Example sentences of "[adv] over a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are able to collect the information detailed below over a number of informal visits , and are now required to present your preliminary conclusions and recommendations for Davenport 's consideration . |
| 2 | The formation of financial conglomerates , embodying commercial banking , stock-broking , market making , fund management etc , raise concerns not only over a clash of interests between conglomerate and client but also over a clash of obligations owed by the conglomerate to two or more clients . |
| 3 | It will slide on as a whole line , from the bottom right hand corner ( which will take 50 frames to complete ) stay still for 120 frames , and then scatter off randomly over a period of 30 frames . |
| 4 | It is much better to build up endurance levels gradually and gently over a period of weeks and months . |
| 5 | For instance , in a group of patients with rheumatoid and osteoarthritis who were treated with an elimination diet followed by a wheat-free diet , cervical reintegration and the green-lipped mussel preparation , Seatone , significant and often dramatic improvements were obtained in a fortnight of an order similar to , or better than , those obtained by either homoeopathy or Seatone alone over a period of three to six months . |
| 6 | Dogan , a nephew of the President and a leading conservative in the ruling Motherland Party ( ANAP ) , was described by official sources as having been dismissed on the President 's orders " apparently over a rift in domestic politics " . |
| 7 | Perhaps over a period of months , even years , the yearning grew to escape . |
| 8 | ‘ Four of them got together over a couple of decanters of port and I listened to what I could . |
| 9 | My one pound , seventeen shillings had been put together over a number of years by saving money given me on my birthdays by relatives . |
| 10 | The aim of Heidrick and Struggles ' approach is to build a team that can truly work and integrate together over a number of years . |
| 11 | There is even a physical basis to the collectivity of women : it has been shown that women living together over a length of time frequently fall into a synchronicity of menstrual cycles . |
| 12 | It is not surprising that two people , who have worked closely together over a period of time , come up with a similar approach to a problem . |
| 13 | As couples live together over a period of years they will find more and more areas where decisions can be made without consultation because they will understand a lot of each other 's interests and desires . |
| 14 | She remembered Donna Fratelli 's raucous laugh , the number of times the two of them had sat together over a glass of wine or a plate of pasta , discussing the things which really matter : men , or life , or the latest movie . |
| 15 | Erm so therefore I would say in er theory er my understanding would be that yes we could know whatever you wanted to know about particular fields like every two o'clock over a period of a year or whatever . |
| 16 | In practice the distribution between the various hospital and community services may have little objective foundation , having developed incrementally over a number of years . |
| 17 | It is clear that insubstantial changes will not give rise to a new copyright ( or right to prevent unfair extraction ) but what is the position when a database has changed considerably from its original form but this has happened incrementally over a period of time ? |
| 18 | ( Because they are stumbling backwards over a precipitation of hasty , inside-out clothes , say . ) |
| 19 | Le Dimanche — Sunday afternoon whiled away over a game of cards . |
| 20 | After his death his empire could barely be sustained by the new rulers ( including Charles the Bald and Charles the Fat — is it possible to hold an empire together when the populace is taking the mickey out of you to that extent ? ) and crumbled away over a period of two centuries . |
| 21 | The rules would normally specify that the completion accounts are to be prepared in accordance with : ( a ) generally accepted accounting practices or the statements of standard accounting practice ( SSAPs ) in order to give a true and fair view ; ( b ) the same accounting practices as used consistently in previous accounts of the business , normally over a period of several years ; ( c ) specific accounting rules legislated for in the sale agreement . |
| 22 | The cocked fist in a reverse punch travels just over a metre to its target . |
| 23 | Despite the difficulties of his predicament however , Gould managed to return to Sydney in just over a fortnight after writing his letter to Eliza . |
| 24 | But the young Swede 's heroic 65 ended in tears when he missed from just over a yard at the final hole , while Love sank a twisting 15 footer and Couples followed him in from 18 inches . |
| 25 | An A4 page scanned at 300dpi needs just over a megabyte of storage , the same page scanned at 16 levels of grey would need 4 megabytes . |
| 26 | It is surrounded by beautiful gardens and many fruit trees and is set 500 metres from the sea and just over a mile down hill from Taormina . |
| 27 | Swimming : There 's an enormous ‘ Aquarena ’ in Kitzbuhel itself , or you may prefer the warm waters of the Schwarzsee , which is just over a mile from the centre . |
| 28 | The hotel is just over a mile from the town centre and 150 yards from the Lido beach . |
| 29 | Close to the port , with its large yacht harbour , and just over a mile from the attractive centre of Caorle , this modern hotel complex overlooks its own private beach from a lovely garden setting . |
| 30 | Just over a half of the part-time farmers said that they used or would use off-farm income for the farm . |