Example sentences of "over the [num ord] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dawn Run took the lead from the start and hopped nimbly over the first two fences . |
| 2 | As kite-makers and everyday enthusiasts for kite flying , the Peacock family of St.Albans had also been the winners over the first two years of the Kite Society 's Rokkaku Challenge . |
| 3 | For example , for 2 × 2 weaving , the weaving yarn is laid over the first two needles , under the next two needles , over the next two needles and so on . |
| 4 | There has been so much drama , not only over the first two days , when Henri Leconte had made his fairy tale return to Davis Cup play with his stunning defeat of Sampras in the second singles and then his inspirational contribution to France 's doubles success as he and Forget maintained an 8–0 unbeaten record together in the competition , that it was both right and proper that there should have been more to come . |
| 5 | Cmnd. 9058 estimated that the cost of implementation over the first two years would be some £35 million , which would cover staff costs , computer hardware and software , and consultancy . |
| 6 | Over the first two of three laps , there were continual attacks but all were chased down . |
| 7 | Over the first two days most of the home points had been garnered by the Big Four comprising Seve Ballesteros , Jose Maria Olazabal , Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam but in the end it was the third Spaniard and the middle-aged Irishman who rose to the occasion when their contribution was needed most . |
| 8 | HAVING had a summer of fair-weather golf , competitors in the British Women 's Stroke-Play Championship at Southerness , many of whom had not had to don a sweater in months , were faced with the foulest of conditions over the first two days . |
| 9 | Work will take place over the first two weekends in June ( 1st-2nd , 8th-9th ) , starting 9.30 am on site . |
| 10 | Love , the second round leader , could not maintain the pace he set over the first two rounds and had to settle for a third round 71 . |
| 11 | The highlight of the course for many pupils is definitely the extended project which they carry out over the first two terms , tapping the wide network of apparatus available in the Department for work at this level . |
| 12 | Yusupov had prepared an unusual opening variation : taking only six minutes over the first 14 moves , while Karpov used almost an hour . |
| 13 | The proposal also included an offer to reduce the price of supplies in real terms over the first five years and a pledge that during the contract period prices would remain ‘ within the general movement of prices in the economy ’ . |
| 14 | They will be self-financing , since we aim to raise 20 billion by way of pollution taxes over the first five year of Government . |
| 15 | The maximum number of new shares which may be issued under the schemes is restricted to 5% of the issued ordinary share capital over the first five years ending in 1991 and thereafter 3% over any three year period . |
| 16 | Issue E Children 's Bonus Bonds give a tax-free guaranteed return equal to 7.85% a year compound ( v 9.1% issue D ) over the first five years . |
| 17 | To this end , you have the option of selecting a Midland Life Low Start Endowment Policy , under which your repayments are reduced over the first five years of the mortgage . |
| 18 | Over the first five years he introduced new locomotive designs and continued the development of the main-line ‘ Pacific ’ type , incorporating detailed improvements pioneered by George Jackson Churchward [ q.v. ] of the Great Western , whose work he greatly admired . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're right into the teeth of it over the first five holes . |
| 20 | In early February 1991 Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland had all begun negotiations on association agreements with the EC , which was offering a 10-year transition period to mutual free trade in two stages with asymmetrically large EC tariff cuts over the first five years in all sectors except agriculture , steel and textiles — the very areas where the three countries most desired access . |
| 21 | He estimated that inflation had risen by 25 per cent over the first eleven months of 1989 and that the dinar had lost 50 per cent of its value since October 1989 . |
| 22 | Over the first nine months of 1922 money taxes reached on average a mere 3 per cent of the pre-war level in real terms . |
| 23 | Over the first nine pages of the book , George appears to be mean and irritable towards Lennie , and seems to treat him very heartlessly , but throughout the book we are shown that the two men depend on one another very much , and they have a very strong relationship . |
| 24 | If anyone is going to break it they are going to have to be better than me over the first fifty metres , so it 's going to be difficult . |
| 25 | Over the first four days it was all I could do to get Dawn to step off the perch I 'd set up in the field , with my glove just a few inches away from her . |
| 26 | There will inevitably be some changes , some leads swapping about , some instant titles as yet unknown , but in the main , after my quick skim over the first four months , I have attempted to give you an overall picture of what will undoubtedly be a very busy year . |
| 27 | There were five barges moored abreast here , and we climbed over the first four , greeting the startled crews as we went . |
| 28 | To refresh her memory she picked up the telephone , closed her eyes , and recalled how his gloved finger had moved over the first four raised knobs of plastic . |
| 29 | Over the first four years , the company projected an income growth from some £60,000 in the first year of operation to £555,000 by the fourth year . |
| 30 | Over the first four years of the debt crisis , after-tax profits at six big US commercial banks increase 57% . |