Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun sg] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Melt the beeswax with the oil in the top of an enamel double boiler or heat-proof basin over a pan of simmering water . |
| 2 | However , to say that the state is autonomous of external control does not imply that the personnel who staff key policy-making roles are guaranteed centralized , co-ordinated and hierarchical control over a ‘ machine ’ , let alone one capable of perfect administration with zero implementation failure . |
| 3 | It is the startling and complete change over a large area that we have most to distrust . |
| 4 | It was nine by the church clock and another clock over a bank in the town hammered out the strokes . |
| 5 | themselves admit that ‘ a definitive answer to the question of job techniques and job autonomy could be provided only by systematic and direct observation over a prolonged period of time ’ . |
| 6 | Executed in brush and brown ink over a charcoal underdrawing , the drawing may well date from the artist 's second trip to Italy in 1773–74 . |
| 7 | Aguirre , previously thought of as one of the President 's most loyal officers , described it as " unfair and unjust " and stated that a leader who was incapable of " making a just and proper decision over a simple matter such as appointments can not be expected to make correct decisions about the complex affairs of state " . |
| 8 | Recall from Chapter 19 that this is a long-run measure of income which can be thought of as the present value of the expected flow of income from the stock of human and non-human wealth over a long period of time . |
| 9 | One person may wish to dedicate more of his time to other pursuits and therefore accept the authority of a reasonably just and competent government over a whole range of issues regarding which another may prefer to decide for himself , and be willing to invest the time and effort it takes to enable himself to decide wisely . |
| 10 | Usually the syndrome is associated with frequent coughing and slight tachypnoea over a period of a few days ; less frequently there is marked tachypnoea , hyperpnoea and in dairy cows a reduction in milk yield . |
| 11 | the nature of the caring relationship is likely to be based on love and mutual support over a long period of time . |
| 12 | She has not only suffered the anguish of over a quarter of a century of separation from her husband , but has also experienced unending persecution at the hands of the regime , such as banishment , Imprisonment , torture and sustained harassment over a period of more than two decades . |
| 13 | Holding that the dismissals were fair , the tribunal said that , whilst it accepted that the union did not specifically accept what was proposed by the company , it concluded that , by its continuing and sustained silence over a period of a month , the union had agreed to the compulsory redundancies being handled in the way the company had proposed . |
| 14 | He went to Alton Towers and any ride over a certain height he could n't go on . |
| 15 | Three hundred and sixty six serum samples were obtained from 274 unrelated patients attending the departments of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine over a nine month period . |
| 16 | Joanna , who has brown shoulder-length hair , was last seen wearing a turquoise and blue anorak over a green sweatshirt with a Harpers logo . |
| 17 | Nan wore the smart navy coat she had worn yesterday , but this time over a pale yellow wool dress . |