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

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1 Some bank loans are provided in the form of a standby-credit or commitment which means a bank will provide funds if required to do so over a stated period , either on a fixed or floating rate basis .
2 Now an endowment is obviously based on a principle of interest only on l loan , so over the same term , of twenty years , you 've only ever paid interest off the loan and you still owe th a after twenty years , you 'd still owe the building society ten thousand pounds .
3 I hope that the waiting list for cardiac surgery will reduce greatly over the next year .
4 I 'm not , it 's only over a two week period , they 're jammed in , I 'm getting in several days , all I have is three exams
5 The " good years " of textile out-workers , for example , began before the war but lasted only over the first half of it .
6 The potential of hoard studies has been realised only over the last century .
7 Advisers say the change — aimed at meeting European Community moves towards equality for the sexes — should be phased in over a 15-year period .
8 The tax will be phased in over a three-year period from July 1994 .
9 Given that this reform will hit hardest those firms with most part-time workers , it is suggested that this change is phased in over a five-year period .
10 Bush did not indicate how the changes , which were to be phased in over a five-year period at a cost of up to $100,000 million , would be financed .
11 He did this willingly and without complaint , often coming in over a complete weekend in order to have all the new cards out by the end of August which was largely achieved . ’
12 This level of pay was never conceived of as being a realizable objective for a statutory minimum wage that would be brought in over a short period of time .
13 SCOTVEC 's new system of Advanced Courses will be phased in over a three year period .
14 Leaning in over the sleeping child I must have wanted to see myself as the angel , hovering in protection of an infant who was so obviously in peril .
15 He became aware of the disapproving looks his noisy party were receiving from some of the older locals who had drifted in over the last hour .
16 Certainly not the army of supporters who 've been painting , odd-jobbing and generally mucking in over the past week .
17 You add up all the bills you know will come in over the next year — plus a bit more for contingencies — and divide by twelve .
18 The free edge of the epidermis has clearly moved in over the marked wound mesenchyme , leaving less than 10% of it exposed by this stage .
19 In the morning clouds boiled ominously over the distant Baltoro peaks as we cramponed to the start of the east ridge .
20 But it did n't move too swiftly over the rocky soil , and I began to doubt if it would reach me before the deadly rain finished me off .
21 Work on the Quality Development Programme has already started and will continue apace over the next year .
22 ‘ And a holiday abroad each year to make up for not seeing you much over the past while ! ’
23 The Special Advisory Board for the Army Medical Service had laid down as a basis for treatment ‘ a more or less continuous course of mercury by mouth for 1½ to 2 years ’ combined with mercurial ointment rubbed into the skin for 20 to 30 minutes daily over a six-week period .
24 Add the chopped pepper and the cumin seeds to the saucepan and bubble gently over a medium heat for 8–10 minutes until the pepper is soft .
25 Add the chopped pepper and the cumin seeds to the saucepan and bubble gently over a medium heat for 8–10 minutes until the pepper is soft .
26 Fry gently over a low heat for about 10 minutes .
27 When I came on deck to take my watch I found Viking swaying gently over a smooth swell , the cloud-wreathed Torridon mountains to port , and South Rona lighthouse fine on the starboard bow .
28 Jessamy slowly walked forward and rubbed her hand gently over the rough surface of the nearest stone .
29 He lifted the edge of the hood , and laid it gently over the shattered head , hiding the face .
30 She could not control the faint tremor of her mouth , and Rourke 's hand lifted , his thumb running gently over the pink fullness of her lips .
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