Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] over a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By adding the forcing resistance , with a proportional increase in supply voltage , the phase electrical time constant can be reduced , enabling operation over a wider speed range . |
| 2 | Between 1963 and 1965 the volcano Irazu in Costa Rica was more or less continuously active , with frequent explosions raining ash over a wide area and ruining the all-important coffee crop , but throughout this time no lavas were erupted and there was no significant change in the pattern of the eruption . |
| 3 | LIVERPOOL MP David Alton is spearheading a campaign urging action over a sickening report on child abuse . |
| 4 | This was causing concern over a possible acceleration in deforestation in the region as a whole . |
| 5 | On the centre pages I found a huge black and white photograph of a Hercules aircraft disgorging paratroopers over a large expanse of grassland somewhere in Africa . |
| 6 | However , the government accepted that large hypermarkets would still require planning permission , and in some cases ( for example , Clydebank and Newcastle ) , it was agreed that declaration reports should include clauses governing shops over a certain size . |
| 7 | They hope that a jobs package will go some way to defusing criticism over a perceived lack of direction on tackling the long dole queues . |
| 8 | ‘ Police blocked farmers from coming inside and they just stood in front shouting and calling messages over a loud hailer . ’ |
| 9 | Senior managers are required to coordinate the work of subordinates by having authority over a wider area of work , right up to the chief executive and board of directors . |
| 10 | The need to indicate both atoms is due to the order of operations which results in a branch having priority over a functional group ( see Table ) . |
| 11 | Agreements were also reached on ( i ) cutting tariffs over a five-year period following the conclusion of the Uruguay Round ; ( ii ) public procurement , i.e. buying of goods and services by governments ; and ( iii ) the reform of GATT 's anti-dumping code . |
| 12 | This decline was partly masked in 1920 by an increase in deliveries , but this was because requisitioning was by then taking place over a larger area of the country as a result of the defeat of the White Guard armies . |
| 13 | The amount of the pension is not related actuarial to the sums which each recipient has actually paid in contribution ; but the right to receive it is treated as flowing from the possession of a contribution record , and indeed the pension rates are represented as related to the contribution rates , assuming contribution over a full working life . |
| 14 | But its better way , whereby once bidders pass a quality threshold franchises are awarded to the highest bid , has been almost universally condemned for putting money before quality of service , and as a ludicrous attempt to avoid exercising judgment over a vital decision . |
| 15 | Can I extend my covenant , if I wish to continue making payments over a longer period ? |
| 16 | THIS irrigator , standing sentinel over a polythene-covered potato crop , is almost 1,500 ft long and presents a striking landscape feature on A.W . |
| 17 | The trees shook , even the ground beneath me shook , as I suddenly realised that a salvo of heavy shells was passing over at tree height , and everyone — including the prisoners — scattered in the direction of the dug-outs ; the salvo hit the ground a short distance away with an almighty roar , the explosions throwing debris over a wide area . |
| 18 | Reinforced concrete abutments support precast ‘ U ’ section prestressed beams on individual rubber bearing pads over a clear span of 13.6 metres . |
| 19 | Yet there raged the good captain , demanding satisfaction over a minor matter of bread , when I promise you that the King will pay far less heed to my action than he will when he hears of yours . |
| 20 | In The Milebrook were assegais and other trophies brought back by my grandfather after he had shattered the Zulu army at Ulundi in 1879 — but I never begrudged those peerless warriors their earlier , annihilating victory over a British force on the slopes of Isandhlwana . |
| 21 | Labour 's consumer spokesman Nigel Griffiths has written to President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine following complaints over a previous Hoover offer of flights to Europe . |