Example sentences of "[conj] over [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | imply a steady state system or over a long term and if over the long term the rate of addition of material to the sea is equalled by the rate of removal . |
| 2 | But cases of die links between different places or over a long period of time are unusual . |
| 3 | The result is that conflicts in one set of relationships , over a wide range of society , or over a long period of time , lead to the re-establishment of social cohesion ( 1955 : 2 ) . |
| 4 | Conversely , where existing competition is light and the traditional catchment area of the firm large , a wide restraint may be expected to be upheld ; and ( 4 ) a prohibition against accepting instructions from any person who has at any time , or over a long period , been a client of the outgoing partner 's former firm . |
| 5 | Wilson found it agreeably ‘ refreshing ’ to face a customer not across a football-field-sized desk in a corporate headquarters but bobbing gently up and down in a houseboat on the Regents Canal , or over a pleasant weekend at Branson 's Oxford home . |
| 6 | A sort of heat haze , as opposed to the intense burning sensation of the stripe paintings , emerges as if we are looking through a veil or over a great distance at flat lands . |
| 7 | Designed initially as an all-day alpine suit , the Nevada jacket and salopettes can be worn next to the skin or over a thermal wicking layer . |
| 8 | Currently , the most frequent demand is for a minimum wage level of two-thirds of average earnings to be either implemented immediately , or over a short period . |
| 9 | Are you saying then that when one 's lapsed for six months or over a given period of time we should actually go out there and remove the signs |
| 10 | Use this scale when soloing over a blues , over a m7 chord or over a dominant chord . |
| 11 | This option allows the user to generate an alphanumerically ordered Relationships Listing which can be grouped either by individual charge code or over the entire LIFESPAN system . |
| 12 | represents the ‘ weak ’ poverty trap , where over a wide range of earned income the effect of explicit taxation plus implicit taxation via the loss of means-tested benefits means that disposable income remains largely unaffected . |
| 13 | Comparisons between the three race groups were between those living in the same small areas i.e. in roughly the same circumstances , rather than over a whole city or London borough . |
| 14 | To make an equivalent investment in one slice , rather than over the 15-year span recorded in this volume , would be an enormous burden . |
| 15 | I think that I am probably a bit sharper in the burst than over the long distance but during the two ‘ B ’ games I felt really sharp and I have been working on my speed and strength with the SRU fitness specialist , David McLean ’ . |
| 16 | There were more kidnappings and hostage takings ( especially by organized gangs and during prison escapes ) in January-August 1989 than over the previous decade . |
| 17 | For example , Richards has used the methods of Cragg and Malkiel to show that over a 1-year time horizon professional analysts perform ‘ reasonably well ’ . |
| 18 | There is , buried in some agencies ' archives , material — usually based either on reading and noting research ( see page 100 ) or on direct response returns — which shows rather clearly that over a certain size — somewhere around 35 cm × 6 cols in a broadsheet newspaper — diminishing returns begin to set in . |
| 19 | One disadvantage of this to all parties is that over a long period memories fade and evidence becomes more difficult to establish . |
| 20 | However , while climatic conditions could lead to some long-term changes in the economy and to sharp annual variations in food prices , there is no reason to doubt that over a long period movements in prices and wages do indicate whether population was rising or falling . |
| 21 | These consist of two linear portions whose slopes differ and closer inspection reveals that over a narrow range of temperature of between 2 and 5 K the slope changes continuously . |
| 22 | When the Left want to take control of a particular constituency , they look at its controlling group and note that over a six-month period the maximum number of people attending the decision-making meetings is never more than ( say ) twenty-seven . |
| 23 | Suppose that over a six-month period , we were investigating changes in attitude of a sample of single girls to contraception , some of the group might get married . |
| 24 | In some cases a carefully monitored rolling programme ensured that over a given period of time , say a week or a fortnight , the teacher engaged directly with every child in every area of the curriculum ; but in other cases the inequality of investment was not adjusted in this way , and the result was the persistent neglect of certain children and certain areas of the curriculum . |
| 25 | The Guardian of April 3 reported that over the preceding months Treuhand had become the " focus of growing public anger " and was viewed as the " embodiment of eastern Germany 's economic misery " . |
| 26 | At any rate , it would be an exaggeration to speak of a collapse of militancy , or to infer that over the long term workers ' resistance can not be maintained . |
| 27 | There can be no doubt that over the whole range covered by these attempted distinctions there are substantial differences of immediacy and perception of use and need . |
| 28 | Allied Provincial 's David Shaw said Phonelink estimated that over the coming year , it would need at least £5m to set up a second production site , to buy more data engines and to fund research and development work . |
| 29 | It all makes many believe that over the coming months share prices will drop below the levels at which they opened 1991 . |
| 30 | Finally , I hope that over the coming years , with your support , Greenpeace will campaign even more effectively to protect the natural world and fully justify your decision to join us . |