Example sentences of "[coord] over [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | imply a steady state system or over a long term and if over the long term the rate of addition of material to the sea is equalled by the rate of removal . |
| 2 | But cases of die links between different places or over a long period of time are unusual . |
| 3 | The result is that conflicts in one set of relationships , over a wide range of society , or over a long period of time , lead to the re-establishment of social cohesion ( 1955 : 2 ) . |
| 4 | Conversely , where existing competition is light and the traditional catchment area of the firm large , a wide restraint may be expected to be upheld ; and ( 4 ) a prohibition against accepting instructions from any person who has at any time , or over a long period , been a client of the outgoing partner 's former firm . |
| 5 | Wilson found it agreeably ‘ refreshing ’ to face a customer not across a football-field-sized desk in a corporate headquarters but bobbing gently up and down in a houseboat on the Regents Canal , or over a pleasant weekend at Branson 's Oxford home . |
| 6 | A sort of heat haze , as opposed to the intense burning sensation of the stripe paintings , emerges as if we are looking through a veil or over a great distance at flat lands . |
| 7 | Designed initially as an all-day alpine suit , the Nevada jacket and salopettes can be worn next to the skin or over a thermal wicking layer . |
| 8 | Currently , the most frequent demand is for a minimum wage level of two-thirds of average earnings to be either implemented immediately , or over a short period . |
| 9 | Are you saying then that when one 's lapsed for six months or over a given period of time we should actually go out there and remove the signs |
| 10 | Use this scale when soloing over a blues , over a m7 chord or over a dominant chord . |
| 11 | This option allows the user to generate an alphanumerically ordered Relationships Listing which can be grouped either by individual charge code or over the entire LIFESPAN system . |
| 12 | The technological control of nature characteristic of the West has been interpreted as the fulfilment of God 's command to Adam to exercise dominion over all the earth and over every living thing . |
| 13 | The mortar team are still lobbing their bombs into the enemy positions as we dash across the road and over a five-bar gate , then double along the hedgerow that runs alongside the road . |
| 14 | Thus for much of the period after 1760 , canals were important in some areas and over a small number of major routes . |
| 15 | Trying to convince people the project was worth pursuing was not easy , and over a long period personal time had to be carved out to work on the project from time allocated to a variety of other activities ranging from textile fibres to films and even to electronics . |
| 16 | He spoke as though they knew each other well and over a long period . |
| 17 | We believe we are doing our bit in this respect , successfully and over a long period , by land . ’ |
| 18 | Her eyes swung back towards Marlin , who was asking her if she was all right , then back towards the street as brakes shrieked , and the failed assassin was struck squarely by a speeding car , which reeled round , wheels locked and sliding over the sleet-greased street , throwing the man 's body off the bonnet and over a parked car . |
| 19 | Nonetheless , research and development in post-war fighter aircraft went forward at a brisk pace and over a wide range of options . |
| 20 | This grows gradually more difficult and strenuous until a final wild swing out and over a jammed block deposits the leader in a superb eyrie behind a tottering pinnacle . |
| 21 | Most of the attention , however , was focused on the nine days ahead of battling over the direction of economic reform in Russia and over a new constitution , several drafts of which have been prepared by different factions . |
| 22 | The Congress approved most of the new powers Mr Gorbachev had requested , including direct control over the government and over a new security council . |
| 23 | ‘ You first tucked up your skirts between your legs and you danced backwards and forwards , round and about and over a lighted candlestick . |
| 24 | Executive power is vested in the Governor ( currently Carlos Melancia ) , who is assisted by five Secretaries-Adjunct with executive powers , and who presides over a Superior Council of Security and over a Consultative Council . |
| 25 | From the tee one drives through a wood and over a large chalkpit . |
| 26 | It can be approached from a path made of gravestones laid end to end through the churchyard and over a brick-built bridge . |
| 27 | Either from the North Cockerington side along the towpath of the Louth to Tetney Navigation Canal and over a wooden bridge to the Yew lined churchyard path , or from the Alvingham village side and , equal as novel , through a farmyard , loudly alive with the grunting and squealing of pigs in their sites . |
| 28 | Gustave writes this in one of his earliest letters to Louise Colet ; and over a seven-year period ( 1846–53 ) he makes occasional references to the planned autobiography . |
| 29 | UK and EC policies have developed separately , largely in isolation and over a different time scale . |
| 30 | English Heritage chooses now to stress the responsibility of the many boroughs of which London is made up : ‘ Our policy is , in consultation with the boroughs , and over an agreed programme , to withdraw from the exercise of our powers where we are duplicating their functions ’ . |