Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [noun] over a " in BNC.
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| 31 | The balance between the two varied according to economic circumstances , and it is very difficult for us to reconstruct the nature of these services in detail over a wide area before the thirteenth century . |
| 32 | A valuable feature of our case is that it provides a detailed profile of the natural history of EATCL over a period of 12 months from initial presentation to the introduction of chemotherapy . |
| 33 | Third , as we monitored our representative sample of schools over a three year period , we could perceive some of them undergoing a process of structural transition , shifting away from the simple two-tier model towards departmentalism and/or a matrix structure . |
| 34 | The majority of other types of skin cancer are the result of continued exposure to sunlight over a long period of time . |
| 35 | I could hardly blame him here — at least his feelings ; but even if , with an earlier and exact diagnosis he could have been spared a great deal of pain over a considerable period of time , I realize that nothing could have saved him . |
| 36 | Instead of staying with me as he 'd planned , he rents this ancient pile , miles from anywhere , just so he can keep an eye on this stupid female who seems to have got herself into all sorts of trouble over a piece of land — ’ |
| 37 | What it does n't currently offer is Unix SVR4 compatibility , and Solbourne commits only to a gradual migration to Solaris over a two year period . |
| 38 | Examination of the wreckage showed that the pressure dome at the rear of the passenger cabin had ruptured from the bottom where there was substantial evidence of corrosion over a distance of more than 18 inches . |
| 39 | At any particular moment the books might not appear to balance ( for example electrical energy input could be stored to be released as heat later , or energy taken up while forcing the deuterium into the palladium may be returned later U the deuterium leaks out and recombines in the atmosphere ) , so the relevant question was whether there was a net excess output of energy over a long period of time . |
| 40 | A stability test involves the accumulation of a substantial amount of data over a prolonged period of time and may require the production of reports at several stages of the test . |
| 41 | This gives a good spread of fruit over a large area and the annual production is easier to control because the number of fruiting buds can be increased or decreased . |
| 42 | Thomas Huxley , the great biologist , whose household was dominated by a long series of cats over a period of forty years , described how one of them , a young tabby tom-cat , developed the alarming game of jumping on the shoulders of his dinner-guests and refusing to dismount until they fed him some titbit . |
| 43 | Prospects : A strategy which will secure the backing of the younger , more creative and more frustrated members of ( or aspirants to ) the élite , as well as the Armed forces and KGB ; a strategy with greatest prospects of survival over an extended period , although its potential will depend on how quickly the regime recognises the ‘ second economy ’ to be a ‘ necessary ’ and ‘ non-antagonistic ’ contradiction in a Socialist society . |
| 44 | The profile would usually be the number of qualified and unqualified staff required for each span of duty over a 24-hour period . |
| 45 | If you mark your weight on a graph or chart this should provide a clear and rewarding sign of progress over a period of weeks and months . |
| 46 | It is such measurable levels of activity over a given time period however which provide a means of support and comparison . |
| 47 | Because there is no oxygen in the tips , methane forms , and each tonne of rubbish can produce up to 250 cubic metres of gas over a ten year period . |
| 48 | It is the first to take a European government to court over an ecological issue . |
| 49 | The father , Mr P , also an English incomer to Orkney , had carried out various forms of abuse over a long period of time . |
| 50 | In the same pan , dissolve the sugar in one tablespoon of water over a low heat , then cook until just beginning to turn golden . |
| 51 | A PWR is estimated to produce 8 tonnes of plutonium over a 35-year operational life , and an AGR 5 tonnes over 25 years . |
| 52 | It will be difficult or impossible to establish a course of dealing on the basis of a small number of transactions over a long period . |
| 53 | In summary , this study shows that ingestion of small amounts of gliadin over a lengthy period causes dose dependent damage to the small intestinal mucosa in children affected with coeliac disease . |
| 54 | There are still a few , knowing they have no chance of winning , who enter just for ‘ fun ’ and the feeling of achievement which carrying fifty kilos of coal over an uphill 1,000 metre course can bring . |
| 55 | What we 've done tonight , is spread that amount of money over a tremendous number of people tonight |
| 56 | British Airways is suing Virgin Atlantic Airways and its chairman Richard Branson for libel only weeks after Branson took his own action against BA over an alleged dirty tricks campaign . |
| 57 | The main difference , though , was that while Pompeii was obliterated by the steady accumulation of ashes over a long period , perhaps as much as two days , Herculaneum was overwhelmed in a matter of minutes , possibly well after the eruption proper had ceased . |
| 58 | Each compartment can be used to hold a particular type of component over a limited range of values . |
| 59 | It also prevents one from churning out the same stuff of conversation over a long period to different people ( to use words at people ) which is using those people as hard reflective surfaces and not , as I feel properly , soft digestive reflective surfaces . |
| 60 | All the ingredients needed to revivify an ailing research enterprise were on hand : a hefty portion of anxiety over an enigmatic public health problem , seasoned with a dash of desperation over coming cuts in the budgets of NIH 's seven primate research centres . |