Example sentences of "with a [adj] [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boys ' draw was headed up by Barry Cowan ( Lancs ) , whose consistency on ground-strokes and swinging left handed service saw him reach the final with a semi final victory over Essex 's Matthew Coombs , until recently a member of the Dewhurst Academy . |
| 2 | These intellectual breakthroughs actually coincided with a new social anxiety over incest throughout Europe . |
| 3 | It s a penthouse in a high rise on the Upper East Side , with a spectacular three-sided view over the city and across the river . |
| 4 | DAVID GILFORD retained his Moroccan Open title with a hard-earned one-stroke victory over England rival Jamie Spence and Caribbean newcomer Stephen Ames here yesterday . |
| 5 | A tall , old man , wearing western-style trousers , with a knee-length white robe over the top , was the only one to speak . |
| 6 | Under the Security Service Act 1989 , Lord Justice Stuart-Smith was appointed Security Service Commissioner with a general supervisory role over the security services . |
| 7 | He was completely bald , but not shinily so , rather with a soft downy finish over his domed head . |
| 8 | Now this 21-year-old motor mechanic 's daughter looks stronger and better than ever off a four-handicap , and again showed what stern stuff she is made of with a thrilling tie-hole victory over Leinster international , Carol Wickham , at Royal Belfast . |
| 9 | IN the Willie Duffy North-West Premier Snooker Scratch League , leaders Green Baize ( Eglinton ) took their unbeaten run to 20 matches with a 4–2 away win over St Johnston . |
| 10 | Stewart also scored his only runs behind the wicket on the off side , with a deliberate one-day shot over slips elevated to Test use . |
| 11 | LEGEND has it that when Benito Mussolini took control of Italy 's savings banks by decree in 1938 , it was to settle a dispute with a local fascist leader over who should be the boss of Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia . |
| 12 | In dry denims with a heavy black jersey over her scarlet wool shirt , she looked through the refrigerator and cupboards and began to concoct a dinner likely to appeal to a newly recovered — and fractious — invalid . |
| 13 | Even in the midst of deep recession , dietary supplements , such as minerals , vitamins and aids to healthy living such as ginseng and selenium , now represent a £230m market in the UK with a marked rapid growth over the past 10 years . |
| 14 | Little by little , however , the force of this long glen beneath the austere greyness of the Five Sisters touched Johnson , and he moved his position from that of first considering the political role of such remoteness , and the opportunities it gave for military strategies and subsequent escapes — Glenshiel had been the scene of a battle fifty-four years earlier in which local Highlanders unsuccessfully reinforced a Spanish invasion force — to being lulled by the sight of so many waters , brooks , burns , and silver rivulets , ‘ which commonly ran with a clear shallow stream over a hard pebbly bottom ’ . |
| 15 | Glasgow City Brightsiders went back to the top of the men 's first division with a 117-67 away win over Cumnock . |
| 16 | Prestbury 's Nick Baglin looked a class ahead of the rest in the U-18 event , as he secured the title with a dramatic three-set victory over Norwich 's Jim Carrara . |
| 17 | But before that there are other hurdles : how to reach agreement with a jealous central bureaucracy over control of ‘ union ’ factories on Estonian soil , vital to the central plan . |
| 18 | Firstly , there will be a cross-sectional approach , looking at a wide range of firms and markets ; and secondly , there swill be a time series approach , which will follow a firm 's involvement with a particular national market over a period of time . |