Example sentences of "[conj] over a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This may be in a particular meeting or over a period of time . |
| 3 | is the strong poverty trap , where over a range of earned income disposable income actually falls as earned income rises . |
| 4 | Most of these businesses were on such a small scale that over a half of them built no more than six houses during these three years and nearly three-quarters built no more than twelve ; the bankruptcy rate was high . |
| 5 | That means for a regular punter , however , that over a period of time , for every £100 staked he or she will end up with £88 in pocket . |
| 6 | Another frequent difficulty is that over a period of years , constant masturbation , sometimes desperately engaged in for emotional comfort rather than sexual release , results in desensitization of the penis . |
| 7 | The inhalation of iodine-131 could cause thyroid cancer in people as far away as 24 km , and there is a 20 per cent probability that over a period of 10–20 years between 1000 and 10,000 people could develop thyroid cancer ( less than 10 per cent of these would be fatal cancers ) . |
| 8 | The government announced on Nov. 26 that over a period of three years it intended to cut 122,000 government jobs — approximately one fifth of state employees — at an estimated saving to the state of the equivalent of US$1,500 million . |
| 9 | Vernon ( 1971 ) argues that over a period of time , and particularly as a new technology matures , host countries are more able to drive harder bargains with the TNCs that wish to invest in them . |
| 10 | And we found that over a period of , oh about a couple of months , the same people almost used to come round . |
| 11 | And the other interesting point to note is that over a number of years — over 5 or 6 years — all categories are consistently running at 90% occupancy . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 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 | Steep paths lead down through the landscaped gardens and over a foot-bridge to the main building directly across the road . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | In both cases you have to find a deposit , and over a period of time pay off what is , in effect , a loan . |
| 28 | The place was besieged , and over a period of months , including a winter , the English grip tightened . |
| 29 | Also studied were the consistency of performance of individuals within and between topics , between mode of assessment and over a period of time . |
| 30 | In Woodrow , it was held that affray is a continuing offence , so that where an indictment charged the defendants with a single offence and particularised several incidents that had occurred at different places and over a period of several hours , the indictment was not bad for duplicity . |