Example sentences of "[noun] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | His description of the recovery of a Hunter over a Swiss airshow served as another graphic reminder that a performance should emphasize the aircraft 's character but should utilize only the established skills of the pilot — and should never require his super-human efforts to get out of a situation . |
| 32 | This can happen while driving a car over a familiar route , and it can happen while reading predictable passages of text . |
| 33 | The IMF decided , in 1988 , that the limit to enlarged access would be 440 per cent of a country 's quota over a three-year period . |
| 34 | Borrowers are able to use the facility up to 140 per cent of their quota over a four-year period and with much more relaxed repayment conditions than the normal facilities . |
| 35 | For example , development must comprise private dwelling houses only , with no trade or business ( other than perhaps a doctor or dentist ) , no caravans or boats to be stored , no dogs , pigs or poultry , no sheds or sheds over a certain height , no loft conversions or extensions . |
| 36 | One wore a tattered summer dress in pink spotted cotton with double flounces , the other a pinafore over a checked blouse . |
| 37 | A dose of 0.05 µg/kg body weight of ceruletide ( Farmitalia Carlo Erba Ltd , St Albans , UK ) in 10 ml saline was then given by intravenous injection over a 10 minute period . |
| 38 | The table shows the number of mornings and afternoons that winds blew at various strengths over a 14 day period . |
| 39 | After a small riot over a beaded evening bag ( ‘ But darling , it belonged to your lovely mother , rest her soul ! |
| 40 | The LP , as yet untitled , will showcase him chattering like a sten-gun over a slinky , African-ish reggae backing . |
| 41 | ‘ Look here : that was in broad daylight over a single strand of wire , not under fire from any machine guns , and with no patrolling goon with a gun to meet us on the other side . |
| 42 | In experimental work on the viscosity of the alkanes over a wide range of temperature Doolittle found however that the simple relation where A and B are constants gave a very much better fit to the experimental data , than the Andrade equation From the discussion we have given it is clear that fv is only a linear function of T if the expansion of the liquid is given by the linear equation and this is only true over small temperature ranges . |
| 43 | The examination of all the images produced during a particular period or of a selection of images over a longer period will often provide a good idea of how the relevant state or regime wished to represent itself . |
| 44 | Thus any correctly terminated filter section with purely reactive elements perfectly passes signals over a certain range of frequency defined by the inequality ( 9.16 ) and appropriately known as the pass or transmission band but introduces a phase shift given by equation ( 9.15 ) in this frequency band . |
| 45 | Even as I was recording my triumphs over a hostile and alien world , I was also expressing such sentiments as , ‘ Oh , it 's not even worth writing down — the same , usual , dismal , tedious , boring story . ’ |
| 46 | Iskandara was in the doorway of the train , her stick in her hand and her plaid shawl over a dark , braided travelling dress . |
| 47 | Rose was wearing a dull black cardigan over a black dress . |
| 48 | He was wearing a thick grey cardigan over a white shirt and it reminded her of how chilly the air was in the house . |
| 49 | She was wearing a large , baggy cardigan over a luminous pink leotard and tights . |
| 50 | The Europa Hotel is again devastated and offices over a wide area wrecked . |
| 51 | The relationship between the two concepts of range and amount is perhaps more complex than one might expect , for some local cases get sustained coverage in local newspapers but not get a mention in he nationals , while , on the other hand , some events get a mention over a large number of newspapers on one particular day but never get featured again . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | Scribblers added oil for this purpose , while spinners held wool over a steaming kettle and could conceal the removal of half a pound in every six this way . |
| 54 | The giant ground sloths and armadillos of the past were clearly South American in character , showing that this continent had been populated by unique families of animals over a vast period of time . |
| 55 | The result over a two year period is a range of display material that has been exclusively designed and manufactured , and is now available to retailers throughout the country . |
| 56 | A stability test involves the accumulation of a substantial amount of data over a prolonged period of time and may require the production of reports at several stages of the test . |
| 57 | The accumulation of data over a long period of time is a situation that lends itself well to the use of a microcomputer . |
| 58 | The only way that we could definitely ascertain the extent of the increase in recorded crime which is due to changes in reporting and/or recording practices would be if there were available victimization data over a long period . |
| 59 | As M. W. Eysenck ( 1982 ) points out , unless studies collect data over a large range of different arousal levels , there are relatively few patterns of results which are actually inconsistent with an inverted-U relationship . |
| 60 | According to a spokeswoman for the Fraud Squad , he is alleged to have stolen more than £130,000 from the Inland Revenue over a four-year period . |