Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [noun] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Peavey ( retailing at £315 ) has a definite price advantage over the Crate , but has it any other advantages ? |
| 2 | The banks have tended to choose a lower liquidity ratio over the years , and certainly a lower cash ratio . |
| 3 | Built in 1810–11 , it was a memorable exercise in neo-classical geometry , comprising four residential blocks radiating from a central drum of day-rooms crowned by a tall glass dome over the stairwell at its core . |
| 4 | Villagers are battling with a mobile phone company over the siting of an aerial close to their homes . |
| 5 | In the foreseeable future we are unlikely to achieve an average class size of 18 , or a stable class group over the primary/secondary range , or a single class teacher linking both primary and secondary phases , or a more relaxed attitude towards assessment . |
| 6 | The important result is that in an uncertain world companies like to maintain a stable payout ratio over the long run . |
| 7 | She took his details , cleaned his face up and put a few butterfly plasters over the cut . |
| 8 | Special software running on the workstation parallelises C-based programs using Parix , ACE compilers and the Inmos C Toolset compiler — it claims a tenfold performance increase over the T805 . |
| 9 | A further question mark over the practices of multiculturalism concerns the actual effects of teaching about ‘ other cultures ’ . |
| 10 | Still coached by Dr Pietr Labuschange , Meyer went through a rigorous training schedule over the winter months and ran in quite a few cross-country races , a new experience for her . |
| 11 | However , it is unlikely that Indian rugs in general will command a high resale value over the longer term . |
| 12 | THE Beatles are locked in a High Court battle over the rights to the cover of their album Sergeant Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band . |
| 13 | And the government has lost a high court battle over the poll tax with one of the London charge capped councils ; the Court has upheld Lambeth Council 's decision to set the community charge at £521 rather than the £493 figure sought by the government . |
| 14 | He appealed unsuccessfully to the Privy Council , acting on behalf of the Queen , Bristol University 's Visitor , and a High Court judge over the university 's appeal procedures . |
| 15 | Today they were given approval to mount a High Court Challenge over the coroner 's conduct . |
| 16 | In retrospect , it seems that genuine concern on the part of the experimenters was communicated to the subjects to provide a potent source of suggestion that they should suffer symptoms of paranoia and hallucinations , and a cumulative sleep loss over the six days of the experiment combined to provide a fertile ground for the production of these symptoms . |
| 17 | Liverpool University student Christopher Powell plunged more than 100ft to his death from a Scottish road bridge over the Inverness Firth . |
| 18 | One little boy stood poised with a transparent plastic hose over a bucket , whose sides supported a rod that formed the axle of a paddle wheel . |
| 19 | Warwick Collins points out that the keel design not only has a distinct draught advantage over a fin keel , but also claims that it helps to damp any pitching motion in a seaway . |
| 20 | Though the CPRS had drawn up an agenda in four parts , starting with our relationship with the external world , we soon found ourselves in the middle of a second reading debate over the whole field . |
| 21 | This raises a serious question mark over the efficacy of the whole of the UK insider dealing enforcement regime and seriously effects the cost-benefit economic calculus faced by financial firms and individuals when deciding whether to breach Chinese Walls . |
| 22 | Chipping Campden to Bath , a 100 mile route over the Cotswold Hills . |
| 23 | If that 's the case , then we could argue , an and will do , that now is a good time to borrow on a fixed term basis over a long period . |
| 24 | With an unsecured Home Improvement Loan you can borrow between £500 and £7,500 at a fixed interest rate over a flexible period , so you know exactly how much you 'll be paying each month . |
| 25 | Near this is Les Barouilles ( 6a ) whose crux is a thuggish jamming crack over a bulge . |
| 26 | Under U.S. GAAP , such surplus or deficit is amortized to the income statement on a straight line basis over the average remaining service lives of active employees . |
| 27 | I am writing specifically to gain some clarification regarding the prospect of declaring a National Nature Reserve over the area of the Carmel Woods SSSI . |
| 28 | In many applications the motor must be able to produce a large Pull-out torque over a wide range of stepping rates , so the time taken to position a load is minimised . |
| 29 | Melt the 75g/oz unsalted butter in a large frying pan over a moderate heat . |
| 30 | Inside , though , remains a fine lierne vault over the main nave and choir while , in one of the aisles , is a magnificent example of Medieval sculpture , S. George and the Dragon ( 1489 ) , carved in wood . |