Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [adj] [noun] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neatly arranged opposite is an array of samplers , sequencers , drum machines and keyboards — just to prove there 's more to the man than the jingle-jangle of six strings over a pickup . |
| 2 | Although Kraemer and Roberts ( 1984 ) were able to demonstrate an apparent loss of latent inhibition over a long retention interval using chocolate milk as the CS , no effect was apparent when saccharin was used . |
| 3 | A second survey was undertaken to establish the level of loss of requested items over a six month period . |
| 4 | Pete 's cooking was obviously the result of many hours over a hot Trangia . |
| 5 | These agents were given in a total voluem of 1.5 ml , a 0.5 ml bolus injection , followed by a continuous infusion of 1 ml over a one hour period . |
| 6 | It seems likely that improvements in the health and work capacity of the elderly population over the last eighty years have more than compensated for any putative increase in the physical and mental demands of employment ; if so , rising retirement rates may reflect a decrease in the demand for the labour of elderly workers over a period in which their employment capacity has risen . |
| 7 | It should he pointed out , however , that high quality preparations of M1 human eggs in which reliable chiasma counts could be made , have never really been obtained despite numerous attempts on the part of many workers over a number of years . |
| 8 | Glazing is the laying of transparent colour over a dry under layer to create special and/or colour effects . |
| 9 | MacDonald claims that the only located source of systematic collection of data on the progress of non-traditional students over a period of years was at Glasgow Polytechnic for the BA Social Science course . |
| 10 | But they were not in Great Britain in 1984 , and adjacent areas with similar relatively isolated mining communities ( notably Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire ) differed very substantially not only in their support for the strike call but also in their level of industrial militancy over a substantial period of time . |
| 11 | From Aisgill Summit , the railway , the road and the River Eden go hand in hand down Mallerstang , forced into close company by the impending slopes , and almost at once there appears on the right the magnificent spectacle of Hellgill Force where the infant Eden , thus far known as Hell Gill Beck , leaps in a waterfall of 60 feet over a limestone cliff and comes to maturity as the River Eden . |
| 12 | These informal evening meals create a large part of the social atmosphere , and Nikos ' three course set menu is good , covering a wide variety of Greek dishes over a typical fortnight . |
| 13 | You know , on er , sort of long process over a number of years . |
| 14 | In Chapter 3 we looked at the general interrelation of stylistic effects over a passage of some extent ; in Chapter 2 we considered the " macro-effects " of style as manifested in whole texts . |
| 15 | The so-called ‘ disparity ’ is simply that pollen primarily provides an integrated record of regional vegetation over a large area , whereas macrofossils reflect strictly local patterns . |
| 16 | If so , this piece of Leicestershire landscape is the product of various forces over a space of four hundred years . |
| 17 | A thick mop of black hair over a man-boy 's smooth olive complexion . |
| 18 | An important aspect would be a study of the progress of a sample of young people over a long period . |
| 19 | The study will combine DTI Company Statistics with London Business School 's London Share Price Data Base to provide details on the top executive pay , company characteristics and share price performance for a sample of large companies over a twenty year period . |
| 20 | Remember that velocity stands for the ratio of total spending over a period of time to the stock of money available . |
| 21 | Newton was one of them , and in spite of public fears over a similar junction elsewhere , it had been given the go-ahead . |
| 22 | With enormous gains in the white-collar suburbs , Labour became the party of bureaucrats , administrators and a progressive intelligentsia , all predisposed to seeing a greater share of public control over an increasing range of national affairs . |
| 23 | This 11-year series combined with earlier observations of the pulsar gives us a fairly complete account of the rotational behaviour of this pulsar over a period of 23 years , including the glitches of 1969 , 1975 and 1986 ( refs 4–6 ) . |
| 24 | She says you have to have evidence of continued use over a period of time and in a variety of sources so that it 's not just very specialised and short-lived . |
| 25 | While this study is limited to one university and deals with a relatively small intake of mature students over a period of six years it does demonstrate that non-standard entry mature students can do particularly well when compared with other students . |
| 26 | It arises from a combination of factors e.g. dampness and absence of adequate ventilation over a significant period of time . |
| 27 | They apply to the justification of the use of public power over a range of issues , for an extended period of time . |
| 28 | The new convention had been the subject of detailed negotiation over a number of years , with the incompatibility of legislation on advertising in the various countries and the amount of European-made programmes in particular providing obstacles to agreement ( see also p. 36494 ) . |
| 29 | Both the Listening Test and the Grammar Test have been the subject of rigorous research over a number of years , with up to forty different nationalities of students . |
| 30 | There are two key measures : ( 1 ) the incidence rate ( the number of new cases over a given period , usually a year ) and ( 2 ) the prevalence rate ( the number of cases/persons affected in the population at a particular moment in time ) . |