Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun sg] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could hardly blame him here — at least his feelings ; but even if , with an earlier and exact diagnosis he could have been spared a great deal of pain over a considerable period of time , I realize that nothing could have saved him . |
| 2 | First , those who stress the symbolic role of leaders , or the concentration of power over a few absolutely critical decisions in the hands of a power elite , view leadership as a zero-sum game . |
| 3 | Any parent who has had an insomniac or hyperactive child will know the situation in which interruption of sleep over a long period frays tempers and seeks some other scapegoat than the child ; husband and wife may end in screaming at each other across the bedroom . |
| 4 | Harmonic schemes on a larger scale , spanning large movements or in successions of movements , also require planning , for some change of key over a large area is needed to create contrast and relief . |
| 5 | Another example of a conflict between official and unofficial group norms can be drawn from a situation where a group itself decides to operate a certain level of output over a given time , regardless of targets set by the management in their search for increased efficiency and productivity . |
| 6 | A replacement will be announced in the next few days , while it has emerged that Donald Carr , who once as England captain poured a bucket of water over a Pakistani umpire , was proposed as referee for the recent Pakistan-Sri Lanka series — and like Graveney , was not surprisingly rejected . |
| 7 | In the same pan , dissolve the sugar in one tablespoon of water over a low heat , then cook until just beginning to turn golden . |
| 8 | In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century the fabric of mid-Victorian hegemony was shattered by a series of structural contradictions , from economic retardation and industrial unrest , to growing socialist and feminist political militancy and intensification of anxiety over a whole range of social issues . |
| 9 | Each compartment can be used to hold a particular type of component over a limited range of values . |
| 10 | It also prevents one from churning out the same stuff of conversation over a long period to different people ( to use words at people ) which is using those people as hard reflective surfaces and not , as I feel properly , soft digestive reflective surfaces . |
| 11 | Equally , it is not unknown for a partner gradually to lose interest in mundane administrative matters : often enough the problems that this can cause are exacerbated by his co-partners allowing him to escape his share of responsibility over a long period . |
| 12 | For example , take a company which displays a doubling of turnover over a five-year period using a column graph ( vertical bar chart ) . |
| 13 | At any particular moment the books might not appear to balance ( for example electrical energy input could be stored to be released as heat later , or energy taken up while forcing the deuterium into the palladium may be returned later U the deuterium leaks out and recombines in the atmosphere ) , so the relevant question was whether there was a net excess output of energy over a long period of time . |
| 14 | We regard it as an inhuman act , they say , to keep a man facing the agony of execution over a long extended period . |
| 15 | The " act of identity " is thus construed broadly as a pattern of behaviour over a largish domain , rather than , say , as an instant in the production of talk , where a choice between two phonetic realisations of the same phoneme is required . |
| 16 | The profile would usually be the number of qualified and unqualified staff required for each span of duty over a 24-hour period . |
| 17 | After breakfast we left the inn and got on the track , which , with care , need not be lost sight of in good weather , except in haze or severe rain , when there is danger at one or two places , where a ceaseless flow of moisture over a rich soil keeps the grass so green and the ground so soft , no path is traceable now and again . |
| 18 | It was common practice for marriage registers to record the places of abode of the newly-weds , and what Kendall did was to use this information to construct a crude measure of dissimilarity between villages based on frequency of intermarriage over a long period . |
| 19 | This consists of a layer of gravel over a raised grid at the bottom of the tank . |
| 20 | I thought of him as the rhino : myopic , short-legged , thick-skinned , not too bright but with a mean temper , a surprising turn of speed over a short course , and , above all , a keen sense of smell . |
| 21 | By interviewing a subsample of women from the original study it will be possible to plot the stability of self-esteem over a 7 to 8 year period and its relationship to changing social circumstances . |
| 22 | He was able to extend his sphere of influence over a large area of south-eastern Britain . |
| 23 | First , the payment of this sum of money over a short period would have a considerable inflationary effect . |
| 24 | What we 've done tonight , is spread that amount of money over a tremendous number of people tonight |
| 25 | ‘ We could find people who wanted £3m worth of business over a few years , but failed to get any quick profit deals . |
| 26 | Given a little thought as to siting the Pentstemons will provide a lot of interest over a long period and should prevent the need for annual replanting , which can be expensive and labour intensive . |
| 27 | In the circumstances , a construction of fabric over a wire-braced framework of wood or bamboo was logical and efficient , and sometimes , nothing else would have got off the ground with the power available . |
| 28 | It may also be possible to argue that where the party has failed to respond to a notice of assignment from the purchaser , such lack of action over a long period is an implied consent where that party has dealt with the purchaser after completion . |
| 29 | Rather the state is the central site for the negotiation of conflict over a whole range of issues , in which the state is a participant though not necessarily a consistently dominant or united one . |
| 30 | Again these are fully supplemented by maps , photographs and charts and make an interesting source of reference over a large variety of subject matter . |