Example sentences of "[num] [noun] over the [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Yesterday Botham marched along the Paignton seafront clocking the incredible time of six hours and 12 minutes over the 26.4 miles .
2 He had a fine time on the subcontinent , taking a total of 175 wickets over the two visits .
3 Richard Dunwoody , who suffered six falls over the three days at Aintree but ended as champion jockey , hopes to be back for Ascot on Wednesday , while Mark Pitman reportedly suffered no breaks in his final-race fall and has been allowed home .
4 This was repeated for 10 portfolios over the 420 months between 1931 and 1965 .
5 In fact I played well , dropping only six shots over the nine holes — the equivalent of playing off 12 handicap , and I 'm really 15.6 handicap and rising .
6 Aboriginal subsistence whaling was allowed to continue subject to a catch limit of 141 bowheads over the three years 1992-94 ( with a maximum annual strike of 54 ) for Alaskan Eskimos , 169 gray whales per year for 1992-94 for Soviet Eskimos , and for Greenlanders 21 fin whales in 1992 and 315 minke whales over 1992-94 ( maximum 115 per year ) off west Greenland and a maximum of 12 minke whales per year for 1992-94 off east Greenland .
7 I did have three commendations over the thirty years — three ten bobs !
8 Beaten 16 times in the last 17 years over the 4 mile Putney to Mortlake course and virtually written off by the bookies , the Light Blues insist they can turn the tide .
9 The manner of her 6-4 , 7-5 victory over the 1990 champion was impressive , for the Swede offered a strong challenge , and led 5-2 in the second set .
10 The brindle made the trip from Roscommon to stamp his authority on the event with a 30.66 victory over the 550 yard trip .
11 He was the fourth of twelve speakers over the three day conference , the others being Ministers , Commissioners , Economists and Academics , and had been introduced by the Chairman as ‘ The Man at the Sharp End ’ .
12 In the South Wales region it is expected that the annual quantity required from this source will rise from about 2.8 mt to 3.6 mt over the 20 year period , despite the fact that as a proportion of overall consumption it will fall from 15% to 10% .
13 In the South Wales region it is expected that the annual quantity required from this source will rise from about 2.8 mt to 3.6 mt over the 20 year period , despite the fact that as a proportion of overall consumption it will fall from 15% to 10% .
14 The average ratio of perceived depth in the two conditions over the 10 observers tested was nearly 1.9:1 ( Fig. 3 ) .
15 It 's reckoned the RAC Rally was watched by two million people over the four days .
16 However , it was still felt that a comparison between action and control samples might be interesting , merely to see whether there was any clear difference between the two samples over the six month period .
17 And the number of U K holidays taken , domestic holidays in this country , that figure fell by seventeen percent and yet we can see here that holidays actually taken abroad by U K residents rose a staggering fifty seven percent over the four year period .
18 ‘ These greens are very difficult , ’ he said , ‘ and I 've had seven three-putts over the two rounds .
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