Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] over [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | High levels of uranium over the geochemically evolved granites such as Cairngorm and Mount Battock argue against using the granites as building stone for internal cladding on account of the potential risk of radon gas emanation . |
| 2 | David Clarke suggested use of resources over a very wide area by the lake village at Glastonbury in the Iron Age , and John Coles suggests that the pattern of land use in the Levels shown by Michael Williams for the medieval period probably has a prehistoric ancestry . |
| 3 | The increased powers of the Secretary of State over a centrally directed system of curriculum and assessment and , indeed , over teachers ' conditions of service , make it ‘ safe ’ for the government to increase the managerial responsibilities of schools . |
| 4 | The engineering brief was to achieve a 10 per cent gain in performance over the already rapid Turbo R , implying a top speed target of well over 150mph and 0–60mph acceleration in just over six seconds — a tough task , even allowing for the aerodynamic gains in the switch to the coupe shape , in a vehicle weighing at least two-and-a-half tons . |
| 5 | Well , I was interested , which wo n't surprise you , and tried it on and off , mostly off , for the moments of stress over the momentously stressful years . |
| 6 | A recent specialist Soviet study on Southeast Asia argued that the term ‘ neutralisation ’ as distinct from the related terms ‘ neutrality ’ and ‘ neutralism ’ contained the idea of activity over a more or less defined period of time ; it implied a process of gradual and progressive development . |
| 7 | A flicker of doubt passed across Zlorf 's face , like the last shaft of sunlight over a badly ploughed field . |