Example sentences of "over a large [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Again these are fully supplemented by maps , photographs and charts and make an interesting source of reference over a large variety of subject matter .
2 Despite all these inroads into the royal forest , the hated system was enforced after 1227 over a large part of England .
3 The performance of the simple low-pass C-R filter is best displayed over a large range of frequency in a plot of versus .
4 On the centre pages I found a huge black and white photograph of a Hercules aircraft disgorging paratroopers over a large expanse of grassland somewhere in Africa .
5 Because family credit and housing benefit are withdrawn over a large band of income , and because low-income families begin to pay tax at a low threshold , there are now whole bands of income over which it is difficult for low-income families to improve their net income .
6 Anker Simmons , the Mayor of Henley and a member of the Bolney Syndicate , presided over a large gathering of men interested in the formation of a golf club .
7 Accumulation of observations would allow one to specify statistical properties of the motion , such as the average kinetic and potential energy of the pendulum over a large number of periods ( cf. the statistical specification of turbulent motion , Section 19.2 ) .
8 The relationship between the two concepts of range and amount is perhaps more complex than one might expect , for some local cases get sustained coverage in local newspapers but not get a mention in he nationals , while , on the other hand , some events get a mention over a large number of newspapers on one particular day but never get featured again .
9 I have high hopes that , over a large number of generations , the wild insects will actually cause the evolution , in the computer , of flowers .
10 He could see Big Tom Fish hunched over a large plate of food , and he recalled afresh , in agonizing detail , the broad naked back and the strong buttocks working between his mother 's legs .
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