Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By adding the forcing resistance , with a proportional increase in supply voltage , the phase electrical time constant can be reduced , enabling operation over a wider speed range . |
| 2 | Between 1963 and 1965 the volcano Irazu in Costa Rica was more or less continuously active , with frequent explosions raining ash over a wide area and ruining the all-important coffee crop , but throughout this time no lavas were erupted and there was no significant change in the pattern of the eruption . |
| 3 | LIVERPOOL MP David Alton is spearheading a campaign urging action over a sickening report on child abuse . |
| 4 | A tangle of twisted metal is all that remains of the giant oil tank that fuelled the power station at the edge of the Bulmers factory site.It 's believed the man who died was welding a measuring gauge on top of the tank when it exploded , scattering debris over a wide area.The man died before he reached hospital.After the first explosion , there were further blasts creating a pall of smoke over Hereford.Bulmers Director Terry Watts was in an office nearby : |
| 5 | This was causing concern over a possible acceleration in deforestation in the region as a whole . |
| 6 | On the centre pages I found a huge black and white photograph of a Hercules aircraft disgorging paratroopers over a large expanse of grassland somewhere in Africa . |
| 7 | However , the government accepted that large hypermarkets would still require planning permission , and in some cases ( for example , Clydebank and Newcastle ) , it was agreed that declaration reports should include clauses governing shops over a certain size . |
| 8 | They hope that a jobs package will go some way to defusing criticism over a perceived lack of direction on tackling the long dole queues . |
| 9 | ‘ Police blocked farmers from coming inside and they just stood in front shouting and calling messages over a loud hailer . ’ |
| 10 | Senior managers are required to coordinate the work of subordinates by having authority over a wider area of work , right up to the chief executive and board of directors . |
| 11 | The need to indicate both atoms is due to the order of operations which results in a branch having priority over a functional group ( see Table ) . |
| 12 | Agreements were also reached on ( i ) cutting tariffs over a five-year period following the conclusion of the Uruguay Round ; ( ii ) public procurement , i.e. buying of goods and services by governments ; and ( iii ) the reform of GATT 's anti-dumping code . |
| 13 | This decline was partly masked in 1920 by an increase in deliveries , but this was because requisitioning was by then taking place over a larger area of the country as a result of the defeat of the White Guard armies . |
| 14 | The first and best known of these , which may conveniently be referred to as ‘ horizontal ’ devolution , involves the setting up of a machinery of government exercising jurisdiction over a particular geographical area and having powers , within that area of a semi-autonomous nature . |
| 15 | The amount of the pension is not related actuarial to the sums which each recipient has actually paid in contribution ; but the right to receive it is treated as flowing from the possession of a contribution record , and indeed the pension rates are represented as related to the contribution rates , assuming contribution over a full working life . |
| 16 | But its better way , whereby once bidders pass a quality threshold franchises are awarded to the highest bid , has been almost universally condemned for putting money before quality of service , and as a ludicrous attempt to avoid exercising judgment over a vital decision . |
| 17 | Can I extend my covenant , if I wish to continue making payments over a longer period ? |
| 18 | THIS irrigator , standing sentinel over a polythene-covered potato crop , is almost 1,500 ft long and presents a striking landscape feature on A.W . |
| 19 | She was sitting in an armchair in the library , murmuring words over a little black book . |
| 20 | The trees shook , even the ground beneath me shook , as I suddenly realised that a salvo of heavy shells was passing over at tree height , and everyone — including the prisoners — scattered in the direction of the dug-outs ; the salvo hit the ground a short distance away with an almighty roar , the explosions throwing debris over a wide area . |
| 21 | Reinforced concrete abutments support precast ‘ U ’ section prestressed beams on individual rubber bearing pads over a clear span of 13.6 metres . |
| 22 | Yet there raged the good captain , demanding satisfaction over a minor matter of bread , when I promise you that the King will pay far less heed to my action than he will when he hears of yours . |
| 23 | In The Milebrook were assegais and other trophies brought back by my grandfather after he had shattered the Zulu army at Ulundi in 1879 — but I never begrudged those peerless warriors their earlier , annihilating victory over a British force on the slopes of Isandhlwana . |
| 24 | Labour 's consumer spokesman Nigel Griffiths has written to President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine following complaints over a previous Hoover offer of flights to Europe . |