Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] over a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had also fallen foul of the rules , with a controversial decision over a free drop during the final round . |
| 2 | This was no easy task as the Lincoln would be flying at low level over a featureless jungle and the bomb aimer had to be quick in identifying each datum point on the route into and out of the target point . |
| 3 | Norm had to call her , then shake her , and she would stagger downstairs and hang like an exhausted alcoholic over a clutched mug of coffee . |
| 4 | It is the startling and complete change over a large area that we have most to distrust . |
| 5 | ‘ Look here : that was in broad daylight over a single strand of wire , not under fire from any machine guns , and with no patrolling goon with a gun to meet us on the other side . |
| 6 | Instead that sense has to be nurtured by more direct experience over a long period of time . |
| 7 | Aguirre , previously thought of as one of the President 's most loyal officers , described it as " unfair and unjust " and stated that a leader who was incapable of " making a just and proper decision over a simple matter such as appointments can not be expected to make correct decisions about the complex affairs of state " . |
| 8 | This was all a glossy shell over an insubstantial interior . |
| 9 | Offensive odours which emanate from domestic or industrial premises can cause serious annoyance to persons in the locality , and inevitably give rise to public concern , spreading as they do in some cases over a wide area . |
| 10 | Typically , individual therapy involves 12–20 sessions of 45–60 minutes over a three-month period . |
| 11 | Once it had been on the top deck of a multistorey car park in town , with shoppers passing only a few feet away on the other side of a layer of tinted glass , and she 'd felt like a tight-fitting skin over a multiple explosion that was sounding off again and again and again . |
| 12 | According to a spokeswoman for the Fraud Squad , he is alleged to have stolen more than £130,000 from the Inland Revenue over a four-year period . |
| 13 | For example , there was some confusion over a recent policy decision to allow OICs greater autonomy in the use and administration of their budgets , without any clear guidelines as to what this meant in practice , or when it would take effect . |
| 14 | By adding these potatoes , a bulky food of reasonably high-fibre content , they actually lost some weight over a three-month period ! |
| 15 | Having a naturally restrained appetite , which probably means that you are only a few pounds overweight and have gained this weight over a lengthy period . |
| 16 | Enhanced attenuation over a suitable range of frequency outside the pass band is attained by making the shunt arm series resonant in the case of a T-type m-derived section , or the series arm parallel resonant in the case of a Π-type m-derived section . |
| 17 | According to government estimates , the Soufriere geothermal project could potentially provide electricity for around a quarter of the island 's population and saved about US$250 million in foreign exchange over a 30-year period . |
| 18 | I found my feet , staggered a couple of paces and spewed undigested fried chicken over a light-coloured WV Golf . |
| 19 | We want to research whether this campaign over a short period of time can improve this situation . ’ |
| 20 | The explanation is that , given a totally unvarying diet over a long period of time , especially if it is from kittenhood right through into adult life , a cat 's ‘ food variety mechanism ’ gets worn down and is finally switched off altogether . |
| 21 | His untiring efforts over a 27-year period include developing services for the mentally handicapped in Cleveland , including setting up a joint unit of Venture Scouts and Ranger Guides . |
| 22 | In this case , the researcher asks the subjects of the research to keep a detailed diary over a given period . |
| 23 | A healthy rise of pressure over the UK on the 30th and 31st heralded a complete change of weather type and the resultant anticyclone of 1040 millibars central pressure gave over six hours of bright sunshine and calm conditions over a good part of the mainland . |
| 24 | Newton was one of them , and in spite of public fears over a similar junction elsewhere , it had been given the go-ahead . |
| 25 | But it is encapsulated in the phrase that she was subjected to sadistic behaviour over a lengthy period of time which she accepted because she was in love with him . |
| 26 | With enormous gains in the white-collar suburbs , Labour became the party of bureaucrats , administrators and a progressive intelligentsia , all predisposed to seeing a greater share of public control over an increasing range of national affairs . |
| 27 | Occupational , family and residential histories over a twenty-year period will elucidate and Aberdonians ' relationship to and experience of the oil industry across generations . |
| 28 | Compressors in heat pumps need to give high efficiency over a wide range of operating temperatures , but those developed for refrigeration tend to be designed for a comparatively narrow range . |
| 29 | In tendering his resignation , Mr Adamec cited undue pressure from the opposition in the haggling this week over a new cabinet as the main reason . |
| 30 | He went on ‘ improving ’ this poem over a long period of years so that the text usually printed shows many alterations from the original . |