Example sentences of "[num] [noun] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Birmingham the survey covered 160,000 houses over a forty-eight square mile area although the 75,000 reports turned in were officially recognized as ‘ unreliable ’ due to ignorance or incomplete forms . |
| 2 | Typically , individual therapy involves 12–20 sessions of 45–60 minutes over a three-month period . |
| 3 | CITROEN disputes Daihatsu 's economical motoring laurels ; while admitting that it has not tackled the Round Britain run yet , it says that its AX diesel has achieved 112.01 mph over a 100 mile road route . |
| 4 | A 2-1 win over a disappointing Midlands side was surpassed in the final game , when they defeated East , the holders , 3-1 . |
| 5 | It was a clear night , the big racing yacht was sailing at a steady six knots over a calm sea . |
| 6 | Playing for the New Zealand Barbarians in a 23–13 win over a strong Public School Wanderers side , Botha ended a superb personal display in soaking conditions with his shorts as pristine white as when he had started the game , during which he had given a cultured demonstration of the arts of reading the game and tactical kicking . |
| 7 | Few people realise what an enormous achievement Concorde represents , even after it has demonstrated its capability of flying from New York to London or Paris in about three hours over a sustained operation for many years . |
| 8 | The impact angle was very shallow and the aircraft was apparently under some control as it settled only three feet over a horizontal distance of 420 feet . |
| 9 | Phew , another close squeeze today with a very lucky 3–2 victory over a luckless City side without their main striker Quinn , whose out for the rest of the season with knee ligament problems . |
| 10 | SCOTLAND paid a high price for a 33–8 victory over a rugged Western Samoan Development XV yesterday . |
| 11 | Prosecutor Nigel Godsmark said he preyed on 270 women over a three-year period . |
| 12 | Allow the mixture to cook for about 5 minutes over a low heat , then add the salt , sugar and stock . |
| 13 | The depletion of the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere is to be the subject of a newly-launched European Arctic Stratosphere Experiment ( EASOE ) , involving 250 scientists from 17 countries over a five month period starting in November . |
| 14 | The District Court jury deliberated for almost 25 hours over a six-day period before arriving at its unanimous decision on charges involving conspiracy , lying to Congress and obstructing congressional inquiries . |
| 15 | Instead he became an alcoholic ( a ‘ half-alcoholic ’ he preferred to call it ) who required to dry-out in hospital about 50 times over a 25-year period . |
| 16 | Stir carefully to mix together , then cook for 3 minutes over a medium heat . |
| 17 | The stimulating article Some library costs and options by Brown ( an economist ) concludes ‘ it seems to be worth acquiring and providing storage for , books likely to be wanted more often than , once in about 1.7 years over a long period ’ . |
| 18 | TOUCH OF SOUL We Get The Love ( Cooltempo ) An unbearably cute kid recites the ten commandments over a standard house piano riff/female wail . |
| 19 | The proposed solution , announced in March 1984 , involved halving the 57,000 workforce over a five-year period ( with a 6,000 cut in 1984 ) , the maintaining by the government of the FFr 6.5 billion subsidy for five years and the agreement of E de F to increase coal purchases and employ 1,000 C de F employees per year . |
| 20 | Former Quins centre Ron Eriksson had plenty to celebrate with the only try in London Scottish 's 8-3 win over a rebuilt Gloucester side . |
| 21 | The solidarity of the community is strengthened … by a shared history of living and working in one place over a long period of time … . |
| 22 | It is made up of coeval ignimbrites ( K/Ar date 4.65–6.7 Myr , from five dates over a 50-km section ) and a large batholith containing a variety of rock types but dominated by granite ( SiO 2 70% ) with an 40 Ar/ 36 Ar age of 5.180.05Myr . |
| 23 | These agents were given in a total voluem of 1.5 ml , a 0.5 ml bolus injection , followed by a continuous infusion of 1 ml over a one hour period . |
| 24 | But if the idea of some indefinable menace frees your imagination , then there is nothing to stop you producing a suspense novel every bit as twanging with tension as a story in which someone is left hanging by one finger over a depthless gorge . |
| 25 | They usually occurred in clusters of two to five bursts over a six to 15 minute period ; 98% of the bursts occurred together with non-deglutitive phasic contractions of the lower oesophageal sphincter . |
| 26 | Saracens , the only obstacle between Bath and the League One championship on April 25 , confirmed themselves as London 's highest placed club with a convincing 27–9 win over a lively London Irish side at Southgate . |
| 27 | 253 hours over a six month period gave a total of only 8.4 hours per team member per month ( or only 5.5 hours per month client contact if telephone calls and professional meetings were ignored ) . |
| 28 | Thus it has been held that there was a course of dealing where the parties contracted three or four times per month for three years ( Kendall v Lillico ) and where there had been 81 transactions over a period of six years ( SIAT di del Ferro v Tradax Overseas SA [ 1978 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 470 ) , but not where there had been only three or four contracts over a five-year period ( Hollier v Rambler Motors ( AMC ) Ltd [ 1972 ] 2 QB 71 ; in addition the alleged course of dealing was not consistent ) . |
| 29 | The Commission approved on Dec. 17 , 1989 , for the third framework programme , its key technology research and development initiative , a budget of 5,700 million ECU over a five-year period of which one-third was to be for research into information technology . |
| 30 | Discussions took place between the two parties over a possible electoral alliance , but broke down in April . |