Example sentences of "over a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | We scrambled over a great fall of rocks , and jumped over burns trickling into the sea . |
| 2 | Then I lay over a great slab of rock which warmed the water almost to bath-heat . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been looking at your expense account , Brian , ’ says Vic , turning over a small pile of bills and receipts . |
| 4 | The male assistant handed over a small sum of money and the robber escaped on foot towards Marton Road . |
| 5 | He has a scheme to take over a small number of simple churches and adapt them as retreats . |
| 6 | If the acceleration of a system occurs over a small number of steps then the phase excitation timings can be generated by digital integrated circuits . |
| 7 | As a result , the new temple was built to a single co-ordinated design , and the site levelled and terraced to allow it to extend over a wider area of the hill summit . |
| 8 | The language of the Code is taken to constitute the major premise so that Lord Herschell said in Bank of England v Vagliano Brothers [ 1891 ] AC 107 : " [ T ] he law should be ascertained from interpreting the language used instead of , as before , roaming over a vast number of authorities in order to discover what the law was … " ( p145 ) . |
| 9 | The dog growled and worried over a chopped mound of horsemeat in an earthenware bowl with ‘ Dog ’ on it . |
| 10 | We have an impressive ability to recognise those familiar to us over a wide variety of conditions : for example varying lighting conditions , viewing angles , cosmetic changes ( hairstyles or make-up ) and even age . |
| 11 | The remaining forms of severe handicaps extend over a wide range of mental and physical disabilities caused by an even wider range of genetic factors , infections and diseases affecting the normal reproductory process . |
| 12 | Proposals for a Defense Industrial Base Revitalisation Act , which would also have provided cash for retooling over a wide range of American industry , had widespread support from Democrats and Republicans . |
| 13 | As the lines were alternately pulled so the pulley actuated a semi-circular rudder hinged across the diagonal of the rearmost box.One does not need to have much imagination to see how the rudder deflection might send the Box kite into limited stunts , given a strong wind ; but we doubt if the rigid stability of a Box kite could be persuaded to perform over a wide range of movement . |
| 14 | In turn , this affects the extent to which union workplace organisations have independent authority to negotiate over a wide range of issues . |
| 15 | They work over a wide range of campaigns and for many different kinds of clients . |
| 16 | They spread the risks of lending by pooling funds and allocating them over a wide range of depositors ( e.g. unit trusts ) . |
| 17 | It can readily be appreciated that with the rise and fall of the tide the break point migrates over a wide zone of the beach so that the formation of a break point bar is not to be expected . |
| 18 | Public Relations is in many ways far more complex than advertising , because it functions over a wide spectrum of alternatives for a multitude of purposes . |
| 19 | If left to reach their natural dimensions , many species will eventually take over a wide area of ground and should be avoided in small gardens . |
| 20 | The second category ( called Occasional Publications ) ranges over a wide area of subjects from Peterborough New Town ( 1964 ) , Industry and the Camera ( 1985 ) , to English Vernacular Houses ( reprinted in paperback 1980 ) . |
| 21 | The department offers supervision and teaching over a wide area of the history of art and architecture . |
| 22 | A seismic survey ship is to operate over a wide stretch of the North Sea off Hunmanby and Flamborough Head , following a similar survey off Scarborough , Filey and Whitby last year . |
| 23 | A die could survive over a long period of time . |
| 24 | This perspective is inadequate for an understanding of the colonial legal system because the post-independence practices evolved over a long period of time . |
| 25 | One is that the abuse is part of the way two people communicate over a long period of time . |
| 26 | Unlike groups in laboratory studies , the work group is not created and then disbanded permanently ; it often survives over a long period of time . |
| 27 | Many commonly-prescribed drugs increase the sensitivity of the skin and eyes to ultra-violet light — particularly if you take them over a long period of time . |
| 28 | The Profitboss. genuinely cares for his customers and develops sound trusting relationships with them over a long period of time . |
| 29 | The rationale , however , for that is clear : while insurers are willing to concede that accidents will happen , events developing over a long period of time because of a lack of concern for the potential hazards should not be allowed to . |
| 30 | Another modification of the model assumes that uniform extension occurs but takes account of the fact that stretching of the lithosphere is likely to occur over a long period of time , probably several million years . |