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

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1 Possibly its most endearing feature is that all the control is executed from the Macintosh , the PC can be connected locally or over a telephone line with modems and , apart from being started up , needs no attention .
2 But , perhaps more importantly , no other player could ( Law 18. ( 2 ) ( d ) ) wilfully fall on or over a player lying on the ground with the ball in his possession .
3 Often this is to do with the fact that the current bereavement has driven the person into emotional overload because of everything else that is happening in their life either currently or over a period of time .
4 This may be in a particular meeting or over a period of time .
5 Most businesses will place , or take , orders by telephone , or as a result of face to face dealing , for instance as a result of a representative 's visit or , less formally , at a trade fair or over a business lunch .
6 There is an attractive walled garden , fifty acres of tranquil woods , farmland , and over a mile of brook and riverside for guests to enjoy at their leisure .
7 He is sure to outspeed his rivals in the St Modwen Novices ' Hurdle ( 12.30 ) on ideal ground and over a trip that is certain to suit .
8 Swirling in an army Chinook helicopter through wind and fog and over a sea of smouldering lava yesterday , it was easy to see why earlier plans to bomb or mine it off course and up on to the surface have been shelved .
9 This version had provision for the hot gases of combustion to be passed round and over a layer of slurry spread upon a drying floor .
10 After 48h and over a range of FGF-4 concentrations ( 10 , 50 , 100 or 500ngml -1 , about 0.8–40nM ) , the average length of -AER forelimbs is 50% greater than that of contralateral+AER forelimbs or forelimbs cultured without FGF-4 .
11 It was envisaged , however , that they would " voluntarily delegate " to the central authorities control over financial , credit and exchange policy , over common customs policy " to ensure protection of the union-wide market " , and over a range of other activities including management of defence industries , transport , energy and telecommunications .
12 It climbs up to and over a ridge and on the ascent reveals an exquisite vista of Loch Maree , a foretaste of joys to come .
13 Jason jumped out of the passenger seat and over a hedge to escape .
14 Imagine that you have just come home from your hard day being an Environmental Health Officer , and your neighbour , who happens to be a builder or bookmaker or something , invites you down to the pub , and over a pint he says , ‘ I heard something on the radio about some story .
15 in slowness lift , and over a field
16 A path leads from the car park through the brambles and over a rock slap stile to enter open fields and descent to a lesser ruined mine building .
17 As much to find out how much Sasser had told him as to learn what Hurley was up to , Coleman agreed , and over a sandwich from the embassy canteen in Hurley 's basement office , discovered that the DEA attaché was trying to put together a videotape documenting narcotics production in the Bekaa Valley .
18 A small road ran across the bridge , through the fields and over a hill .
19 Steep paths lead down through the landscaped gardens and over a foot-bridge to the main building directly across the road .
20 He has an impressive command of the literature of both art and optical science across much of Europe and over a span of four centuries .
21 From here you cross the road and go through an iron gate following the path west to pass a cottage and over a bridge .
22 And we had to do it over a week and over a month because some weeks you do things that do n't do
23 The news media learned of the arrests next morning and over a number of days outraged protests went up from loyalist spokesmen , including leaders of loyalist political parties and Andrew Beattie 's colleagues on the Constitutional Stoppage Central Co-ordinating Committee .
24 All the time I was attempting to identify by ear bird noises in the spinney : a jay screeched raucously ; ‘ My toe hurts Betty , ’ crooned a wood pigeon ; a tiny wren ticked its loud emphatic alarm notes ; and over and over a willow warbler trilled .
25 The everyday lives of ordinary people are not the basis for good television unless the characters and events are portrayed in a consistently entertaining fashion , and over a period of time ; hence the great success of television soap operas .
26 According to bogus sexologist Dr John R Brinkley , goat glands held the secret to combating male impotence and over a period of twenty years he amassed a fortune of more than $12 million administering them to 16,000 men worried about their sexual inadequacies .
27 This does not add much to the cost of the order , and over a period of time the extra components build up into a useful stock of parts .
28 The masculine energy is made available , and over a period of time the woman can crystallize that energy into a bond that will hold fast .
29 The allegation was that she did not do enough to help her , and over a period of time this had made the carer extremely angry , and at the same time made their mother dissatisfied about the care she was receiving .
30 A programme of restoration back to full working order followed and over a period of 18 months , it was stripped , restored and rebuilt to its present immaculate condition .
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