Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not fanciful ( we have the evidence of the fifteenth-century French lord , Jean de Bueil , to show it ) to see them discussing war , its dangers , its ‘ occasions ’ rather as men today recall political or sporting occasions over a drink . |
| 2 | Melt the beeswax with the oil in the top of an enamel double boiler or heat-proof basin over a pan of simmering water . |
| 3 | Finally , ‘ higher doctorates ’ ( such as DSc , DLitt , DD ) are awarded for distinguished contribution to an academic field , actually on the basis of books or other publications over a period of years . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is the startling and complete change over a large area that we have most to distrust . |
| 6 | Occupational , family and residential histories over a twenty-year period will elucidate and Aberdonians ' relationship to and experience of the oil industry across generations . |
| 7 | A healthy rise of pressure over the UK on the 30th and 31st heralded a complete change of weather type and the resultant anticyclone of 1040 millibars central pressure gave over six hours of bright sunshine and calm conditions over a good part of the mainland . |
| 8 | The experiments hit the scientific and popular headlines over a number of years before falling into disrepute when others found it quite hard even to train flatworms reliably on this pairing , let alone repeat the later steps in the procedure . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 " . |
| 12 | Diversions of existing deep foul sewers were undertaken using a combination of pipe-jacking and mini-tunnel techniques over a total length of 455 metres — the longest drive being 342 metres of 1-metre diameter mini-tunnel beneath both new and old A71 and the Union Canal . |
| 13 | Figure 8 is an example of such a study which recorded and classified accidents over a period of time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | the nature of the caring relationship is likely to be based on love and mutual support over a long period of time . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In South-west England tin , copper and other metals have been mined for at least 2000 years from deposits related to Variscan granites ; in the Pennine range of central and northern England over a similar period , lead , and lately fluorite and baryte , have been extracted from vein and replacement deposits in Carboniferous sediments ; in Central Wales , the Isle of Man and the Southern Uplands of Scotland lead and zinc have been mined from vein deposits in Lower Palaeozoic greywackes and in the Lake District copper , lead and zinc have been recovered from a variety of deposits in Lower Palaeozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks underlain by Caledonian granites . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Behavioural item check lists were completed by the mothers and teachers which provided assessments of several different behavioural dimensions and behavioural changes over a 5 year period will be analysed with respect to specific life events , life circumstances and primary school experience . |
| 23 | Joanna , who has brown shoulder-length hair , was last seen wearing a turquoise and blue anorak over a green sweatshirt with a Harpers logo . |
| 24 | A study of mothers ' reports of their four- and seven-year olds over a four-week period indicated an act of helping ( excluding regular duties ) every day or so . |
| 25 | The assistance on offer from Carers Impact comes in the form of small development teams which will work with health and local authorities over a sustained period of time . |