Example sentences of "take place over a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The result is that melting takes place over a range of temperatures , and this range is a useful indication of sample crystallinity .
2 Centrepiece of the design is the tall , rectangular flat diaphragm , which , produces all the treble information , and the midband area above 200Hz ( in fact there 's a slow handover which takes place over a matter of octaves ) .
3 As weak springs can only stored a fraction of the potential energy that a strong spring can hold , the remainder is lost as heat and if the change from a strong to a weak spring takes place over a period of time , equivalent to the observation time , then the energy loss is detected as mechanical damping .
4 Instead , a number of small changes in status and recognitions of the progress towards adult status takes place over a number of years .
5 Spread is slow and extension may take place over a period of months , even years .
6 Telford 's intensive subject assessment , co-ordinated in college by Fiona Baikie , took place over a fortnight at the end of November 1989 .
7 The rebuilding of the old manor took place over a period of about five years and was probably finished in about 1727 .
8 But the change was n't radical , it took place over a period of er I would suggest er maybe about six or seven years .
9 In the United States , a complex wrangle is taking place over a range of possible standards .
10 Altogether , tutorials take place over a period of about twenty-four weeks in the last year of a course , and usually by the last twelve tutorials a student has a much clearer idea of what he or she is about .
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