Example sentences of "[vb pp] over a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened up a correspondence with the more pliable officers among Dara 's army and with promises of rewards secretly won over a sizeable proportion of his opponent 's force . |
| 2 | In early 1977 , for the first time in 30 years , campesinos in the central region of the country occupied land from which they had been evicted over a long period of time to make way for export crops . |
| 3 | When it erupted around 75 000 a BP an estimated 2000 km 3 of material was dispersed over a wide area of the East Indies . |
| 4 | The temple can only be approached over a narrow drawbridge of truesteel . |
| 5 | Mrs Swindles said the development would be seen over a wide area of Co Antrim , Newtownabbey , Belfast and Co Down . |
| 6 | A taper was applied over a sliding scale of income , but on average the formula worked out so that most single parents would be able to earn an additional £12 without losing benefit entitlement . |
| 7 | Signatories of GATT could institute tariff changes which might discriminate against third parties only if done over a long period of time , so giving those third parties the opportunities of adjusting to the change without suffering severe economic disruption . |
| 8 | In this type of study , trend values of consumption and income are collected over a long period of time so that most cyclical fluctuations are smoothed out . |
| 9 | We should only consider such cases where there is clear evidence of extreme weather and abnormal falls of snow having occurred over a short period of time . |
| 10 | Dampers are carefully designed so that this linear relationship is preserved over a wide range of speed difference . |
| 11 | One other study , in which a group of 341 epidemiologists had H pylori antibody state assessed over a mean period of 8.5 years , also showed a low rate of serovonversion to a positive antibody state over time , ( 0.49% per person year ) . |
| 12 | The performance of the simple low-pass C-R filter is best displayed over a large range of frequency in a plot of versus . |
| 13 | THE Duke of Westminster 's Cheshire estate would not be prosecuted over a huge leak of diesel fuel into the River Dee in June , the National Rivers Authority decided yesterday . |
| 14 | He could see Big Tom Fish hunched over a large plate of food , and he recalled afresh , in agonizing detail , the broad naked back and the strong buttocks working between his mother 's legs . |
| 15 | Oh Venavae that 's right , yeah and the chap brought over a whole leg of lamb |
| 16 | Because intensive subject assessment is concentrated over a short period of time , many felt that disruption of staff and students was less , in the long run , than under the normal system . |
| 17 | It is found over a wide range of species , from butterflies and wasps to sea snakes and skunks . |
| 18 | These have a slightly Japanese feel and provide the perfect ground cover if laid over a weak mix of concrete or polythene . |
| 19 | Standards ( 0.1 ml aliquots of the labelled cells ) were made up to 50 ml with water and distributed over a fixed amount of filter paper in an identical container . |
| 20 | Four ml were distributed over a fixed amount of filter paper in a faecal collection container . |
| 21 | Standards ( 2% of the injected dose ) were made up to 200 ml with water and distributed over a fixed amount of filter paper in a plastic container . |
| 22 | The total number of pieces of gum used in the first day should be gradually reduced over a subsequent period of ten days . |
| 23 | He had until recently presided over a cautious freeing of expression and politics . |
| 24 | Throughout the remainder of the 1650s , successive governments presided over a wide diversity of religious practice ; large numbers of English men and women continued to frequent only their parish churches , many worshipped solely in gathered congregations of Independents , Baptists , and Quakers , and many more regularly attended both sectarian and parish worship . |
| 25 | For instance , a great deal of development has occurred within enterprise zones , and the Urban programme has presided over a wide range of projects . |
| 26 | Anker Simmons , the Mayor of Henley and a member of the Bolney Syndicate , presided over a large gathering of men interested in the formation of a golf club . |
| 27 | In office , doffing his hat to ‘ fairness ’ , he has presided over a wild game of insults and shadow-boxing between Americans , Europeans and Japanese . |
| 28 | West Yorkshire , having presided over a massive expansion of rail traffic in recent years , is pushing for more electrification in the wake of the successful completion of InterCity 's electrification to Leeds . |
| 29 | Also the junction between the uncorroded metal and the applied patina is very sharp , whereas a patina which has developed over a long period of time will have eaten into the metal in a very irregular and quite characteristic manner that is very difficult to imitate . |
| 30 | Egyptian ideas about the creation of the world developed over a considerable period of time . |