Example sentences of "[noun] over a [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The " Canal Duke 's " vision and determination and his employment of the self-taught engineering genius James Brindley combined to produce a true " deadwater " link over a completely new route . |
| 32 | Wearing a black , gold-embroidered silk cloak over a finely woven shamma , he came across the room to greet us , shook hands and with a smile and a gesture invited us to be seated . |
| 33 | This was particularly the case with patients who had been given methadone reduction over a relatively long period of time , say two to three months . |
| 34 | ‘ It 's the next generation of electric white boy blues/Come on indie rock ! ’ yells Seb 's Lou Barlow over a hilariously generic sludge-out . |
| 35 | Whether you climb , walk , run , or just stroll from your car for a picnic , then you 'll expect to be able to do so free of problems ; not to be shouted at abusively or shot at ( it still happens occasionally ! ) ; not to be spurned from the hills by aggressive signs erected by indignant landowners , or find endless and unyielding deer fences encircling your 232nd Munro ; not to discover destruction from in appropriate developments over a once beautiful area . |
| 36 | But look at the effective freedom which a Chancellor of the Exchequer possesses to make major alterations over a comparatively short span of time in the methods by which a given amount of revenue is raised . |
| 37 | The cancellation of two amalgamations by the Defence Secretary , Malcolm Rifkind , amounts to a sticking plaster over a more serious problem . |
| 38 | However to deliver high concentrates over a moderately large area of irregular equipment a sprayer should be adjusted to a fine jet . |
| 39 | The man checks my gun as if I 'd had the time and opportunity to fix the outcome , and then rather begrudgingly hands over a very full pair of red fake fur lips . |
| 40 | When she staggers out of bed , at some ridiculous pre-dawn hour , I have to make her trip over an unaccountably uncluttered expanse of floor before she sees that something is missing : the usual mess . |
| 41 | The fact that it is very difficult to do does n't prevent a lot of people wishing to achieve it , but it is very seldom that , in the industrial world , anybody has achieved and held continuously a pre-eminent position over a very long period of time . |
| 42 | This means that parents would not need to request the preferred school over a less favoured alternative . |
| 43 | A flicker of doubt passed across Zlorf 's face , like the last shaft of sunlight over a badly ploughed field . |
| 44 | A man appeared with a guitar , wearing a black vest and the briefest of denim shorts over a deeply tanned body . |
| 45 | Take heart : the green consumer movement has made a significant dent in manufacturing practices over a very short time . |
| 46 | The families of a nation have an enormous collective purchasing power over a very wide range of products and services . |
| 47 | A full scale sample , to be representative , may mean carrying out many interviews over a geographically dispersed area . |
| 48 | It is possible for a river to reach grade and to start to form a floodplain while it is still transporting coarse material over a comparatively steep gradient . |