Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] place over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The action takes place over one disastrous weekend full of rain , fights and missing room service . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The rebuilding of the old manor took place over a period of about five years and was probably finished in about 1727 . |
| 4 | Dave North is running a comp taking place over 13/14th April . |
| 5 | Few interceptions took place over the next few days as the R.A.F. licked its wounds . |
| 6 | Reactions of this type take place over metal catalysts ( typically iron ) containing — promoters ’ ( such as potassium ) which play an essential though quite unexplained role . |
| 7 | Well-planned and executed night attacks on machinery and factories took place over wide districts and a long time span by men who , having set governmental authority at defiance , disappeared back into the community by day . |
| 8 | The result is that melting takes place over a range of temperatures , and this range is a useful indication of sample crystallinity . |
| 9 | In the U.S. , trading takes place over the counter on the basis of prices quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation ( NASDAQ ) system . |
| 10 | A number of important changes took place over the 18 months . |
| 11 | In the women 's movement , too , a significant revolution took place over the same decade . |
| 12 | In the beginning , the race took place over a course that included three brooks and a five foot stone wall amongst the 29 jumps . |
| 13 | Because as recognized a century ago by Ravenstein ( 1885 , 1889 ) most movement takes place over shorter distances , migration 's role in population change becomes more important as the spatial scale of analysis descends . |
| 14 | During the fluent phase , planning takes place over a larger unit than the clause . |
| 15 | In the end , the main argument took place over an amendment from Italy that would limit the single assembly to the EEC , WEU and the Council of Europe . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The Customs and Excise , with all its ancillary departments , were forced to re-structure their systems to bring them into line with European countries and this reorganisation took place over the next few years . |
| 18 | Field-work took place over a twelve-month period between 1987 and 1988 , and was sufficiently prolonged to avoid the criticism which brief ‘ smash-andgrab ’ ethnographies often deserve . |
| 19 | Comparison of the contents of the first two editions of Craig 's ‘ Geology of Scotland ’ , published in 1965 and 1983 , reveals just how completely and all-pervasively this change took place over a very short period of time . |
| 20 | It was at Montreuil in Ponthieu that a series of Anglo-French meetings took place over the issues of sovereignty and homage in 1306 . |
| 21 | My first little skirmish took place over a film , one about rape . |
| 22 | The Chinese attack on Vietnam in March 1979 gave the USSR the leverage to activate this agreement ; a gradual extension of Soviet facilities in Cam Ranh Bay took place over the following years . |
| 23 | and share disasters take place over TV meals |
| 24 | Iron fittings could replace wooden components gradually , allowing major alterations to take place over a long period . |
| 25 | Instead , a number of small changes in status and recognitions of the progress towards adult status takes place over a number of years . |
| 26 | The negotiations took place over the course of a year between autumn 1990 and summer 1991 , and could be characterized as the centre progressively conceding to the demands of the republics for more independence . |
| 27 | In Delhi , marriages take place over the entire length of the cold season . |
| 28 | THE annual fun weekend organised by the Resource Centre , Carnhill , will this year take place over the last weekend in May . |
| 29 | The number of women who claim they drink moderately — consuming between eight and 14 units a week — has risen by 31 per cent since 1978 , with half that increase taking place over the last eight years . |
| 30 | Discussion took place over Korea and it was agreed that trusteeship was the appropriate policy to adopt . |