Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [noun sg] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To apply paint over another , for instance detail over a washed background or ‘ filling ’ for an outline , again allow the paint to dry completely first . |
| 2 | However , this too was called off at the last minute , apparently because of opposition outrage over a massacre at Mbuji-Mayi in central Zaire . |
| 3 | What are the advantages of Gift Aid over a Deed of Covenant ? |
| 4 | This chapter considers the pairwise relationships between three measures of trading activity over a short period of time , such as one day , for a particular futures contract . |
| 5 | Social workers , librarians , planners , architects , housing staff , tax , careers and school officers will be taking part in the vote for six days of strike action over a six week period from October 4 . |
| 6 | If it is the impact of government intervention over a lifetime or series of lifetimes that matters , then existing work on the snapshot distribution , however sophisticated , may have little of relevance to offer . |
| 7 | Intrusion would be a more general lessening of landscape quality over a wide area . |
| 8 | The full picture of ILR ownership over a period of nearly twenty years is difficult to trace . |
| 9 | In 1393 Charles IV 's son , Wenceslas IV , quarrelled with archbishop Jenstein over a matter of monastic revenues . |
| 10 | The study will also take into account the effects of aging , which may contribute to a decline in knowledge retention over a long period . |
| 11 | When debating their new Constitution in 1988 , Congress passed a provision to force foreign companies to divest their controlling interests in mineral extraction over a four-year period . |
| 12 | Levine , an investment banker at a prestigious Wall Street firm , was alleged to have been involved in insider trading over a period of six years , during which time he made huge profits while trading on the basis of material nonpublic information in the securities of companies . |
| 13 | Hickson is large enough to provide excellent support in terms of safety systems , effluent treatment , safety testing ( all aspects ) , corrosion testing , engineering expertise and in depth experience over a wide range of equipment and chemistry . |
| 14 | The research is therefore intended to contribute to this theoretical debate and , in drawing on field work over a period of nearly twenty years , to consider critically the applicability of ideas like discourse to a particular ethnographic case . |
| 15 | In practice , however , this is not essential for all species , and in particular those which have come acclimated to aquarium life over a period of many years are remarkably tolerant of what is strictly quite unsuitable water chemistry . |
| 16 | Opinions may be solicited by asking users to keep diaries on library use over a specific period , by interviewing a sample of users , or by asking users to complete questionnaires . |
| 17 | President Bush signed into law on Dec. 18 a transport bill which allocated $119,000 million of federal funds to road construction over a six-year period , and $31,500 million to mass transit . |
| 18 | This is really not much more than a local plan for land use over a larger area , so there is now no strategic mechanism for the City of Tyneside . |
| 19 | Using this definition at King 's College Hospital , surgical intervention was necessary in 12 of 252 children ( 4.4% ) and 25 of 540 of adults ( 4.6% ) with bleeding oesophageal varices treated by injection sclerotherapy over a five year period . |