Example sentences of "[adj] over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And so I wake in the night panic stricken over a lack of fuel . |
| 32 | All At Sea reverts to a mile for the first time this season , having finished runner-up on her last three starts , the best of which was her length defeat by Rodrigo de Triano in the Juddmonte International over a mile and a quarter . |
| 33 | Here , however , we write it as an integral over a portion of the 3N-dimensional configuration space represented by the N vectors rj and the 3 coordinates required for the specification of each one . |
| 34 | If you go into any of the high-street shops , and try and get something decent over a size 14 , there 's no way you can do it , unless you want to make your own clothes . |
| 35 | Because the microscope gives an image which is fuzzy over a distance of the size of the wavelength of the light being used , if we want to measure the position more accurately we must decrease the wavelength . |
| 36 | Residents are angry over a developer 's bid to challenge a DoE proposal — contained in the Newtownabbey Area Plan |
| 37 | ( I am angry over an act of injustice or I wonder at the sight of Niagara Falls or I am pleased with my Christmas present . ) |
| 38 | Yet how could she possibly feel jealous over a man whom she had so long ago evicted from her heart ? |
| 39 | THE NORTH coast of Scotland faces the Arctic over a distance of seventy miles and is terminated abruptly by Cape Wrath in the west and Duncansby Head near John o' Groats in the east . |
| 40 | Venables and the Spurs board have been upset over a series of allegations Scholar has made in his book ‘ Behind Closed Doors ’ , which is published today . |
| 41 | Do not fix anything so low over a sofa that people can knock their heads on it when getting up or even leaning back ; all the same , try to place everything at a reasonably flexible eye level . |
| 42 | A PRINT DEPICTING a pair of 229 Squadron Hurricanes flying low over a locomotive pulling passenger carriages to the Ashford to Redhill railway line in the Autumn of 1940 is being auctioned by forms of tender to raise funds for the RAF Benevolent Fund . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | Most HLA-A2 molecules expressed in T2 cells are unstable to exposure at 37°C , whereas most HLA-A2 molecules in T1 cells and T2 cells reconstituted with TAP1 and TAP2 are stable over a 4-h exposure to 37°C . |
| 45 | The appearance of the new form was an abrupt event and the product was quite stable over a period of years . |
| 46 | Hugh Manson has made hundreds and hundreds of custom guitars since he turned full-time over a decade ago , and now he 's decided to standardise some of his most popular guitars into the ‘ Classic ’ range . |
| 47 | Many players , as it happened , were coming near to the age of retirement , so it was possible over a period of six or seven years to make the orchestra young again . |
| 48 | Under the Wedgwood Savings Related Share Option Scheme , options were outstanding over a total of 13,974,414 Ordinary Shares at a price of 14.5p Sterling , exercisable under normal circumstances within the period of six months from 14 December 1995 ; over 2,351,041 Ordinary Shares at a price of 29p Sterling , exercisable under normal circumstances within a period of six months from 1 January 1997 or 1 January 1999 , depending on the savings period ; and over 4,896,200 Ordinary Shares at a price of 12.5p Sterling , exercisable under normal circumstances within a period of six months from 1 November 1997 or 1 November 1999 , depending on the savings period . |
| 49 | The design aim at the beginning of this project was to have a power supply adjustable over a range of about 5V to 15V which regulated well with a maximum current output of about 5A . |
| 50 | The information available over a century ago on the customs and beliefs of exotic tribal peoples was incomparably poorer than it is today . |
| 51 | Mr Elliot Bernerd , head of Chesfield commented , ‘ We are one of a group of shareholders and have never agreed to make capital available over a period of years . |
| 52 | Brush the glaze while still hot over a fruit cake , but allow to cool slightly before spreading over a sponge cake . |
| 53 | The European Community has put in place a range of measures which are capable over a period of time of leading to a solution . |
| 54 | I 've never seen someone so obsessed over a hair-dryer . ’ |
| 55 | Resting his weight on his bended knee , he was staring motionless over a precipice towards the lake . |
| 56 | Parents say they 're furious over a school 's decision to allow its older pupils to smoke . |
| 57 | The sold-out concert was scheduled to take place at Seattle 's 15,000 capacity Coliseum , however , Nirvana are believed to have pulled out because Kurt Cobain was furious over an interview which appeared in Vanity Fair magazine which revealed that he and his wife Courtney Love had indulged in a drug ‘ binge ’ while Courtney was pregnant ( see last week 's NME ) . |
| 58 | Thus when endothelium was stripped from rabbit aorta in vivo prostacyclin production at the luminal surface of the vessel was virtually absent and recovery of prostacyclin production was slow over a period of 70 days coinciding with the appearance of neointimal cells ( Eldor et al , 1981 ) . |
| 59 | It looked weird over a T-shirt , but it undoubtedly fitted quite well , except for the length of the pants . |
| 60 | The lower Auchtertyre horizon is about 80 m thick over a strike length of 8 km and contains up to 1.6 per cent Zn and 0.1 per cent Cu over 3 m ( MRP 93 ; Fortey and Smith , 1986 ) . |