Example sentences of "[is] [verb] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A retaining wall of loose bricks or stones separate the bog garden from the pool proper and retains the peaty mixture which is placed over a layer of gravel . |
| 2 | If a piece of ordinary glass is heated over a gas flame , it softens easily , and eventually the heated part will gather itself into a drop and fall to the ground . |
| 3 | Admittedly it is diachronous , but hardly by more than half a stage or so , and it is still a valid generalisation to say that a massive limestone is developed over a very wide area towards the end of early Cretaceous times . |
| 4 | The upholstered seat is formed over a separate beechwood frame . |
| 5 | Ethnographic research has special qualities suited to dealing with controversial topics in sensitive locations , for it entails a gradual and progressive contact with respondents , which is sustained over a long period , allowing a rapport to be established slowly with respondents over time , and for researchers to participate in the full range of experiences involved in the topic . |
| 6 | that early intervention is the best way of coping with it , and certainly it demands that parents and friends and teachers , and people concerned are aware of any change which is sustained over a period because by early intervention then you 're probably coping with the problem rather than the eating disorder , because the problem is there before the eating disorder . |
| 7 | Travel agents and tour operators often make back to back reservations which means that certain accommodation is booked over a period of time and as one group of guests depart another group takes their place . |
| 8 | At Congleton the canal is carried over a road at the south-east side of the town by a cast-iron aqueduct , built around 1835 , on curving masonry abutments . |
| 9 | It is named after the book by Stoppani , whose portrait is imposed over a map of Italy on the foil packaging . |
| 10 | The main hall of the palace is built over a large undercroft and has twin naves with columns supporting a timber roof . |
| 11 | The blessing itself is made over a cup of wine in honour of the day ( ‘ Blessed art Thou , O Lord our God , King of the universe , who createst divers kinds of spices ’ ) which adds to the light of the Sabbath , symbolised by the candle , offering a fragrance and a beauty all its own . |
| 12 | In a different class of important circuits , positive feedback is applied over a band of frequencies from zero frequency upwards . |
| 13 | As the stylus is moved over a pattern , the router duplicates the original . |
| 14 | The factory 's built over a quarry ; the builders used thousands of tons of in-fill . |
| 15 | As well as these precepting bodies there are numerous joint committees for other services where co-operation is needed over a wider area than the individual district . |
| 16 | When the press is sued over a reported quotation , it may obtain some relief by joining the speaker as co-defendant thereby making the real libeller liable to contribute to costs and damages . |
| 17 | Examination of the mechanical behaviour shows that there are five distinguishable states in which a linear amorphous polymer can exist and these are readily displayed if a parameter such as the elastic modulus is measured over a range of temperatures . |
| 18 | These are both particular kinds of relaxation spectroscopy in which the sample is perturbed by a sinusoidal force ( either mechanical or electrical ) and the response of the material is measured over a range of temperatures and at different frequencies of the applied force . |
| 19 | It is belted over a long overfold the lower edge of which makes a second horizontal accent , less marked and less regular than that of the belt . |
| 20 | Dampers are carefully designed so that this linear relationship is preserved over a wide range of speed difference . |
| 21 | It is one thing to provide ( as in section 6(3) ( b ) ) that in the absence of special arrangements parental preferences is to prevail over a desire to keep places vacant on , for example , religious grounds : it is quite another to say that when some parental preferences are to be denied in any event as must be the case under section 6(3) ( a ) ) the choice of those parental preferences which are to prevail and those which are to be defeated should not be based on religious criteria . |
| 22 | The tape is played over a pair of stereo headphones to the subject who hears one member of the stimulus pair at one ear and the second member of the pair at the opposite ear . |
| 23 | The 30 second commercial is a variation on the successful launch advertising and is scheduled over a two month period in England and Wales . |
| 24 | The chancel is raised over a crypt below . |
| 25 | Should employees ’ location allowances decrease as a result of a transfer , any such decrease is phased over a three-year period . |
| 26 | Specifically , that worked best on the song War , where the melody is played over an E riff and then it 's played over a B riff and then over an A , but the melody of the verse never uses a third and so you do n't know whether it 's phrygian or phrygian dominant . |
| 27 | If this loyalty is stretched over a period of 28 years , it is certainly worthy of note ! |
| 28 | It is found over a wide range of species , from butterflies and wasps to sea snakes and skunks . |
| 29 | Despite its name , it is found over a very wide range of warm countries , including not only most of Africa but also the Mediterranean islands of Majorca , Corsica , Sardinia , Sicily and Crete . |
| 30 | Also known as Malayo-Polynesian , this is spoken over a vast area from Madagascar to Aotearoa(NZ) and includes at least 500 languages . |