Example sentences of "and over a [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an attractive walled garden , fifty acres of tranquil woods , farmland , and over a mile of brook and riverside for guests to enjoy at their leisure . |
| 2 | This version had provision for the hot gases of combustion to be passed round and over a layer of slurry spread upon a drying floor . |
| 3 | Chop it up into elephant steaks , bung it into the deep freeze , and over a period of say two , three years , every Friday night have an elephant steak , but in three years ' time , I will have actually achieved my objective . |
| 4 | The everyday lives of ordinary people are not the basis for good television unless the characters and events are portrayed in a consistently entertaining fashion , and over a period of time ; hence the great success of television soap operas . |
| 5 | This does not add much to the cost of the order , and over a period of time the extra components build up into a useful stock of parts . |
| 6 | The masculine energy is made available , and over a period of time the woman can crystallize that energy into a bond that will hold fast . |
| 7 | The allegation was that she did not do enough to help her , and over a period of time this had made the carer extremely angry , and at the same time made their mother dissatisfied about the care she was receiving . |
| 8 | In both cases you have to find a deposit , and over a period of time pay off what is , in effect , a loan . |
| 9 | Also studied were the consistency of performance of individuals within and between topics , between mode of assessment and over a period of time . |
| 10 | This stage is followed by a search for means to implement the desired change and over a period of time a cycle of problems are handled by this method . |