Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] over a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She remembered Donna Fratelli 's raucous laugh , the number of times the two of them had sat together over a glass of wine or a plate of pasta , discussing the things which really matter : men , or life , or the latest movie . |
| 2 | I have looked carefully over a period of weeks at those applications , and have reached the view that they deserve to be granted . |
| 3 | If such doubts exist then an investigation is carried out over a maximum of four months to determine whether the merger should be prohibited or not . |
| 4 | Bargaining is often carried out over a period of days , so it 's fortunate that a four- night B&B break at a three-star hotel near the market , is £219 in February and March . |
| 5 | The refurbishment scheme ‘ A Good Place to Live ’ will be carried out over a period of five years . |
| 6 | In practice the distribution between the various hospital and community services may have little objective foundation , having developed incrementally over a number of years . |
| 7 | In the past , samples of children 's language have been collected using a diary approach where examples of children 's utterances , together with a description of the surrounding context , were simply written down over a period of weeks or months ( Miller 1981a ) . |
| 8 | In other cases , a partner 's contribution may be agreed to be collected in over a period of years out of his profit share . |
| 9 | Another proof is taken and so the print is built up over a period of time . |
| 10 | Strong and sometimes quite intense relationships with individuals are built up over a period of even a few weeks . |
| 11 | Clearly memories are not formed instantaneously , as if by throwing a switch , but are built up over a period of hours after the event to be memorized has occurred ; during this build-up the form in which any memory is stored changes . |
| 12 | In fact there was a , I think some of the recent erm concerns about schools have come from an image that 's been built up over a period of time that the schools spend very little time on the , on the three Rs for example . |
| 13 | It contains the practical experience of the members of MAS built up over a number of years of carrying out a wide variety of MAS assignments . |
| 14 | The flow meter measurements tell the engineer how much water has moved where over a period of time . |
| 15 | It is thrust northwards over a zone including metasediments with K-Ar dates of 365–345 Ma ( Late Devonian or Early Carboniferous ) . |
| 16 | Twenty , 50 or 100 mg were infused intravenously over a period of 90 minutes . |
| 17 | The lips were drawn back over a row of small pointed teeth in a ghastly grimace , a shriek of pain or terror . |
| 18 | Hong Kong 's Victoria Harbour is used by over a quarter of a million ships a year . |
| 19 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |
| 20 | This benefit , phased in over a number of years , came fully into operation in 1979 , and replaced child tax allowances and family allowances . |
| 21 | Any new planting was designed to be phased in over a period of years , planting schemes having to take account of the need to create a distinctive landscape for the immediate future as well as for the long term . |
| 22 | The implication of this three-year transition is that the existing assessment and examination system will be phased out over a number of years , as courses are transferred to the new system . |
| 23 | 2.3 The implication of this three-year transition is that the existing assessment and examination system will be phased out over a number of years , as courses are transferred to the new system . |
| 24 | A ROW has broken out over an exhibition of photography by lesbians . |
| 25 | To test this particular application of Procedure Audit , a monitoring process was established in a section of thirty persons , and the administrative assistant briefed to record the number of queries referred back over a period of two months . |
| 26 | On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink . |
| 27 | This will be cut back over a period of time . |
| 28 | My one pound , seventeen shillings had been put together over a number of years by saving money given me on my birthdays by relatives . |
| 29 | It is clear that insubstantial changes will not give rise to a new copyright ( or right to prevent unfair extraction ) but what is the position when a database has changed considerably from its original form but this has happened incrementally over a period of time ? |
| 30 | You 've got ta put an offer in and pay it so much a month have n't you or something and , and , and get it paid off over a period of time ? |