Example sentences of "over [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three central heating pump chambers are equally well-disguised by building over each a raised plinth , topped by a removable slab . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've been over this a hundred times already . |
| 3 | In 1971 , a new covenant was signed by over half a million men and women , committing protestants to a renewal of the covenant political ideal . |
| 4 | To put these figures in perspective , the Sun 's angular diameter is 32 minutes of arc , a little over half a degree . |
| 5 | In a little over half a year 's time , the anniversary of the Reconciliation would be upon the Imajica . |
| 6 | Tim Noble finds the area just as captivating over half a century later |
| 7 | This explains very clearly why Matilda is far and away the most popular children 's book I have written and was bought by over half a million children in Britain alone in the first six months . |
| 8 | ‘ A little over half a million pounds . |
| 9 | England 's involvement in European wars fell into two broad periods , separated by over half a century . |
| 10 | Even contemplating walking out over such a small matter may seem ridiculous , but within the context of that small world , the dispute was a major one . |
| 11 | Inevitably , over such a long period , I became less institutionalized , more able to function as an individual in relation to belief and action and not merely accept the organization 's definition of things ; and this is a profoundly un-police like state of affairs ! |
| 12 | Once again , the intensity of contact spread over such a long time in the field makes this form of self-monitoring difficult to maintain , and there was also a general resistance from below to the management 's instruction . |
| 13 | As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done . |
| 14 | But the broad package of interventions and centralization over such a long period of time surely outstrips that carried out by any previous government . |
| 15 | She told me not to make a fuss over such a small thing . |
| 16 | Shouldst thou not weep over such a people , and shouldst not thy tears interrupt thy words ? |
| 17 | This five-fold ( pentameral ) symmetry seems a peculiar number to be present over such a wide range of organisms . |
| 18 | ‘ You 'll have a seizure if you get into such a state , over such a silly little thing . ’ |
| 19 | The field of education is as wide as that of religion , and it would be futile to attempt to particularise over such a vast subject . |
| 20 | Added to his faithful representation was his own flavour of the area which no one else has been able to maintain over such a long period . |
| 21 | Yanto was also having second thoughts about getting into a fight over such a silly incident , and realised it was caused as much by jealousy as anything else . |
| 22 | Modern archaeology shows that prehistoric societies were complex , though even without this it should have been obvious that only an essentially stable and intelligent society would have constructed a structure such as the Neolithic henge at Avebury and its complex could not have been constructed over such a span of time ; involving as it did the excavation of a quarter of a million tonnes of chalk and the transportation and erection of hundreds of stones weighing up to about 50 tonnes each . |
| 23 | The idea is to test the hardware and software associated with high-speed communications and investigate the kind of services that could be supplied over such a network . |
| 24 | More surprising , to me , about the present sorry situation , is how the old regimes managed to get away for so long with presiding over such a ragbag and still getting all that advertising ! |
| 25 | ‘ It is beyond belief this could happen over such a petty row . |
| 26 | Tenants for short-term leases are generally reluctant to spend money on fitting out , because they are unable to write off their expenditure over such a short term . |
| 27 | If it seems odd to devote a chapter to one book , however important and significant , it must be appreciated that numerically it is by far the most commonly found book and one which has been published over such a long period that the collector will see it more frequently than any other . |
| 28 | Any mother would know if their daughters were lying over such a major thing . |
| 29 | Finding locomotives of this scale which will operate over such a distance is not easy . |
| 30 | Westinghouse Electric Corp , Pittsburgh has asked 15 cellular and wireless companies for proposals to build a nationwide wireless data network , the Wall Street Journal reported : the company 's idea is to spur the wireless carriers , individually or as part of a consortium , to develop a network that would make it easier and cheaper for users of laptop and palm-top computers and other devices to send and receive information over the air — and in return , Westinghouse promised to buy a substantial amount of transmission capacity for turn-key communications services that it wants to offer over such a network for various types of companies , such as those that manage large fleets of vehicles and security concerns doing remote monitoring — ‘ We 're trying to get a national packet data network that covers , at a minimum , the 30 largest metropolitan areas , ’ the company declared . |