Example sentences of "over a [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Signe 's apartment was in a small block built over a row of shops . |
| 2 | Standing exactly where Mao Tse-tung proclaimed the People 's Republic of China on 1 October 1949 , paramount leader Deng Xiaoping joined other party leaders atop the Gate of Heavenly Peace to preside over a night of fireworks and martial music in Tiananmen Square . |
| 3 | My shorts were distributed over a half-acre of plants in the sharp silvery light of this place , in the form of white balls , fibrous globs . |
| 4 | Bent over a crate of bottles , with his back to Timothy , Mr Plant gave a startled grunt . |
| 5 | There was his dear head , bent close to a tousled blonde mop over a pile of papers . |
| 6 | Such research has become possible only with the advent of tunable lasers , which can emit light over a range of wavelengths . |
| 7 | Text can be aligned over a range of columns by selecting the WYSI-WYG menu options : Text , Align , Centre and highlighting the relevant range of columns . |
| 8 | John McLaughlin often felt that guitar controllers lacked spontaneous reaction to attack , something that Lampi does n't have to worry about ( though McLaughlin 's new Photon system seems to work quite well over a range of sounds ) . |
| 9 | Ideally , as the names imply , a low-pass filter passes signals up to some limiting frequency but not above it , a high-pass filter passes signals down to some limiting frequency but not below it , a band-pass filter passes signals over a range of frequencies but not outside it and a band-stop filter only passes signals outside a range of frequencies . |
| 10 | Clearly , the circuit behaves as a rejection filter and figure 8.8(c) gives its response over a range of frequencies either side of the rejection frequency . |
| 11 | When an element can exist in two or more allotropic forms each of which is stable over a range of conditions , it is said to exhibit enantiotropy . |
| 12 | In this construction , gleaned from a close reading over a range of texts , Modleski comes close to the guidelines offered by Mills and Boon themselves : |
| 13 | SAVERS who spread their funds over a range of accounts to keep interest paid below the level at which banks and building societies had to inform the taxman should be warned that the game is up . |
| 14 | They apply to the justification of the use of public power over a range of issues , for an extended period of time . |
| 15 | These include the introduction and partnering scheme ‘ matchmaker ’ , which operates within Scotland and outside ; information provision over a range of issues from development to funding ; training and accreditation ; and collaboration with manufacturers and standards bodies . |
| 16 | Shadow ministers who visited Washington thus found themselves at the centre of considerable attention , and were probed in detail on their thinking over a range of issues . |
| 17 | It is only after the Glorious Revolution — with the emergence of regular sessions of Parliament , when much of the ordinary business of government ( as opposed to just crisis situations ) came to be conducted along party lines , when Parliamentary divisions over a range of issues allow us to see the consistency of party allegiance amongst MPs , and when the parties came to develop fairly sophisticated organisational structures for the pursuit of their political goals — that it is possible to talk of a two-party system . |
| 18 | If experiments such as creep or stress relaxation are performed on the same sample of a polymer over a range of temperatures a pattern of behaviour is apparent that as long ago as 1943 led to the proposal of a " master curve " to which all observations could be reduced . |
| 19 | This is allowed for in each instrument and in addition , measurements can be made over a range of temperatures ( 278 to 373 K ) . |
| 20 | The result is that melting takes place over a range of temperatures , and this range is a useful indication of sample crystallinity . |
| 21 | Examination of the mechanical behaviour shows that there are five distinguishable states in which a linear amorphous polymer can exist and these are readily displayed if a parameter such as the elastic modulus is measured over a range of temperatures . |
| 22 | These are both particular kinds of relaxation spectroscopy in which the sample is perturbed by a sinusoidal force ( either mechanical or electrical ) and the response of the material is measured over a range of temperatures and at different frequencies of the applied force . |
| 23 | First a single card subject was viewed over a range of exposures and the results plotted ( Figure ) . |
| 24 | A broader economic analysis [ over a range of markets ] of secondary data on the pace of technology change and market structure . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Kaskelot is one of the main features over a weekend of celebrations to mark 200 years of canals . |
| 27 | Under the 1961 Constitution executive power is vested in the President , who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 28 | The administration consists of an executive President who is directly elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term , and who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 29 | The Constitution provides for an executive President who is directly elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term , and who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 30 | We know of other stars whose brightness changes periodically , over a timespan of hours , weeks or years . |