Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iskandara was in the doorway of the train , her stick in her hand and her plaid shawl over a dark , braided travelling dress . |
| 2 | And when the product is animal research hysteria over a new human affliction can sometimes sell even the worst schlock . |
| 3 | There are a large number of research projects over a wide range of topics in health and health care : what health is and how it is to be valued , what influences health , the demand for and supply of health care , market equilibria and micro evaluation of treatments to system evaluation and the efficacy of planning , budgeting and monitoring mechanisms available to policy makers . |
| 4 | In our own tests we found that the Grizzled Skipper with 512K RAM fitted showed little speed advantage over a Super VGA card with 1MB RAM which is commonly fitted in many high-end machines . |
| 5 | The Government did however put in a £200 million investment programme over a four-year period ( the previous annual average , apart from one missile development programme , had been £5 million ) . |
| 6 | If that 's the case , then we could argue , an and will do , that now is a good time to borrow on a fixed term basis over a long period . |
| 7 | EXPLORER Robert Swann is helping people in the North-East turn over a new leaf and help the environment . |
| 8 | When she returned , some twenty minutes later , she was wearing a lilac pintucked pinafore dress over a flower-sprigged blouse with a white collar . |
| 9 | What we are clearly seeing in some areas is roughly the same group of people exploiting the same local landscape for their subsistence requirements over a long period , but with successive generations living on different sites at different times . |
| 10 | In all 3,200 middle-aged men were given either beta blockers or diuretics for their blood pressure over a 10-year period . |
| 11 | These round beans , one from each berry , give a more even roast than the usual split beans and may be roasted in a single layer in a heavy frying pan over a moderate heat . |
| 12 | Melt the 75g/oz unsalted butter in a large frying pan over a moderate heat . |
| 13 | The study contributes towards a comprehensive view of the working of the labour market over a long period and of the sources of shocks disturbing the economy . |
| 14 | It is now possible for mature students to study to general degree level over a wide range of subjects entirely in the part-time evening mode . |
| 15 | Mr Kinnock has taken High Court libel action over a front page story , A Man For All Reasons , in the Sun on April 3 . |
| 16 | In October the government told the Soviet Union that it wanted to put their mutual trade relationship on a US dollar basis over a two-year period . |
| 17 | Amphoterics : They have excellent detergent properties over a wide pH range . |
| 18 | MR TREVOR Clay , retired general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing , was yesterday awarded £8,000 High Court libel damages over a Daily Mirror story , which he claimed accused him of working ‘ with an eye on getting a plum job with the Government ’ . |
| 19 | PRINCESS Stephanie of Monaco ( right ) has accepted undisclosed libel damages over a Daily Mirror article which suggested she demanded a 100,000-dollar fee ( £65,360 ) to attend a charity gala in Dublin . |
| 20 | Our business correspondent Alan Saunby says the deal puts a question mark over a similar turbo prop planned to be built at the Ayrshire plant . |
| 21 | They also destroyed roads , power lines , and sugar and cotton mills over a wide area . |
| 22 | Carlo is wearing a large , double-breasted linen jacket and non-matching royal blue linen trousers over a slate-grey T-shirt and stone shirt . |
| 23 | Payment of social security contributions over a given period ‘ entitles ’ the payer to a benefit , ( though only until the law is changed ! ) . |
| 24 | Each Europartenariat to date has generated an average of around 3,000 pre-arranged business appointments over a two-day period . |
| 25 | Above , Slater sported a well-worn hacking jacket over a black shirt and a black bow tie which appeared to have lots of small , dull red stones set in it . |
| 26 | Simulation has been used to predict population changes over a long period of time and for charting space-satellite trajectories . |
| 27 | Unlike the 1991 Rugby World Cup , which took place over a whole month , not to mention the three months build-up , thereby allowing the sponsors to develop their marketing strategy over a long period of time , the World Sevens tournament is a three-day event , with the commercial potential of a ‘ Market blink ’ , as he puts it . |
| 28 | Six chemical companies and a property developer have agreed to pay damages of $207 million in what is believed to be the largest settlement of a court case over a toxic waste dump . |
| 29 | Whilst such an operation does not generally offer any price advantage over a retail business , it is a very convenient way of choosing goods and there is always extended credit available . |
| 30 | In many applications the motor must be able to produce a large Pull-out torque over a wide range of stepping rates , so the time taken to position a load is minimised . |