Example sentences of "over a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Add the braising steak to the pan and brown on all sides over a higher heat . |
| 2 | It will be interesting to see if the same thing will happen in Japan ; the Japanese manufacturers belief in the preference of the client for service over a cheaper product is already being tested in the marketplace — to their chagrin , according to contacts within the Japanese manufacturers . |
| 3 | So , X seems to offer more than IBM 's SAA , over a wider field , quicker , with less effort , and at a lower cost . |
| 4 | With both Cardiff and Newport dormant in recent years , other clubs have benefited from the movement of players ; talent has been spread over a wider area . |
| 5 | Zuwaya lineages were , by contrast , mobile over a wider area and when they settled they did so in different kinds of territory , part of a lineage in Tazarbu , part in Kufra or Ajkharra . |
| 6 | Restrictions on advertising and fees have been relaxed over a wider front . |
| 7 | A heavily grazed sward has little resilience to repeated abrasion by walkers ' boots , leading to vegetation , followed by soil , loss over a wider and wider area . |
| 8 | The search now goes on for cancers over a wider area . |
| 9 | Prior to AD 625 the coins are found mainly in Kent and the upper Thames valley ; afterwards they are found spread over a wider area as far afield as Ireland , Scotland , Derbyshire and Yorkshire , although they remain concentrated in south-east England . |
| 10 | Inspired by Hood 's unrivalled experience of shorthanded multihull sailing , this fully-battened sail retains a better shape over a wider wind range than conventional mainsail . |
| 11 | The new 58 beautifully manifests the Hood theory that displacement yachts with reduced wetted surface behave better over a wider range of conditions . |
| 12 | Finally , complementing these results Andreasen demonstrated that the relatives of her chosen authors also showed unusual creative talent , though over a wider sphere than the literary , including art , music , dance , and mathematics . |
| 13 | The majority of these operate ‘ bussing routes ’ so that the expatriate families do not necessarily need to live close to the school itself but may choose to live along the school bus route , over a wider area of the capital . |
| 14 | As well as these precepting bodies there are numerous joint committees for other services where co-operation is needed over a wider area than the individual district . |
| 15 | An investigation by Allan ( 1979 ) , for instance , found that not only did the middle class have more friends , but they were also drawn from a greater variety of social settings and over a wider geographical area . |
| 16 | They usually have their own personal computers , they need to subscribe to technical journals and pay for ( relatively expensive ) training and familiarisation courses in order to update their skills , their work tends to be spread over a wider geographical area and the need for a car is greater . |
| 17 | Indeed in some respects the new technologies of standardized and widely distributed reproduction made certain forms of social and cultural reproduction very much more effective , over a wider range , and in modes distinguishable from direct domination and subordination . |
| 18 | Further work may clarify the differences between these two methods of handling overflow records over a wider range of conditions . |
| 19 | This happy state of affairs could well continue if recent trends towards the construction of purpose-built houses ( as the stock of existing property is bought up ) , and more especially towards time-share developments , which spread the economic benefits over a wider season and ownership , continue into the late 1980s and early 1990s ( White , 1978 ) . |
| 20 | An alternative is the coefficient of colligation ( Yule statistic ) , which is mathematically similar to κ but stable over a wider range of base rates . |
| 21 | ‘ All you do is re-distribute the rubbish over a wider area . ’ |
| 22 | On the other hand , he or she disposes this increased income over a wider range of services , many of which ( it is asserted ) are less capable of automation ( increased productivity ) than is the case in production of industrial goods . |
| 23 | Senior managers are required to coordinate the work of subordinates by having authority over a wider area of work , right up to the chief executive and board of directors . |
| 24 | As the depth is obviously restricted this form of extraction would take place over a wider area than normal but in a district like this where the overburden is thin this is no real hardship . |
| 25 | By adding the forcing resistance , with a proportional increase in supply voltage , the phase electrical time constant can be reduced , enabling operation over a wider speed range . |
| 26 | They are well equipped — all resourcing being channelled to that age group rather than being dispersed over a wider age group . |
| 27 | Er the three options were joint authorities er this would mean er unitary authorities within an area joining together and forming some sort of er joint committee arrangements and joint staffing arrangements to prepare a plan over a wider area . |
| 28 | We hope this scheme will prevent a further population decline and , in the long term , re-establish corncrakes over a wider area . ’ |
| 29 | Monomode cables carry light signals on a longer wavelength , and will give Mercury the chance to carry four times as much data as is possible on multimode , and over a greater distance . |
| 30 | And the special pull-forward visor means you can increase the effectiveness of the hood over a greater area . |