Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one missing person inquiry she had claimed success because the runaway girl had telephoned home , but no one could prove or disprove that Ruby 's meditation over a favourite pair of tights had influenced her . |
| 2 | By spreading the impactor 's mass over a wide area , fragmentation increases the amount of atmosphere intercepted and so enhances ablation and aerobraking ; hence a fragmenting object stops more abruptly , surrendering its kinetic energy more explosively , than does a non-fragmenting object . |
| 3 | The IMF decided , in 1988 , that the limit to enlarged access would be 440 per cent of a country 's quota over a three-year period . |
| 4 | At the time , it seemed that nothing could break Ceauşescu 's hold over a servile and cowardly Party élite . |
| 5 | Looping the dog 's lead over a handy gatepost , she came back . |
| 6 | A churchman 's conscience over a sacred oath was the stumbling-block here . |
| 7 | Time to reflect on the day 's successes over a leisurely dinner , lovingly created by our award-winning chef … |
| 8 | The Secretary of State can not interfere on a parent 's behalf over a curricular matter until the complaint has been pursued via the local complaints machinery . |
| 9 | An ‘ At Home ’ in June 1989 , and , most recently the Annual Reunion Dinner with the highest turnout yet , over 120 ex-Manorians returning to enjoy one another 's company over a good meal . |
| 10 | The central problem is that it is only ever possible to sample a child 's language over a fixed period of time and within a finite number of situations . |
| 11 | The 1930s and 1940s saw the collapse of UK hegemony and the consolidation of the United States ' hegemony over a new international economic system . |
| 12 | Pisistratus had made Eleusis a symbol of the unity of Attica ; for the fifth-century Athenians it was that , and a symbol of Athens ' rule over a united Aegean as well . |
| 13 | In many situations there would seem to be an obvious need for a CD approach to health care , professionals and communities working together to increase communities ' hold over a precarious existence , tackling causes rather than symptoms . |
| 14 | Audible and visual warnings will attract workers ' attention over a wide area to a potential or actual hazard . |
| 15 | Staff at South Tyrone Hospital are now combing through all their patients ' files over a three year period between 1988 and 1990 . |
| 16 | This deal has also figured in the European Council of Ministers ' negotiations over a common mergers policy . |
| 17 | And having committed the boy to a day on the rubbish , he could hardly turn me down when I suggested we settle for a couple of hours ' conversation over a few beers , after he 'd sorted out the mess . |
| 18 | Declining per capita income over a prolonged period of time usually results in a change of government , sometimes after a revolution or a military coup . |