Example sentences of "of [noun sg] over a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you mark your weight on a graph or chart this should provide a clear and rewarding sign of progress over a period of weeks and months . |
| 2 | I have experience of this class of case over a period of more than fifty years and it has n't been uncommon in the past even in the days when judges took a more rigorous view than they cline er inclined to do nowadays not to punish er in any with a custodial |
| 3 | They have an album of photos showing the house at different stages of completion over a period of 18 months . |
| 4 | It created a wide divergence of attitude over a range of policy issues , generated acute mutual suspicion , and prevented either capital from providing a core around which the nation 's business community could coalesce . |
| 5 | Those who tend to see the eighteenth century as above all " the Age of Wesley " usually bring a good deal of retrospectivity to their view of the rise of Methodism over a period at the end of which Methodists were still not especially numerous in the nation as a whole . |
| 6 | A period of under-provision over a number of years is likely to be reflected on the shelves in subject gaps or in the poor physical condition of stock . |
| 7 | The group says that the survival of evidence over a period of years defies expectations and improves the prospects for enforcement of the recently signed international Chemical Weapons Convention ( see Nature 361 , 105 ; 1993 ) . |
| 8 | Melt the plain chocolate with three tablespoons of water over a pan of hot water . |
| 9 | It was almost a door and looked out on to a long paved garden bordered with box hedges and there was an inviting looking higher hedge at the bottom with an arch of greenery over a gap in the middle . |
| 10 | Instead of staying with me as he 'd planned , he rents this ancient pile , miles from anywhere , just so he can keep an eye on this stupid female who seems to have got herself into all sorts of trouble over a piece of land — ’ |
| 11 | Examination of the wreckage showed that the pressure dome at the rear of the passenger cabin had ruptured from the bottom where there was substantial evidence of corrosion over a distance of more than 18 inches . |
| 12 | Typology is the study of the development of particular types of artefact over a period of time . |
| 13 | There are also some local variations in the measurements and because of this reliable detection of growth over a period of half a day seems unlikely . |
| 14 | Lay a bed of mortar over a base of gravel or fine hardcore . |
| 15 | A valuable feature of our case is that it provides a detailed profile of the natural history of EATCL over a period of 12 months from initial presentation to the introduction of chemotherapy . |