Example sentences of "the [noun] over a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Warnock had admitted stealing the money over a two-year period while she was the toy library 's treasurer .
2 Barclays Bank is making the grant over a three-year period to encourage independent companies .
3 However , at Cosmeston the archaeologist has the opportunity to excavate a large portion of the settlement over a long period of time and to use the results to shed light on sites where the excavators have not been so fortunate .
4 This is because the EDSP is the average value of the index over a 20-minute period , and the prices used in computing the index are the midprices of the quotations , not the last traded prices .
5 By getting his colleagues to admit pupils to their lectures after Vial 's death , apparently waiving the customary fee of 10 guineas , he helped the College over a difficult patch , but may unwittingly have set an unfortunate precedent which suggested that preclinical veterinary teaching could be done as well in a medical as in a veterinary context .
6 If this analysis is accepted , then it is clear that the attempt over a long period of time to protect the position of those living in privately rented accommodation has failed and has , in fact , made the position worse .
7 Important as the price of oil may be , the uncertainty over a possible physical shortage of supply was an equally compelling concern , with IEA active in formulating contingency plans for stock sharing in this event .
8 A hill or valley can often act in the same way as an enormous sail and bend the wind over a large area .
9 The result over a two year period is a range of display material that has been exclusively designed and manufactured , and is now available to retailers throughout the country .
10 In experimental work on the viscosity of the alkanes over a wide range of temperature Doolittle found however that the simple relation where A and B are constants gave a very much better fit to the experimental data , than the Andrade equation From the discussion we have given it is clear that fv is only a linear function of T if the expansion of the liquid is given by the linear equation and this is only true over small temperature ranges .
11 She was stirring milk into the roux over a low heat when Annie finished her currants and announced , ‘ Wanta-wee , wanta-wee . ’
12 The fraud involved creation of false profits and stocks in the books over a seven-year period through use of purported contracts , which in reality did not exist , with third world countries .
13 You can generate the dust by rubbing the Polychromos Pastels against fine sandpaper , a practical use for small remnant pieces that would otherwise be difficult to use up , or you can do as I do and spread the dust from very lightly applied pastel strokes , placed to allow a very deliberate development of the effect over a localised area .
14 It covered the demobilization , repatriation or relocation of the contras over a 90-day period beginning on Sept. 8 ( i.e. by Dec. 5 ) .
15 THE outcry over a new version of the world 's most popular ballet has been branded ‘ a storm in a teacup ’ .
16 He claimed that 85,000 people had used the range over a two-year period and that outdoor sport was acceptable on green belt land .
17 He had proved that he could maintain his force in the desert over a considerable length of time , which by air supply could easily be extended .
18 There are now plans to extend the mining over a further 21,850 hectares in the Navajo 's Black Mesa and Kayenta regions .
19 He wore a loose cotton blouson buttoned at the waist over a blue tee-shirt and faded khaki slacks .
20 Other types of skin cancer are associated with continued exposure to the sun over a long period .
21 ‘ Both were using it in the sense that , in regard to the Inns , the judges over a long period , from time to time , had concurred in the Inns performing the duty of selecting those persons who were fit and proper persons to be called to the Bar and to be entitled to a right of audience in the courts and the duty of suspending or prohibiting such persons from practice .
22 Resuming the A.87 at the Killilan junction , the road now turns between banks ablaze with gorse and enters the populated environs of Dornie , bypassing the separate community of Ardelve and reaching the village over a long road bridge .
23 When you put the pointer over a Split box it changes into a double headed arrow and as you drag it into the worksheet it drags a thick bar with it .
24 Despite the behind-the-scenes politics , the most likely outcome of a redesigned Freedom is a slowing of ESA 's programme to spread the costs over a longer period .
25 One might infer from this that investment intensity is therefore also negatively correlated with increases in the value of the business over a five-year period .
26 This compensation is effected by turning the upper part of the rails over a vertical curve , thus diminishing the gradient of the incline and reducing the gravity effect of the upper tank .
27 This may be to have the customer test the product over a four-week period , or for him to order a quantity for immediate use .
28 It crashed into the peak and flipped over , although the tail section is recognisable , wreckage is scattered down the hill over a wide area .
29 A short aqueduct carries the canal over a minor road before the canal dives into a deep cutting .
30 In return , the EC undertook to phase out the pesticide over a five-year period .
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