Example sentences of "[noun sg] over a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 On 7 June 1972 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ) issued a standard on asbestos exposure at work which took effect over a four-year period to 1 July 1976 .
2 This can have a rather unsettling effect over a long period — the family man can not promise to take his children to the seaside or his wife out to dinner more than a week ahead without the chance that he might be in India , California or Scotland at the time he promised .
3 You can generate the dust by rubbing the Polychromos Pastels against fine sandpaper , a practical use for small remnant pieces that would otherwise be difficult to use up , or you can do as I do and spread the dust from very lightly applied pastel strokes , placed to allow a very deliberate development of the effect over a localised area .
4 Pre-emptive local anaesthetic field block for inguinal herniorrhaphy resulted in reduced pain scores and a delay in requests for analgesia during the six hours studied by Ejlersen et al , but similar work detected no pre-emptive effect over a longer period .
5 This ends just before the large A4031 bridge from which the canal emerges to cross over an aqueduct over a minor road with a public house below on the left and then crosses over another aqueduct over the railway main line through Birmingham .
6 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 ) .
7 I will not insult you by asking you to be my servant , Burkett , but nevertheless I could use a good man to drive this coach down to Grasmere , get me some fishing over a few days , be prepared to go the odd errand — about a week in all I would guess .
8 By interviewing a subsample of women from the original study it will be possible to plot the stability of self-esteem over a 7 to 8 year period and its relationship to changing social circumstances .
9 Harmonic schemes on a larger scale , spanning large movements or in successions of movements , also require planning , for some change of key over a large area is needed to create contrast and relief .
10 Important as the price of oil may be , the uncertainty over a possible physical shortage of supply was an equally compelling concern , with IEA active in formulating contingency plans for stock sharing in this event .
11 It appears that " the Free Church in the year 1855 and since that time have worshipped in a loft over a stable — the supply of ordinances has been irregular but the attachment of the adherents of the Free Church has been steadfast . "
12 He was quickly invited to play at court , where he delighted the king by playing at sight pieces by J C Bach , Abel , and ( George III 's favourite ) Handel ; playing brilliantly on the organ ; accompanying Queen Charlotte in an aria ; and improvising a melody over a Handelian bass .
13 Figure 1 shows the production of lactate from 5 mM glucose over a three hour period ( mean of four experiments ) .
14 In the circumstances , a construction of fabric over a wire-braced framework of wood or bamboo was logical and efficient , and sometimes , nothing else would have got off the ground with the power available .
15 A heavily grazed sward has little resilience to repeated abrasion by walkers ' boots , leading to vegetation , followed by soil , loss over a wider and wider area .
16 I should very much like the opportunity to discuss with the hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friends , and other colleagues from Northern Ireland , how we can introduce a strategy for promoting inward investment over a longer time scale than that hitherto adopted .
17 Light : Requires plenty of bright light over a longer period than is required by most other plants .
18 Light : Requires bright light over a longer period than is required for most aquarium plants .
19 Light : Needs very good light over a longer period than is used for other water plants Water temperature : 68°–78°F .
20 reported domestic violence over a six month period
21 Zuwaya lineages were , by contrast , mobile over a wider area and when they settled they did so in different kinds of territory , part of a lineage in Tazarbu , part in Kufra or Ajkharra .
22 A history teacher is content to cover the history of one country or continent over a few decades .
23 His description of the recovery of a Hunter over a Swiss airshow served as another graphic reminder that a performance should emphasize the aircraft 's character but should utilize only the established skills of the pilot — and should never require his super-human efforts to get out of a situation .
24 This can happen while driving a car over a familiar route , and it can happen while reading predictable passages of text .
25 The IMF decided , in 1988 , that the limit to enlarged access would be 440 per cent of a country 's quota over a three-year period .
26 Borrowers are able to use the facility up to 140 per cent of their quota over a four-year period and with much more relaxed repayment conditions than the normal facilities .
27 One wore a tattered summer dress in pink spotted cotton with double flounces , the other a pinafore over a checked blouse .
28 A dose of 0.05 µg/kg body weight of ceruletide ( Farmitalia Carlo Erba Ltd , St Albans , UK ) in 10 ml saline was then given by intravenous injection over a 10 minute period .
29 After a small riot over a beaded evening bag ( ‘ But darling , it belonged to your lovely mother , rest her soul !
30 The LP , as yet untitled , will showcase him chattering like a sten-gun over a slinky , African-ish reggae backing .
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