Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four countries ( El Salvador , Honduras , Morocco and Congo , with total foreign debts of US$30,500 million ) took advantage of the move , agreeing to packages spreading repayments over a period of 15 years — instead of the 10 years previously allowed by the Club . |
| 2 | This openness and variation in level of the track , now giving views over a mile or so of green tree-crowns , now limiting the sky and showing on every side a steeply climbing hillside of columns , would have made their walking pleasant had it not been for the unseasonable heat of the day . |
| 3 | Last week a British psychiatrist was convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting patients over a period of 12 years . |
| 4 | In a public or university library which does not have subject specialists on its staff — or even in those that do — this places an intolerably heavy burden of responsibility on the individual 's judgement , and it is unlikely that any one person called upon to make weeding decisions over a spectrum of subject fields will on the basis of judgement alone achieve a consistent rate of ‘ correct ’ decision making . |
| 5 | Thus schools which are having difficulty attracting pupils over a couple of years may find that they are powerless to avoid progressive deterioration in their position . |