Example sentences of "[det] [noun] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | no , not directly , each regional office would have a regional M D , managing director , who would actually be on the board , the divisional board with me , each regional M D would then have his own regional board on which there would be er finance er finance director , sales and marketing director , construction director , land director , not all of them , all seven had that board immediately , some developed that board , grew that board over a couple of years |
| 2 | We have confirmed this finding over a mean of 69 months follow up , with left ventricular ejection fraction ranging from 42 to 83% . |
| 3 | Er I suppose erm er the , most of the people I 've seen in the last ten years have been people either approaching retirement , planning for retirement or actually at the point of retirement and er we 've obviously looked at this course over a number of years and we try to sort of distil it down to the basics of things that we think are important er and that we think will be useful to you . |
| 4 | Ten a.m. , 24th July ; just finished breakfast with the mortar team and relaxing for a few minutes over a mug of hot tea discussing the number of casualties after the heavy shelling last night . |
| 5 | Offensive odours which emanate from domestic or industrial premises can cause serious annoyance to persons in the locality , and inevitably give rise to public concern , spreading as they do in some cases over a wide area . |
| 6 | The presenter of a television series has some advantage over a writer , since filming is more flexible than book production . |
| 7 | After the initial four weeks , patients treated with prednisolone were withdrawn from this drug over a further period of 6.5 ( 2.4 ) weeks . |
| 8 | For example , there was some confusion over a recent policy decision to allow OICs greater autonomy in the use and administration of their budgets , without any clear guidelines as to what this meant in practice , or when it would take effect . |
| 9 | ‘ The coastguard was constantly getting calls from ships concerned about this car over a cliff edge and someone dangling from it , ’ recalled Stuart Fell . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | By adding these potatoes , a bulky food of reasonably high-fibre content , they actually lost some weight over a three-month period ! |
| 12 | Having a naturally restrained appetite , which probably means that you are only a few pounds overweight and have gained this weight over a lengthy period . |
| 13 | And I believe er , at this meeting it was revealed that Scottish Homes had received a tender from the West Lothian District Council for this work over a period of ten years for a figure which comes to four hundred thousand pound which , apparently , was the cheapest tender ! |
| 14 | Captive-bred Pretty Tetras , have a much more brighter colouration than wild-caught specimens , the latter of which tend to lose this brightness over a period of time when kept in an aquarium . |
| 15 | We want to research whether this campaign over a short period of time can improve this situation . ’ |
| 16 | Some of these children , if they were given this attention over a two year period , could overcome this and go into the secondary school able to cope and take their place alongside the other children , and this is desperately important . |
| 17 | Later we can have a chat about this business over a few drinks . ’ |
| 18 | But the post office says the original ballot taken on industrial action maynot cover this strike over a suspension as it 's an entirely different issue . |
| 19 | This 11-year series combined with earlier observations of the pulsar gives us a fairly complete account of the rotational behaviour of this pulsar over a period of 23 years , including the glitches of 1969 , 1975 and 1986 ( refs 4–6 ) . |
| 20 | First , there is the early Marxist approach of Ian Taylor which emphasises that hooligan behaviour is a symbolic attempt by working-class fans to restore some control over a game which they feel increasingly alienated from . |
| 21 | Why are we going to all this trouble over a bridge that we do n't own and that will probably never see a train again ? |
| 22 | In tendering his resignation , Mr Adamec cited undue pressure from the opposition in the haggling this week over a new cabinet as the main reason . |
| 23 | He went on ‘ improving ’ this poem over a long period of years so that the text usually printed shows many alterations from the original . |
| 24 | Crossed his eyes and exploded Old Buck 's head in some quarrel over a high yaller lady , then hit the trail in Buck 's G-Mek convertible . ’ |
| 25 | " But I dare say he 's impatient , " thought Hazel , " or he may have come off worst in some scuffle over a doe and taken it hard . |
| 26 | heat this mixture over a low flame until it melts , stirring well . |
| 27 | We have recently shown that significant portal and systemic endotoxaemia occurs in this model over a period of three weeks . |
| 28 | They approached me one by one with invitations : some drinks over a game of cards ; a night out at the theatre … |
| 29 | The skills described have widespread application — they could be used to improve communication at home , to raise money for a charitable cause or to negotiate with another company over a takeover bid , for example . |
| 30 | How would it be , Richard , if we were to continue this discussion over a very large pink gin ? " |