Example sentences of "up over a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The ex-wife is ringing up over a son in whom she has shown no interest . |
| 4 | All the small modifications should add up over a period of time to make major achievements . |
| 5 | Another proof is taken and so the print is built up over a period of time . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Strong and sometimes quite intense relationships with individuals are built up over a period of even a few weeks . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |