parliamentary by-election demonstrated , a strong local electoral base developed over a number of years can provide the Liberal Democrats with the opportunity for a sensational , if perhaps transient , victory . |
| 2 | a number of the savings erm and the increased income that is available to , to avoid savings are the result of your own policies developed over a number of years and I hope implemented with a degree of further manage managerial action which has actually given you some money to spend , erm which will avoid you having to make er painful cuts in order to fund a new growth and in particular I would highlight the significant movement that has has now taken place , children from special educational needs provision outside the county , back into the county . |
| 3 | Gradually , through compromise , a workable plan will emerge , and this can then be broken down into a programme phased over a number of years . |
| 4 | Option 4 : The sum of pixels seen over a number of successive pictures with different exposures . |
| 5 | Standing exactly where Mao Tse-tung proclaimed the People 's Republic of China on 1 October 1949 , paramount leader Deng Xiaoping joined other party leaders atop the Gate of Heavenly Peace to preside over a night of fireworks and martial music in Tiananmen Square . |
| 6 | To confirm that integration had occurred by homologous recombination , the unique BamHI genomic fragments of 5.8 , 7.4 and 8.4kb , which span the junctions of inserted plasmid and genomic sequences , were cloned in lambda EMBL12 , and the regions around the PstI and terminal BamHI sites sequenced over a distance of 2-300 bps . |
| 7 | Inside , the usual bored girl presided over a collection of postcards and tea towels . |
| 8 | It stands in gardens landscaped over a period of two years ( which were designed to ensure an array of colours and scents throughout the year ) , and woodlands resplendent with over one hundred species of trees and shrubs , the home of owls , badgers , green woodpeckers , pheasants and foxes . |
| 9 | They wore brigandines and soft boots and dulled metal helms strapped over a coif of thick wool . |
| 10 | For a group of five organisations monitored over a period of 13 to 18 weeks the hidden , uninsured costs of accidents at work were identified as 8 to 36 times larger than the insured costs . |
| 11 | Had some bold prophet told the King that he was one day to preside over a change of Government wearing a Chinese dressing-gown , he would scarcely have believed his ears . |
| 12 | Figures compiled over a number of years revealed frequency rates of : |
| 13 | With reference to the article in June on breaking dormancy in sweet peas : experiments conducted over a period of several years at New College , Pontefract certainly seem to bear out Anne Swithinbank 's remarks . |
| 14 | The cost of evening courses or those consisting of a few sessions in a school of nursing cost considerably less than residential week long courses or part-time variations held over a period of several months . |
| 15 | Precedent 3 is a framework agreement governing the continuous supply of goods under a number of orders placed over a period of time . |
| 16 | Signe 's apartment was in a small block built over a row of shops . |
| 17 | You do n't need to have just one holiday , you could enjoy several up to the value of £5000 spread over a period of one year . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ We always knew we would have to deal with this at some stage — maybe in 20 or 30 years time — but the damage caused over a couple of nights during January and February was much worse than we ever anticipated . ’ |
| 19 | Gooseneck presided over a table of thirty , one-third of whom were female . |
| 20 | But this is still a rare instance , Likewise , at the in-service level , very few authorities can match the well-conceived programme of courses for teachers produced over a number of years by Geoffrey Hodson and Maureen Price of I.L.E.A. But until we can sort out our muddled thinking that surrounds the subject , there is a danger that the next ‘ official ’ report will not fare any better . |
| 21 | A retaining wall of loose bricks or stones is then spread across the border between the pool proper and the bog garden , and the latter filled with a mixture of equal parts coarse peat and soil laid over a layer of gravel . |
| 22 | This programme has been developed by Howard Dowding on behalf of The Infomatics Resource Centre and is based on seminars given over a number of years to managers and DP professionals . |
| 23 | On the main street , running directly into central London , a Woolworths , a Marks and Spencer and several other department stores preside over a range of smaller shops . |
| 24 | A tube of silver foil folded over a loop of line pulled down about eighteen inches between bite alarm and reel . |
| 25 | Place the eggs and sugar in a bowl placed over a pan of simmering water and whisk with a balloon whisk or electric hand mixer until very pale and thick . |
| 26 | The Empress Maria Theresa presided over a transformation of the Habsburg hereditary territories which was the greatest achievement of its kind anywhere in Europe during this period . |
| 27 | On 15 November Pope Paul presided over a gathering of those in charge of running the Council . |
| 28 | In September 1959 , at Woods Hole on Cape Cod in Massachusetts , Professor Jerome Bruner presided over a meeting of influential scientists and afterwards wrote The Process of Education . |
| 29 | The league consisted of four leading competitions held over a period of three months at various venues in North Yorkshire on a 10 metres high Enterprises panel wall . |
| 30 | To what extent have ideas , movements and institutions changed over a period of time ( a ) in form ( b ) in substance ? |