Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] over a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , as the outcome if the Eastbourne parliamentary by-election demonstrated , a strong local electoral base developed over a number of years can provide the Liberal Democrats with the opportunity for a sensational , if perhaps transient , victory . |
| 2 | a number of the savings erm and the increased income that is available to , to avoid savings are the result of your own policies developed over a number of years and I hope implemented with a degree of further manage managerial action which has actually given you some money to spend , erm which will avoid you having to make er painful cuts in order to fund a new growth and in particular I would highlight the significant movement that has has now taken place , children from special educational needs provision outside the county , back into the county . |
| 3 | Then their blonde heads met over a whisper , followed by twin ricochets of studied laughter . |
| 4 | This must be equal to the integral over the surface were v is the velocity and — the density ; n is the outward normal to the surface S which enclosed V. By Gauss 's theorem we may write and hence Since this must be true for any volume element we have the equation of continuity The conservation of momentum in continuum mechanics relates the rate of change of the momentum integrated over a volume V to the resultant of the forces on that volume . |
| 5 | Gradually , through compromise , a workable plan will emerge , and this can then be broken down into a programme phased over a number of years . |
| 6 | The little decorations of social history are thin traces laid over a surface . |
| 7 | It was too large for her and the wide sleeves of limp cotton hung from her freckled arms like rags thrown over a stick . |
| 8 | Option 4 : The sum of pixels seen over a number of successive pictures with different exposures . |
| 9 | In minutes , the computer will produce 18 columns of net and discounted cash flows presented over a set period of time . |
| 10 | To confirm that integration had occurred by homologous recombination , the unique BamHI genomic fragments of 5.8 , 7.4 and 8.4kb , which span the junctions of inserted plasmid and genomic sequences , were cloned in lambda EMBL12 , and the regions around the PstI and terminal BamHI sites sequenced over a distance of 2-300 bps . |
| 11 | Inside , the usual bored girl presided over a collection of postcards and tea towels . |
| 12 | It stands in gardens landscaped over a period of two years ( which were designed to ensure an array of colours and scents throughout the year ) , and woodlands resplendent with over one hundred species of trees and shrubs , the home of owls , badgers , green woodpeckers , pheasants and foxes . |
| 13 | Meyer , young and lean-faced , had his pen poised over a pad . |
| 14 | The Club also owned the auditors £400 accumulated over a period . |
| 15 | The backdrop is the controversial ‘ SS ’ logo painted over a prison wall on which 500 years are marked off . |
| 16 | They wore brigandines and soft boots and dulled metal helms strapped over a coif of thick wool . |
| 17 | Rain called over a messenger , saying there was no need for Ruby to deliver them herself . |
| 18 | For a group of five organisations monitored over a period of 13 to 18 weeks the hidden , uninsured costs of accidents at work were identified as 8 to 36 times larger than the insured costs . |
| 19 | The mark placed over a vowel to show it is a short vowel : fa(v)t . |
| 20 | The Duke presided over a county meeting in Lewes in January 1780 , which prepared a petition for ‘ Public Oeconomy ’ . |
| 21 | Figures compiled over a number of years revealed frequency rates of : |
| 22 | In his left hand he held a pocket Philips dictaphone into which he would occasionally confide ; in his right , a pencil poised over a reporter 's pad . |
| 23 | With reference to the article in June on breaking dormancy in sweet peas : experiments conducted over a period of several years at New College , Pontefract certainly seem to bear out Anne Swithinbank 's remarks . |
| 24 | The cost of evening courses or those consisting of a few sessions in a school of nursing cost considerably less than residential week long courses or part-time variations held over a period of several months . |
| 25 | Precedent 3 is a framework agreement governing the continuous supply of goods under a number of orders placed over a period of time . |
| 26 | In these labs I made my first acquaintance with physics , scattering iron filings on a paper placed over a magnet to produce a pattern which I then had to reproduce in an exercise book . |
| 27 | Signe 's apartment was in a small block built over a row of shops . |
| 28 | You do n't need to have just one holiday , you could enjoy several up to the value of £5000 spread over a period of one year . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ We always knew we would have to deal with this at some stage — maybe in 20 or 30 years time — but the damage caused over a couple of nights during January and February was much worse than we ever anticipated . ’ |
| 30 | But this is still a rare instance , Likewise , at the in-service level , very few authorities can match the well-conceived programme of courses for teachers produced over a number of years by Geoffrey Hodson and Maureen Price of I.L.E.A. But until we can sort out our muddled thinking that surrounds the subject , there is a danger that the next ‘ official ’ report will not fare any better . |