Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fighting another NME writer over a woman ; having a pint of beer in the Roxy with Robert Plant ; realising that Sid Vicious could be fronted out because he only picked on those that he was likely to win against . |
| 2 | Formol saline fixed , paraffin embedded Crosby capsule jejunal biopsy specimens were collected by reviewing the archives of the Royal Infirmary Pathology Department over a five year period . |
| 3 | Iskandara was in the doorway of the train , her stick in her hand and her plaid shawl over a dark , braided travelling dress . |
| 4 | And when the product is animal research hysteria over a new human affliction can sometimes sell even the worst schlock . |
| 5 | Spreading the annuity purchase over a period of years will average out rates over that period , but whether this will result in a bigger pension at the end of the day is highly speculative . |
| 6 | In our own tests we found that the Grizzled Skipper with 512K RAM fitted showed little speed advantage over a Super VGA card with 1MB RAM which is commonly fitted in many high-end machines . |
| 7 | Good examples of activities to maintain motivation are collecting inspiring dieting case histories from slimming magazines ; going out to buy a dress one size smaller than your present size ; looking at charts and graphs that show good overall weight loss over a period of time . |
| 8 | WIMBLEDON 's Vinnie Jones yesterday lost his appeal to the Football Association over a record £20,000 fine . |
| 9 | The Government did however put in a £200 million investment programme over a four-year period ( the previous annual average , apart from one missile development programme , had been £5 million ) . |
| 10 | Strictly , the Beaufort Scale applies to the average wind speed over a 10 minute period . |
| 11 | On the 10th , Mme Jacqueline Auriol took the Class C-1g speed record over a 1,000 km closed circuit to 534 mph , and on the 15th also broke the 2,000 km record at 509 mph . |
| 12 | If that 's the case , then we could argue , an and will do , that now is a good time to borrow on a fixed term basis over a long period . |
| 13 | It 's thought that the morning , when people are a bit lively , is a good time for therapy-type activities — perhaps have a half-hour reminiscence group over a coffee at 9.30 or 10.00 am . |
| 14 | However , this too was called off at the last minute , apparently because of opposition outrage over a massacre at Mbuji-Mayi in central Zaire . |
| 15 | If you integrate voice and data traffic over a private network you can obtain maximum value for money , paying for dial-up connections only when your own WAN is full . |
| 16 | EXPLORER Robert Swann is helping people in the North-East turn over a new leaf and help the environment . |
| 17 | When she returned , some twenty minutes later , she was wearing a lilac pintucked pinafore dress over a flower-sprigged blouse with a white collar . |
| 18 | Cos even National Savings cycle over a five year period , and what you want to achieve is money coming back into your hands regularly over that period so you can take another look at what you 're doing . |
| 19 | In all 3,200 middle-aged men were given either beta blockers or diuretics for their blood pressure over a 10-year period . |
| 20 | Using this definition at King 's College Hospital , surgical intervention was necessary in 12 of 252 children ( 4.4% ) and 25 of 540 of adults ( 4.6% ) with bleeding oesophageal varices treated by injection sclerotherapy over a five year period . |
| 21 | These round beans , one from each berry , give a more even roast than the usual split beans and may be roasted in a single layer in a heavy frying pan over a moderate heat . |
| 22 | Melt the 75g/oz unsalted butter in a large frying pan over a moderate heat . |
| 23 | New from J B Corrie is the Garden Buggy which looks like a conventional wheelbarrow but has a strong woven polypropylene fabric pan over a rust resistant chassis and easy to manoeuvre polypropylene wheels and pvc tyres . |
| 24 | The study contributes towards a comprehensive view of the working of the labour market over a long period and of the sources of shocks disturbing the economy . |
| 25 | The research is therefore intended to contribute to this theoretical debate and , in drawing on field work over a period of nearly twenty years , to consider critically the applicability of ideas like discourse to a particular ethnographic case . |
| 26 | He had ordered the William Ashbless poetry over a month ago , and now it had finally arrived . |
| 27 | It is now possible for mature students to study to general degree level over a wide range of subjects entirely in the part-time evening mode . |
| 28 | In parallel , and in the shorter-term , acceptance will still be possible for those over 30 years of age with appropriate and verified management experience over a period of at least five years . |
| 29 | Mr Kinnock has taken High Court libel action over a front page story , A Man For All Reasons , in the Sun on April 3 . |
| 30 | I refer to your letter of 11 March 1993 concerning the above and the use of Media Action to organise an information type campaign over a period of possibly one week . |