Example sentences of "a [noun] over a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Stravinsky was a welcome up-beat to the new work and it drew a veil over a performance of the overture which apart from a cracking final Presto was emminently forgettable . |
| 2 | In effect , these were the same as the general powers of a parent over a child of less than 14 years . |
| 3 | Checklists are not appropriate for people who do not have inti-mate knowledge of a child over a period of some weeks . |
| 4 | Guests tend to congregate in the lounge for a chat over a drink from the ‘ snug ’ bar , or to watch TV . |
| 5 | He received Mark in the central lobby and took him to the Members ' tea room for a chat over a pot of tea . |
| 6 | He went first to Winsor Hill tunnel , situated in a lonely spot approached by a climb over a viaduct from Shepton Mallet . |
| 7 | Anthropologists , for example , are able to interpret a culture , at first sight inexplicable to those from a different culture , by living with , talking to and observing people in a community over a period of years . |
| 8 | But this ignores the effect of new accounting rules set out in SSAP 24 , which require companies to spread a surplus over a number of years . |
| 9 | Longer-term effects were studied in four young couples , three who normally slept about 8 hours every night , and one who slept 6.5 hours a night , who volunteered to attempt to reduce their sleep progressively to 4.5 hours a night over a period of between six and eight months . |
| 10 | She pestered the appropriate officer , several times a day over a period of three weeks . |
| 11 | Both parties can get something from that situation , if you trust people and you look at things a relationship over a period of time rather than this particular thing this is what I want now this is what I 'm gon na get rather than well okay I 'll help you do this now and later on they 'll help me do something else , it becomes a win win . |
| 12 | You gained a victory over a piece of scum , and I congratulate you . ’ |
| 13 | Scientific studies carried out a few years ago revealed that regular sunbed users ( those using a bed more than once a week over a period of a few years ) now have a condition called skin fragility syndrome . |
| 14 | I understand that a bridge over a stream on this footpath and also a gate are in a very poor state of repair . |
| 15 | Roy Morgan from Gloucester is a life-long darts fan and enjoys nothing better than a game over a glass of rum at his local , the Plough in Tredworth . |
| 16 | A currency hoard is a sum of money put together by drawing all its coins from circulation on a single occasion , whereas a savings hoard is formed by gradually adding coins to a hoard over a period of several years ; the difference in the way the coins were collected will affect the internal composition of the hoard . |
| 17 | SELLAFIELD bosses are exposed today as liars after denying a cover-up over a leak at the nuclear plant . |
| 18 | The Queen has arrived in Cyprus for the commonwealth conference , to a row over a series of executions thirty years ago . |
| 19 | There was a row over a kettle in the communications room at Alfreton in Amber Valley , to which my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley drew attention . |
| 20 | The next part of the treatment is to ask him to visualize such a situation over a period of a week or two while , at the same time , trying to refrain from the sexual act itself — although kissing and caressing his partner , whether in bed or not , is to be encouraged . |
| 21 | If experiments such as creep or stress relaxation are performed on the same sample of a polymer over a range of temperatures a pattern of behaviour is apparent that as long ago as 1943 led to the proposal of a " master curve " to which all observations could be reduced . |
| 22 | The final assault cast a shadow over a visit to Sarajevo , Bosnia 's capital , by Mr Cyrus Vance , the UN special envoy , who held talks with leaders from the republic 's Serbian , Croatian and Muslim communities and Yugoslav army commanders . |
| 23 | Caldwell and Spinks ( 1988 ) describe an Australian school which established such a model over a number of years . |
| 24 | Break up the chocolate and put it in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water . |
| 25 | Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over a saucepan of hot water . |
| 26 | Melt the chocolate , coffee essence , butter and honey together , either in a bowl over a pan of water or in a microwave cooker . |
| 27 | Heat the chocolate until melted , either in a bowl over a pan of water or in a double saucepan , or in the microwave for about 2–3min on 100% power . |
| 28 | 1 Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water . |
| 29 | Place chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of simmering water and heat until melted . |
| 30 | Place the pieces of broken chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water . |