Example sentences of "[verb] over [adj] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Any mother would know if their daughters were lying over such a major thing . |
| 3 | ‘ It is beyond belief this could happen over such a petty row . |
| 4 | They are simply too expensive to run and maintain over such a long distance . |
| 5 | It is doubtful that auctioneer John Marion had ever presided over such a disastrous start to an auction . |
| 6 | Durham was a very early example in Europe to be stone vaulted over such a wide span . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |