Example sentences of "in [noun] over a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However in practice deterioration of stock inevitably sets in , through a variety of factors : original errors or omissions in selection ( for the reasons suggested above ) ; poor control of withdrawals and replacements ; fluctuations in funding over a period of years ; fluctuations in demand caused by changes in the constituency , or changes in their needs . |
| 2 | There had been a staggering decrease in difficulty over a century in the largest Swedish daily , Dagens Nyheter , which roughly corresponded to the difference between children 's books and adult literature . |
| 3 | As it happens , there is a substantial engine refurbishment contract in the offing which ( although tenders have not yet been invited ) promises to bring someone several tens of millions of pounds in revenue over a period of a few years . |
| 4 | This gives judicial support to the view that financial statements have a limited useful life ( of less than 15 months ) and depreciate in usefulness over a period of time . |
| 5 | Mr Heddle , aged 48 , was due to appear in court in Spain over a parking dispute while in Benidorm in May . |
| 6 | For example , banks grant personal loans to customers to be repaid in instalments over a set number of years ( typically six months to five years ) . |
| 7 | The purchaser of a life assurance contract does not make one payment at the beginning of the contract but pays a premium in instalments over a number of years . |
| 8 | They can be used in summer on their own over a top sheet and in winter over a quilt or blanket . |
| 9 | The advantage the nationalist rhetoric and the nation statehood confers is that it is always legitimate , liquidating the nationals of other nation states , particularly in contention over a piece of territory . |
| 10 | The same situation was prevalent in England over a decade ago , and while the new breed of English walls has blossomed to state of the art types such as Newcastle 's Berghaus Wall , Scotland 's walls remain poor relatives . |
| 11 | In LEAs where a scheme of delegation has been in place over a period of years , the question of making more money soon arises . |
| 12 | This is a major project which will be introduced in phases over a number of years . |
| 13 | High rate of growth The rate of growth is a measure of the increase in output over a period of time . |
| 14 | Draping a 3.5-dimensional colour-shaded perspective view of the magnetic field in colour over a relief representation of the Bouguer gravity anomalies shows correlations between high and low anomalies in the two fields . |
| 15 | Myanma 's good relations with Thailand were tested in October over a border incident , when Myanman troops on Oct. 6 arrested a group of 10 Thai officials , including a district officer . |
| 16 | THE CONTROVERSY in Norway over a bounty of £2000 , placed on the head of one of the country 's last wolves , has had to be settled at cabinet level . |
| 17 | As we saw earlier , the fact that the producing units of an industry increase in size over a number of years may be explained by the functional relation between their size and the cost of production . |
| 18 | The fry are born with large black eyes , but these steadily reduce in size over a period of weeks until they are covered with a cartilaginous sheath . |
| 19 | Infection by lymphocystis first appears as ‘ Cauliflower ’ -like growths which gradually increase in size over a period of several weeks or months . |
| 20 | Plants in some 34 families were used in Borneo over a period of 16 months and all but 5 were sources of fruit . |
| 21 | AT LEAST 150 people were feared dead last night after an Israeli jet exploded in mid-air over a city suburb . |
| 22 | The outside wheel is an iron breastshot unit locally made in Tewkesbury over a century ago , and replaced an older wooden one . |
| 23 | AMID continuing controversy over plans to transfer civil service jobs to Scotland , there is cause for celebration in Glasgow over a success story which has shown that distance from Whitehall is no barrier to effective performance . |
| 24 | In the square a Quaker choir was performing , and old men in heavy overcoats were in uproar over a game of chess . |
| 25 | LLOYD 'S Register , the largest ship registration organisation , is being sued in America over a ship fire that killed 159 people two years ago . |
| 26 | We 're also engaged with the European Community in discussion over a bid for funding to develop social work , child protection and alternatives to institutional care and to other child care systems within Romania . |
| 27 | Equally , when Bishop Æthelstan of Hereford was involved in litigation over an estate in Cnut 's time , it was ordered ( S 1460 ) that the boundaries be retraced , and this the bishop did together with the man who had sold him the land and the witnesses . |
| 28 | One solution to the difficulty of what the Cockcroft Report refers to as " recording positive achievement " which attempts to avoid laying too much stress on what pupils have not achieved is to record the growth in attainment over a period of time . |
| 29 | Engineers of this discipline are in the greatest demand , and receive the highest salaries at an early age , Imagine also that the raw material used by these engineers has been rapidly increasing in abundance and dramatically decreasing in cost over a period of 20 years . |
| 30 | As the plane hangs in darkness over a net of lights far below , Kate looks in amazement at her new sandals and the label on her hand luggage . |