Example sentences of "of a [noun sg] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EVIDENCE was growing last night of a cover-up over a British Airways jumbo jet captured in Kuwait by Iraqi troops as the Gulf War erupted . |
| 2 | THE postponed replay of a battle over a five-a-side football complex has kicked off in earnest . |
| 3 | A little breeze had got up and the bottom of a blind over an open window was being knocked on the sill . |
| 4 | The other respondent favoured amalgamation with Green Haven on the same educational grounds ( the superiority of a two-teacher over a one-teacher school ) , but denied that there was a valid way of life argument for keeping Village school open . |
| 5 | The Hawaiian Islands provide a classic example of a volcanic line , and the generally accepted explanation of this type of feature involves the passage of part of a plate over a sub-lithospheric thermal anomaly which , through the periodic generation of magma in the overlying crust sequence of volcanic activity at the surface ( Fig |
| 6 | THE French Grand Prix was yesterday restored to the 1993 Formula One schedule after settlement of a dispute over an anti-smoking law . |
| 7 | This has some advantages , as the rotational envelope results in a spreading of the intensity of a band over a wide range , and may lead to overlapping of bands due to different vibrations . |
| 8 | His description of the recovery of a Hunter over a Swiss airshow served as another graphic reminder that a performance should emphasize the aircraft 's character but should utilize only the established skills of the pilot — and should never require his super-human efforts to get out of a situation . |