Example sentences of "was [vb pp] over a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reading skills course was developed over a four year period at the Faculty of Political Science in Bologna , Italy . |
| 2 | Their combined list size was 250739 and from this population a total of 897 attacks was reported over a three month period . |
| 3 | When it erupted around 75 000 a BP an estimated 2000 km 3 of material was dispersed over a wide area of the East Indies . |
| 4 | The foil was wound on a supply spool from which it was fed over a flat surface on to a take-up spool at a speed proportional to time . |
| 5 | A taper was applied over a sliding scale of income , but on average the formula worked out so that most single parents would be able to earn an additional £12 without losing benefit entitlement . |
| 6 | Brussels Cathedral ( 490 ) was built over a long period . |
| 7 | This was built over a long period — both Peter Parler and Rejsek worked on it . |
| 8 | A Face of War was shot over a 97-day period , and portrays the experiences of Mike Company , 3rd Battalion , 7th Marine Regiment ; during this period Jones was wounded twice and one of his photographers once . |
| 9 | Clover variety Siwan was measured over a twenty-four hour period and showed a slight growth trend with a large ( over 30% ) roughly periodic variation , see Figure . |
| 10 | The 1991 Energy Challenge was run over a 370 kilometre course in New South Wales , and the winners were those who completed the course with the least polluting emissions , calculated on the basis of their performance against a " greenhouse gas index " , without holding up other traffic . |
| 11 | In one case war was declared over a disputed game . |
| 12 | This experiment was conducted over a longer time period ( ten days ) , starting with young plants . |
| 13 | As long as an overwhelming military presence existed , a measure of peace — peace with resentment , but peace just the same — was maintained over a large area of Central and Eastern Europe . |
| 14 | Improvement was maintained over a follow-up period of six months . |
| 15 | Schedule 13 , para 7(i) , Local Government Act 1972 required that where expenditure was defrayed by borrowing , a sum equivalent to an instalment of principal and interest was debited to the relevant operating statement so that the loan was repaid over a specified period of years . |
| 16 | This was recorded over a two week period . |
| 17 | One of the finest Brooklands races , the June 1914 Aeroplane Handicap , was held over a nine mile course . |
| 18 | Following his death in January 1970 , an estate auction was held over a three day period the following September . |