Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] over a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had also fallen foul of the rules , with a controversial decision over a free drop during the final round . |
| 2 | This was no easy task as the Lincoln would be flying at low level over a featureless jungle and the bomb aimer had to be quick in identifying each datum point on the route into and out of the target point . |
| 3 | Norm had to call her , then shake her , and she would stagger downstairs and hang like an exhausted alcoholic over a clutched mug of coffee . |
| 4 | It is the startling and complete change over a large area that we have most to distrust . |
| 5 | ‘ Look here : that was in broad daylight over a single strand of wire , not under fire from any machine guns , and with no patrolling goon with a gun to meet us on the other side . |
| 6 | Instead that sense has to be nurtured by more direct experience over a long period of time . |
| 7 | Aguirre , previously thought of as one of the President 's most loyal officers , described it as " unfair and unjust " and stated that a leader who was incapable of " making a just and proper decision over a simple matter such as appointments can not be expected to make correct decisions about the complex affairs of state " . |
| 8 | However , if it were possible to keep careful watch over a longer period , you would discover two interesting things . |
| 9 | Once it had been on the top deck of a multistorey car park in town , with shoppers passing only a few feet away on the other side of a layer of tinted glass , and she 'd felt like a tight-fitting skin over a multiple explosion that was sounding off again and again and again . |
| 10 | According to a spokeswoman for the Fraud Squad , he is alleged to have stolen more than £130,000 from the Inland Revenue over a four-year period . |
| 11 | Enhanced attenuation over a suitable range of frequency outside the pass band is attained by making the shunt arm series resonant in the case of a T-type m-derived section , or the series arm parallel resonant in the case of a Π-type m-derived section . |
| 12 | According to government estimates , the Soufriere geothermal project could potentially provide electricity for around a quarter of the island 's population and saved about US$250 million in foreign exchange over a 30-year period . |
| 13 | I found my feet , staggered a couple of paces and spewed undigested fried chicken over a light-coloured WV Golf . |
| 14 | The historical record over a few cycles of objective setting and reviewing is a means of evaluating the progress of the follower on the sound basis of how he thinks about his job and how he carries it out . |
| 15 | The explanation is that , given a totally unvarying diet over a long period of time , especially if it is from kittenhood right through into adult life , a cat 's ‘ food variety mechanism ’ gets worn down and is finally switched off altogether . |
| 16 | His untiring efforts over a 27-year period include developing services for the mentally handicapped in Cleveland , including setting up a joint unit of Venture Scouts and Ranger Guides . |
| 17 | In this case , the researcher asks the subjects of the research to keep a detailed diary over a given period . |
| 18 | A healthy rise of pressure over the UK on the 30th and 31st heralded a complete change of weather type and the resultant anticyclone of 1040 millibars central pressure gave over six hours of bright sunshine and calm conditions over a good part of the mainland . |
| 19 | Newton was one of them , and in spite of public fears over a similar junction elsewhere , it had been given the go-ahead . |
| 20 | But it is encapsulated in the phrase that she was subjected to sadistic behaviour over a lengthy period of time which she accepted because she was in love with him . |
| 21 | Occupational , family and residential histories over a twenty-year period will elucidate and Aberdonians ' relationship to and experience of the oil industry across generations . |
| 22 | Compressors in heat pumps need to give high efficiency over a wide range of operating temperatures , but those developed for refrigeration tend to be designed for a comparatively narrow range . |
| 23 | WAQAR YOUNIS 'S county Surrey have been fined £1,000 for repeated ball-tampering over a three-year period . |
| 24 | Wright and West , in a study of all incidents recorded by the police as genuine rapes or attempted rapes in six English counties over a five-year period from 1972 to 1976 , found that of a total of 297 cases , fellatio was attempted or demanded in 30 incidents , cunnilingus in 13 , buggery in 12 and other sexual acts usually involving masturbation in 35 . |
| 25 | It arises from a combination of factors e.g. dampness and absence of adequate ventilation over a significant period of time . |
| 26 | After combining with Gary Millard at a short corner , May lifted a high cross over a crowded goalmouth and Steve Harris stormed in on the far post to hit a great first-time shot into the opposite corner . |
| 27 | She was dressed with unusual coherence for an academic , Roland thought , rejecting several other ways of describing her green and white length , a long pine-green tunic over a pine-green skirt , a white silk shirt inside the tunic and long softly white stockings inside long shining green shoes . |
| 28 | A common and simple theory is based on the double potential well model in which an element ( chain segment , defect or other unit ) is free to move between two sites of differing free energy over a free-energy barrier . |
| 29 | This judgement was quickly born out by the refusal of union leaders to participate in " social pact " talks with the government and employers , viewing the talks as a device to avert the anticipated social protest over a economic austerity programme inherited from Cerezo . |
| 30 | themselves admit that ‘ a definitive answer to the question of job techniques and job autonomy could be provided only by systematic and direct observation over a prolonged period of time ’ . |