Example sentences of "the [noun] [noun sg] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A government committed to a sustained reduction in the growth of the money supply over a number of years will find this very difficult unless it restricts the size of the public-sector deficit . |
| 2 | Battling Dave Cannon sprayed a whole trailer-load of the cow muck over a council building after plans for his retirement bungalow were turned down for the fourth time . |
| 3 | Teesside Crown Court heard a row broke out between Meehan , 44 , and the Mansha family over a gas meter at his bedsit in Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 4 | The study contributes towards a comprehensive view of the working of the labour market over a long period and of the sources of shocks disturbing the economy . |
| 5 | EXPLORER Robert Swann is helping people in the North-East turn over a new leaf and help the environment . |
| 6 | Spreading the annuity purchase over a period of years will average out rates over that period , but whether this will result in a bigger pension at the end of the day is highly speculative . |
| 7 | WIMBLEDON 's Vinnie Jones yesterday lost his appeal to the Football Association over a record £20,000 fine . |
| 8 | With this version of the theory , the change in the exchange rate over a period will equal the differential inflation rates between the two countries . |
| 9 | This last autumn South East Arts tried and experiment in Brighton and organized a series of five so-called fringe theatrical productions at the Pavilion Theatre over a period of two months . |
| 10 | the service requested is intended to confer on the tribunal making the request jurisdiction over a person who by the law of the State of execution can not be subjected to such jurisdiction . |
| 11 | It is possible to enter into a guaranteed revenue agreement with the water authority whereby the income from the water charge over a 12-year period is offset against the capital cost and the developer is only liable for any shortfall on an annual basis . |
| 12 | CATEGORY OF EMPLOYEE CODE Non industrial 1 Industrial 2 Fire Service 3 Temporary 4 Seasonal 5 Short term contract 6 Trainee 7 The team then tested the " persons ' system using the Gatwick file over a six month trial period . |
| 13 | Before each demonstration you will get the chance to meet Linda and the roadshow team over a free glass of wine or a soft drink , while you sample different varieties of cheese . |
| 14 | These developments have led to the encroachment of examinations into Thursday and Friday of week 10 but , nevertheless , over 7,600 examination places were administered by the examinations office over an eight-day period in July 1988 . |
| 15 | Start by laying the weaving yarn over a small amount of needles , then gradually increase the amount of weaving to the centre front before decreasing the length of the rows to match the first half . |
| 16 | In March 1985 , he came into conflict with the Lord Chancellor over an article he had written for the Daily Telegraph on Government pressure on the judiciary to shorten sentences and on the inadequacies of the prison system . |
| 17 | So it goes on , with mentions of current ripples up to 10 feet and more in height , a gravel delta 200 square miles in area , the stripping off of the loess cover over an area of almost 2000 square miles and so on . |
| 18 | Failure to extend the agreement would have meant selling the buffer stock over a 4@1/2-year period from October , with potentially damaging consequences for prices , which were already at their lowest point for many years after five seasons of glut . |
| 19 | Some of these are highly sophisticated and provide almost complete control of the duty cycle over a 100 per cent variation . |
| 20 | A theory for this cloud was proposed by Chang and Burnetti in Nature ( vol 314 , page 676 ) : that a meteor had encountered the cloud deck just as it shattered , producing heat that warmed the cloud layer over a large area . |
| 21 | She managed to wrench her gaze away , and with conscious deliberation drew the dust sheet over a fruitwood table . |
| 22 | At any rate , Bloch 's work is exciting , with long singing lines for the solo instrument over a rich orchestral texture , well coloured by brass and percussive timpani . |
| 23 | Telemine transmits the TV picture over a radio link to the controller , who sends back final steering instructions . |
| 24 | The spectre of listing was blamed earlier this year for the number of important works of art from historic collections to have come onto the London market over a short period . |
| 25 | Options are exercisable by the Directors and the Company Secretary over a total of 1,398,330 Ordinary Shares as set out above at prices ranging from IR59.25p to IR£1.28 and from 73pStg to £1.19Stg . |
| 26 | Josie was alone in the kitchen , reading a trade newspaper at the breakfast bar over a glass of hot lemon juice and some wholemeal toast . |
| 27 | But for patients in high EE homes , the continued use of these drugs reduced the relapse rate over a nine-month period among Brown and his colleagues ' sample by one third ( 66 per cent to 46 per cent ) , and in Vaughn and Leff 's sample , by about one half . |
| 28 | It may well be that a fairer test must await an examination of the poll tax over an entire electoral cycle . |
| 29 | I mostly just look at mine from the window ; I 've got to know the walnut tree over a whole year now . |
| 30 | Morar , like neighbouring Knoydart , is wild and inhospitable , without roads in the interior and similarly featuring a loch that pierces the mountain barrier over a distance of twelve miles . |