Example sentences of "[verb] its [noun] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This routine is designed to increase a person 's pulse rate , and then to monitor its decrease over a set period of time . |
| 2 | He saw it break its flight over a dell between the dunes , soar vertically and then head off at an angle . |
| 3 | On Sept. 30 , China had announced proposed measures to open its markets over a period of six months in response to US demands in August , but these had been rejected by Hills as " unsatisfactory " . |
| 4 | In contrast , the heteropolymer increases its disorder over a wide temperature range ( as the temperature is increased from well below T m to just below T m ) with an associated loss in electrostatic interactions . |
| 5 | The House Committee continued to exercise its jurisdiction over a wide variety of day-to-day matters at the institution . |
| 6 | Then it takes its place over a period of time within the wider teaching of the principles , planning and practice of worship , enabling the ordinand to explore the theological and practical importance of music in an appropriate context . |
| 7 | Pipeline is a hollow left-hander which , with its right-handed twin brother , Backdoor Pipeline , turns into a double-barrelled shotgun of a wave that blasts its victims over a shallow , razor-sharp reef . |
| 8 | Through this ‘ echolocation' ’ system a dolphin builds up an acoustic picture of its surroundings , and can hunt its prey over a much greater distance than the limits of visibility in the water . |
| 9 | Clearly , the circuit behaves as a rejection filter and figure 8.8(c) gives its response over a range of frequencies either side of the rejection frequency . |
| 10 | The designers , Dr Barry Gorham and Jim Dudley , say that theoretically , by applying the same technology to microwaves , they could extend its range over a much wider area — even rain and snow . |
| 11 | The Israeli Labour government 's resort to harsh collective punishment tactics reflected its anxiety over a recent increase in guerrilla activities by Palestinian supporters of the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) . |