Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] over a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Here are the Angerholme Pots , all lined up for inspection over a straight half-mile . |
2 | However , the ‘ special relationship ’ that marked the Reagan and Bush years has gone and there is plenty of scope for disagreement over a packed agenda . |
3 | Records may have to be kept for reference over a long period of time and therefore they must be adequately protected . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | In addition to their port duties , Lerwick staff had to cover controls at Sumburgh Airport which was thirty miles south of Lerwick over a bumpy switchback road . |
6 | During his reign he added vast territories to the Frankish kingdom that he had inherited ; Lombardy ( the traditional enemy of both Franks and papacy ) , parts of Spain , all of Saxony over a prolonged period of campaigning , and Slavonic regions of the Drave and Elbe . |
7 | He was plastering wet threads of hair over a balding pate , and there was a look of alarm in those magnified eyes . |
8 | While a cannon ball may plough through a line of troops and kill two or three victims , a mortar shell explodes with a tremendous bang , scattering mud , dirt , and bits of shell over a wide area . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Each compartment can be used to hold a particular type of component over a limited range of values . |
11 | What we 've done tonight , is spread that amount of money over a tremendous number of people tonight |
12 | First , the payment of this sum of money over a short period would have a considerable inflationary effect . |
13 | In 1923 the USA and Britain reached an agreement for repayment of debts over a 62-year period at 3.3% interest . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | This consists of a layer of gravel over a raised grid at the bottom of the tank . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | The giant ground sloths and armadillos of the past were clearly South American in character , showing that this continent had been populated by unique families of animals over a vast period of time . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | For example , take a company which displays a doubling of turnover over a five-year period using a column graph ( vertical bar chart ) . |
20 | The accumulation of data over a long period of time is a situation that lends itself well to the use of a microcomputer . |
21 | A stability test involves the accumulation of a substantial amount of data over a prolonged period of time and may require the production of reports at several stages of the test . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Now er I have to warn him there are that sort of conduct has been indulged in to the detriment of the people of Highfields over a significant period by the Labour party . |
24 | Again these are fully supplemented by maps , photographs and charts and make an interesting source of reference over a large variety of subject matter . |
25 | He was able to extend his sphere of influence over a large area of south-eastern Britain . |
26 | ( Two summers ago , on holiday in Greece with a school pal he had since lost touch with , he 'd been on a small , crowded , ramshackle train heading out of Athens over a scrubby plain in blistering heat . |
27 | It will be difficult or impossible to establish a course of dealing on the basis of a small number of transactions over a long period . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | The father , Mr P , also an English incomer to Orkney , had carried out various forms of abuse over a long period of time . |
30 | Sales representative organized the promotion and personally demonstrated the production of chapattis to thousands of visitors over a five-day period . |