Example sentences of "[noun sg] over a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This leads on to a third aspect — the redistributive effect over a person 's lifetime , rather than just in the current period . |
| 2 | The rural development centre CEPROR ( Centro de Romocion Rural ) ran special courses for young women , Sister Asuncion , who was in charge of the programme over a period of two years ( 1975–7 ) , helped train approximately 2.000 young women in community work . |
| 3 | They have an album of photos showing the house at different stages of completion over a period of 18 months . |
| 4 | The one with Pavarotti and Sid Vicious fighting over a vial of dope |
| 5 | Donacloney Pikers led by Jackie Gilliland recently enjoyed a trip fishing over a wreck 10 miles out from Kilkeel . |
| 6 | Wallace made his study over a century before the discovery of the now totally accepted theory of plate tectonics . |
| 7 | Similarly , slow learners are allowed to continue their foreign language study over a period of three or four years in order to master one or two levels . |
| 8 | The aim of the research is to arrive at an interdisciplinary understanding of particular cases by intensive study over a period of time , using both flexible interviews and questionnaires ; and by the incorporation of survey data and through theoretical interpretation to generalise to wider organisational and occupational areas . |
| 9 | In this thesis he describes a meticulous dietary study over a period of several years at the Juliana Children 's Hospital in a patient with coeliac disease , which started in 1936 ! |
| 10 | Just as important is the talk over a cup of tea at the end when members share common problems . |
| 11 | This routine is designed to increase a person 's pulse rate , and then to monitor its decrease over a set period of time . |
| 12 | Shadow ministers who visited Washington thus found themselves at the centre of considerable attention , and were probed in detail on their thinking over a range of issues . |
| 13 | It 's just that Mary Connon and Arthur Evans were seen in close confabulation over a drink the Friday before she died . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ What would have been Britain 's level of development had millions of them been put to work as slaves outside of their homeland over a period of four centuries ? ’ asks Guyanese professor of history Walter Rodney . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Locks , or more correctly , ‘ pound locks ’ , are a means of raising a boat over a rise or fall in level by a series of steps . |
| 17 | What are the advantages of Gift Aid over a Deed of Covenant ? |
| 18 | Erm we also wanted to implement a plan er and this is an ongoing er situation of admitting er young blood to the partnership over a period of of erm five years or so , again that 's a rolling programme |
| 19 | DAVID PLATT received a ticking-off from Graham Taylor last night for keeping the England boss in the dark over a knee injury which threatens to prevent him playing against Turkey next week . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not going to spoil a friendship over a pause . ’ |
| 21 | Such research has become possible only with the advent of tunable lasers , which can emit light over a range of wavelengths . |
| 22 | When the next Rushdie has his book put to the torch , incitement to violence over a book , whether for or against it , should be treated as a criminal offence . |
| 23 | Dr Theo Angelov , President of the Baptist Union of Bulgaria , addressed the Wednesday evening rally on ‘ People to People in Europe ’ , when he told us of faithful Christian witness over a period of 40 years by many in his country living through extreme conditions and hardships under Communist rule . |
| 24 | Then I pushed my car over a cliff and burned it . |
| 25 | ‘ The coastguard was constantly getting calls from ships concerned about this car over a cliff edge and someone dangling from it , ’ recalled Stuart Fell . |
| 26 | They 'd conspired , with a hired hitman , to push the couple 's burning car over a cliff at Barrow Wake near Gloucester . |
| 27 | Eisenhower , who was in the midst of his re-election campaign and was presenting himself to the American electorate as ‘ a man of peace ’ , failed to make clear to his British and French colleagues in the Atlantic Alliance the depth of his reluctance to countenance the use of force over an issue that was only important and not vital to US interests . |
| 28 | Perhaps the other girl did n't mind being part of a deal over a vineyard . |
| 29 | This is not about democracy , this is dictatorship , your trying to practice over a minority of people in this county . |
| 30 | He also cited his disappointment over a number of recent appointments made by the Prime Minister . |