Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , there was some confusion over a recent policy decision to allow OICs greater autonomy in the use and administration of their budgets , without any clear guidelines as to what this meant in practice , or when it would take effect . |
| 2 | By adding these potatoes , a bulky food of reasonably high-fibre content , they actually lost some weight over a three-month period ! |
| 3 | Having a naturally restrained appetite , which probably means that you are only a few pounds overweight and have gained this weight over a lengthy period . |
| 4 | We want to research whether this campaign over a short period of time can improve this situation . ’ |
| 5 | In tendering his resignation , Mr Adamec cited undue pressure from the opposition in the haggling this week over a new cabinet as the main reason . |
| 6 | He went on ‘ improving ’ this poem over a long period of years so that the text usually printed shows many alterations from the original . |
| 7 | Crossed his eyes and exploded Old Buck 's head in some quarrel over a high yaller lady , then hit the trail in Buck 's G-Mek convertible . ’ |
| 8 | heat this mixture over a low flame until it melts , stirring well . |
| 9 | Nan wore the smart navy coat she had worn yesterday , but this time over a pale yellow wool dress . |
| 10 | She wore another severe suit , grey this time over a white blouse , but perhaps in honour of the occasion had added a long twisted rope of coral , pearls and crystal . |
| 11 | Ask the manager to give you the sales figures for that product over a six-month period , and then find out what the expected sales are for the coming year . |
| 12 | That night over a pretentious dinner ( ‘ delicate strips of milk-fed veal on a bed of herbs and accompanied by a tangy aromatic sauce specially prepared by our chefs ’ ) in a pretentious modern hotel and fortified by a bottle of local plonk , my Producer John Reynolds and I resolved to telephone the Palace Chamberlain in the morning , say that owing to a technical fault the film was not usable , and did the king have a spare hour in which we might shoot the interview again ? |
| 13 | If we are to communicate clearly and precisely with each other over a wide geographical and social range , we must obey the rules of Standard English as they are current at the time we are speaking or writing . |
| 14 | He went to Alton Towers and any ride over a certain height he could n't go on . |
| 15 | Involvement with the same client over a long period of time , the paper says , could result in a lack of objectivity and ‘ detraction from the regular and robust consideration ’ of issues associated with the audit . |
| 16 | Rivalry between the respective leaders , Campeanu and Ratiu , who already in 1984 had competed in exile for the leadership of the World Union of Free Romanians , prevented any agreement over a joint presidential candidate . |
| 17 | The police committee had previously agreed to seek an increase in the establishment of the force by 20 officers each year over a five-year period . |
| 18 | Whilst it is intuitively obvious that the utility of most things declines over time , it is more difficult to identify the extent of that decline over a given period . |