Example sentences of "[adv prt] over a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |
| 2 | This benefit , phased in over a number of years , came fully into operation in 1979 , and replaced child tax allowances and family allowances . |
| 3 | Any new planting was designed to be phased in over a period of years , planting schemes having to take account of the need to create a distinctive landscape for the immediate future as well as for the long term . |
| 4 | In other cases , a partner 's contribution may be agreed to be collected in over a period of years out of his profit share . |
| 5 | ‘ Come and fill me in over a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 6 | In the past , samples of children 's language have been collected using a diary approach where examples of children 's utterances , together with a description of the surrounding context , were simply written down over a period of weeks or months ( Miller 1981a ) . |
| 7 | Fibrous tissue replaces this , the capillaries heal and contract down over a period of months to leave a linear scar . |
| 8 | A currency which gradually adjusts up or down over a period of time , depending on the intrinsic strength of the economy which supports it , is much less likely to attract the eye of the speculator than one which is about to burst the artificial dam which has been built around it . |
| 9 | The efficiency of these ingredients wears off over a period of time , and swimming , towel- drying and perspiration can speed up this process . |
| 10 | You 've got ta put an offer in and pay it so much a month have n't you or something and , and , and get it paid off over a period of time ? |
| 11 | Even relatively small preferences made year by year by the same committee add up over a decade to a major strategic shift in budget priorities . |
| 12 | On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink . |
| 13 | The ex-wife is ringing up over a son in whom she has shown no interest . |
| 14 | All the small modifications should add up over a period of time to make major achievements . |
| 15 | Another proof is taken and so the print is built up over a period of time . |
| 16 | ‘ It would be useful , ’ he said , ‘ if practitioners were made aware of the information that is required from them so they can build it up over a period of time . ’ |
| 17 | Strong and sometimes quite intense relationships with individuals are built up over a period of even a few weeks . |
| 18 | Clearly memories are not formed instantaneously , as if by throwing a switch , but are built up over a period of hours after the event to be memorized has occurred ; during this build-up the form in which any memory is stored changes . |
| 19 | For example , the ship has a power meter which drops as you get hit , but builds back up over a period of time , you do n't just simply die when hit . |
| 20 | Er and it 's a force commitment it is n't I mean short of saving up over a period of years which we are not allowed to do |
| 21 | In fact there was a , I think some of the recent erm concerns about schools have come from an image that 's been built up over a period of time that the schools spend very little time on the , on the three Rs for example . |
| 22 | The ascent on to the ridge evolves in easy stages , taking you up over a number of small , craggy knolls until you reach the commodious upper slopes of the Munro . |
| 23 | It contains the practical experience of the members of MAS built up over a number of years of carrying out a wide variety of MAS assignments . |
| 24 | The lips were drawn back over a row of small pointed teeth in a ghastly grimace , a shriek of pain or terror . |
| 25 | To test this particular application of Procedure Audit , a monitoring process was established in a section of thirty persons , and the administrative assistant briefed to record the number of queries referred back over a period of two months . |
| 26 | This will be cut back over a period of time . |
| 27 | When an old issue of bonds is approaching maturity , the Bank of England will probably enter the market to buy them back over a number of weeks or months , rather than waiting to the maturity date and then suddenly releasing a large amount of liquidity into the economy . |
| 28 | With David Dimbleby and Peter Sissons occupying curvy command modules jutting out over a sea of computer screens and flashing lights , it seemed rather like a cross between the deck of the Starship Enterprise and an Italian disco . |
| 29 | From the platform he looks out over a sea of clowns of all shapes and sizes filling the incongruously named Place St Maur des Fosses on the seafront at Bognor Regis . |
| 30 | The trouble which a political interest could encounter , however , came when friends of the political interest fell out over a choice of minister , and in a country which took its religion seriously that was all too easy to do , and that in turn opened the road to intrigue by political enemies . |