Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She remembered Donna Fratelli 's raucous laugh , the number of times the two of them had sat together over a glass of wine or a plate of pasta , discussing the things which really matter : men , or life , or the latest movie . |
| 2 | I have looked carefully over a period of weeks at those applications , and have reached the view that they deserve to be granted . |
| 3 | In practice the distribution between the various hospital and community services may have little objective foundation , having developed incrementally over a number of years . |
| 4 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
| 5 | If on the other hand , a stress is applied slowly over a longer period the material flows like a viscous liquid so that the spherical shape is soon lost if left to stand for some time . |
| 6 | Descent is made southwards over a pathless moor to a depression containing a small tarn and a wall that rises to the next height , Swarth Fell . |
| 7 | It is thrust northwards over a zone including metasediments with K-Ar dates of 365–345 Ma ( Late Devonian or Early Carboniferous ) . |
| 8 | Twenty , 50 or 100 mg were infused intravenously over a period of 90 minutes . |
| 9 | To find out if PYY or bile salts were responsible for the inhibition of motility , each was separately infused intra-arterially over a two minute period , at the concentrations found in the venous efflu nts . |
| 10 | Duncan Smith , defending , said : ‘ It appeared to be a fairly well laid out scheme which was used successfully over a considerable period of time . |
| 11 | This has nothing to do with how policemen look nor even of never having heard of a bunch called James , who are apparently big stars , have their name emblazoned all over a chic t-shirt and of whom one had never heard till yesterday . |
| 12 | Academic basics can be drummed into a reasonably receptive dealer through the BIDS or Stock Exchange courses , but the practical market know-how that was most needed could be grasped only over a period . |
| 13 | Helen was now bent sternly over a shopping list . |
| 14 | Thus there was a confusing number of elements on earth , above it and below it which contributed to the afterlife , representing ideas which had been brought together over a long period of time . |
| 15 | The Peugeot was found just over a mile away in Twinbrook . |
| 16 | A TV researcher was arrested yesterday over a programme which claimed the RUC and Loyalist death squads colluded in murder . |
| 17 | The second of our problems had to be settled either over a table or in Court so it certainly was not acceptable to let 1,000 people in and hold them to ransom , as they did that night . |
| 18 | Connelly 's haunting , purposeful vocals seep out of the cut at strange angles , spoken rather than sung , whilst the melody is bolstered by seductive female whispers that gently flit past , all knotted together over a boomy bass laden communication . |
| 19 | My one pound , seventeen shillings had been put together over a number of years by saving money given me on my birthdays by relatives . |
| 20 | It is clear that insubstantial changes will not give rise to a new copyright ( or right to prevent unfair extraction ) but what is the position when a database has changed considerably from its original form but this has happened incrementally over a period of time ? |
| 21 | ‘ But poisons that would only kill if taken regularly over a long period of time , do they exist ? ’ |
| 22 | There are , however , instances where fixed term contracts are renewed automatically over a considerable period of time and can reasonably be described as ‘ rolling ’ contracts . |
| 23 | Do not rely on ventilator grilles which can be fitted partially over a window , as these may prove inadequate . |
| 24 | I sent away for a video instruction tape over two months ago ; the cheque was cashed well over a month ago but as yet I have not received the tape . |
| 25 | A group of 100 children aged initially two years will be studied longitudinally over a 30 month period , with the aim of identifying the social and cognitive factors influencing the way in which nursery rhymes and counting sequences are learned . |
| 26 | However , this is an aspect that must be studied closely over a longer period , for there is a danger in some of the inner-city schemes of officially-induced gentrification . |