Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] a [adj] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact I thought the whole fairy-palace effect was a long way over the top and painfully unoriginal . |
| 2 | Siobhan McGlinchey from Castlederg defeated Coach Club player Elizabeth McWilliams 2–0 , while Anne Jess of the Coach was a 2–0 winner over Brenda Hughes of Parkside . |
| 3 | The All Ireland champion from Donaghmore County Tyrone was a 2–1 winner over the underdog , who won the second frame on the black . |
| 4 | But it seems more likely that on this occasion a handful of key politicians and civil servants actually took the lead ; Peter Walker at the Department of the Environment ( DOE ) and Robert Carr , Home Secretary ( the Home Office set up the Urban Deprivation Unit in 1972 ) , were clearly influential , and Derek Morrell was a key official over CDP in the Home Office . |
| 5 | This performance was a substantial improvement over the current diagnostic tables . |
| 6 | Monteith at featherweight was a 12–6 winner over Keith Butler of Killymount and Brian Magee atoned for his clubmate Frances Webb 's defeat with a 12–4 win over Thomas Donnelly of Kildress . |