Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | Gradually , through compromise , a workable plan will emerge , and this can then be broken down into a programme phased over a number of years . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Inside , the usual bored girl presided over a collection of postcards and tea towels . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Signe 's apartment was in a small block built over a row of shops . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A tube of silver foil folded over a loop of line pulled down about eighteen inches between bite alarm and reel . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In some cases , purchasers of leasehold properties have made assumptions about the level of service charges they would be required to pay which have subsequently turned out to seriously underestimate the increases which the manager has in fact levied over a number of years . |