Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here are the Angerholme Pots , all lined up for inspection over a straight half-mile . |
| 2 | A total of 875 µg of somatostatin were administered before and after ERCP over a 150 minute period . |
| 3 | However , the ‘ special relationship ’ that marked the Reagan and Bush years has gone and there is plenty of scope for disagreement over a packed agenda . |
| 4 | Records may have to be kept for reference over a long period of time and therefore they must be adequately protected . |
| 5 | The search now goes on for cancers over a wider area . |
| 6 | After breakfast we left the inn and got on the track , which , with care , need not be lost sight of in good weather , except in haze or severe rain , when there is danger at one or two places , where a ceaseless flow of moisture over a rich soil keeps the grass so green and the ground so soft , no path is traceable now and again . |
| 7 | In addition to their port duties , Lerwick staff had to cover controls at Sumburgh Airport which was thirty miles south of Lerwick over a bumpy switchback road . |
| 8 | During his reign he added vast territories to the Frankish kingdom that he had inherited ; Lombardy ( the traditional enemy of both Franks and papacy ) , parts of Spain , all of Saxony over a prolonged period of campaigning , and Slavonic regions of the Drave and Elbe . |
| 9 | Manufacturers selling a wide range of products over a wide geographical area to a market numbered in millions would find it prohibitively expensive to set up their own Highstreet stores , even if they were permitted to proliferate in this way . |
| 10 | He was plastering wet threads of hair over a balding pate , and there was a look of alarm in those magnified eyes . |
| 11 | While a cannon ball may plough through a line of troops and kill two or three victims , a mortar shell explodes with a tremendous bang , scattering mud , dirt , and bits of shell over a wide area . |
| 12 | Similarly , we can look at the iconography of coins over a shorter period . |
| 13 | Equally , it is not unknown for a partner gradually to lose interest in mundane administrative matters : often enough the problems that this can cause are exacerbated by his co-partners allowing him to escape his share of responsibility over a long period . |
| 14 | Each compartment can be used to hold a particular type of component over a limited range of values . |
| 15 | What we 've done tonight , is spread that amount of money over a tremendous number of people tonight |
| 16 | First , the payment of this sum of money over a short period would have a considerable inflationary effect . |
| 17 | Firms with a sustained high level of exports over a longer period may provide further figures for consideration as a consistent exporter . |
| 18 | In 1923 the USA and Britain reached an agreement for repayment of debts over a 62-year period at 3.3% interest . |
| 19 | It may also be possible to argue that where the party has failed to respond to a notice of assignment from the purchaser , such lack of action over a long period is an implied consent where that party has dealt with the purchaser after completion . |
| 20 | This consists of a layer of gravel over a raised grid at the bottom of the tank . |
| 21 | The examination of all the images produced during a particular period or of a selection of images over a longer period will often provide a good idea of how the relevant state or regime wished to represent itself . |
| 22 | Harmonic schemes on a larger scale , spanning large movements or in successions of movements , also require planning , for some change of key over a large area is needed to create contrast and relief . |
| 23 | The giant ground sloths and armadillos of the past were clearly South American in character , showing that this continent had been populated by unique families of animals over a vast period of time . |
| 24 | I thought of him as the rhino : myopic , short-legged , thick-skinned , not too bright but with a mean temper , a surprising turn of speed over a short course , and , above all , a keen sense of smell . |
| 25 | For example , take a company which displays a doubling of turnover over a five-year period using a column graph ( vertical bar chart ) . |
| 26 | The accumulation of data over a long period of time is a situation that lends itself well to the use of a microcomputer . |
| 27 | A stability test involves the accumulation of a substantial amount of data over a prolonged period of time and may require the production of reports at several stages of the test . |
| 28 | Third , as we monitored our representative sample of schools over a three year period , we could perceive some of them undergoing a process of structural transition , shifting away from the simple two-tier model towards departmentalism and/or a matrix structure . |
| 29 | By interviewing a subsample of women from the original study it will be possible to plot the stability of self-esteem over a 7 to 8 year period and its relationship to changing social circumstances . |
| 30 | In the circumstances , a construction of fabric over a wire-braced framework of wood or bamboo was logical and efficient , and sometimes , nothing else would have got off the ground with the power available . |