Example sentences of "[noun pl] over a [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carlo is wearing a large , double-breasted linen jacket and non-matching royal blue linen trousers over a slate-grey T-shirt and stone shirt . |
| 2 | The treaty provided for the elimination of all chemical weapons stocks over a 10-year period and for a detailed inspections procedure for to ensure compliance . |
| 3 | Political power was decentralised in the sense that warriors were able to claim rights over a local territory and enforce their own brand of justice by means of military might . |
| 4 | Apprehension over Japanese revival was not as great as the Soviet fears over a German revival but the trend of American policy towards Japan could only be regarded as alarming from the Soviet perspective . |
| 5 | Changing the law to place NationalPower and Power-Gen under a legal obligation to agree fixed contracts for specified tonnages over a longer period than the current year was hinted at by Michael Heseltine , the President of the Board of Trade , in evidence to the energy select committee last year . |
| 6 | The modern way is to meet a group of patients over a party-type meal and discuss how to cope with the problems that may arise . |
| 7 | One in five had wrangles over a direct debit or standing order . |
| 8 | One in five had wrangles over a direct debit or standing order . |
| 9 | A study was carried out in a Bedfordshire village , i.e. a semi-rural environment , of predation by domestic cats over a one-year period and the results were published in a zoological journal in 1987 . |
| 10 | Labour in Japan does tend to work for fewer employers over a typical career and does therefore tend to stay longer in each firm than in the West , but there are very significant variations depending on age , firm size and gender . |
| 11 | Such local compensation , however , can not occur at the small scale because the lithosphere has a finite strength and so changes in load result in regional isostatic adjustments over a greater area than that actually affected by the change in load ( Fig. 4.7(B) ) . |
| 12 | Cook the dumplings over a medium heat until they are lightly browned underneath . |
| 13 | This happy state of affairs could well continue if recent trends towards the construction of purpose-built houses ( as the stock of existing property is bought up ) , and more especially towards time-share developments , which spread the economic benefits over a wider season and ownership , continue into the late 1980s and early 1990s ( White , 1978 ) . |