Example sentences of "over a [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But delays over a decision about the nature of the contract meant the deadline for tenders was postponed to February 24 . |
| 2 | He saw it break its flight over a dell between the dunes , soar vertically and then head off at an angle . |
| 3 | Hong Kong 's Victoria Harbour is used by over a quarter of a million ships a year . |
| 4 | A TENANT accused of threatening to kill his landlady and her family over a row about a broken gas meter was yesterday cleared at Teesside Crown Court . |
| 5 | FEARS were voiced last night over a plan by the North-Eastern Co-Op to build a £9.5m superstore and housing development in Middlesbrough . |
| 6 | At this gain the noise level of the instrument can be seen in quiet periods to be approximately 10 gamma — 15 gamma over a bandwagon of the order of 0.3Hz , reasonable enough for serious studies . |
| 7 | ‘ I have taken to colour like a new lover , ’ he pronounced unconvincingly over a cappuccino in the sparse urban palazzo that doubles as his office and town house . |
| 8 | It might be a recovery shot from deep rough with a minute margin for error ; or a pitch shot from a bare lie over a bunker to a flag in a very tight position ; or simply a six-foot putt to save par . |
| 9 | Members of the housing committee of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities were told of a complaint by Tweeddale District Council over a request by a tenant , who was exercising his right-to-buy for the first time , that his fiancee be included as a joint purchaser . |
| 10 | Mr Leckey said the shoot-out in which the IRA men died was a result of actions by the security forces over a threat to the life of a former UDR soldier in August 1988 . |
| 11 | Her parents , Lord and Lady Romsey , will hand over a cheque from the Leonora Knatchbull Research Fellowship , for child cancer research at London 's St Bartholomew 's Hospital . |
| 12 | Meirion Rowlands , one of the Ashleys ' most key appointments of this time , was well known as the local prizewinning sheep shearer ; he met Bernard over a pint in the pub . |
| 13 | Alkaline basalts record the passage of the plateau over a hotspot during the Eocene . |
| 14 | The Empress Maria Theresa presided over a transformation of the Habsburg hereditary territories which was the greatest achievement of its kind anywhere in Europe during this period . |
| 15 | Just over a half of the part-time farmers said that they used or would use off-farm income for the farm . |
| 16 | Most importantly the Chardonnay in the grand cru sector has risen from nearly a third to over a half of the vines cultivated , while in the premiers crus it has dropped from just under a half to less than 40% . |
| 17 | At the time when the Home Support Project first collected information about them , the majority got some informal care at least four days a week , ( three-quarters in the Ipswich control group and the Newham action group , two-thirds in the Ipswich action group and just over a half in the Newham control group ) . |
| 18 | It is now in a ruinous condition but has the distinction of being the oldest existing railway bridge over a river in the world . |
| 19 | At Congleton the canal is carried over a road at the south-east side of the town by a cast-iron aqueduct , built around 1835 , on curving masonry abutments . |
| 20 | Single rooms over a road at the back of the hotel , have double glazing . |
| 21 | The effect of the measuring rate on T g was demonstrated by Kovacs who recorded the volume of a polymer at each temperature , over a range including the transition , using two rates of cooling . |
| 22 | ( i ) combination of the use of external objects with the use of inherent physical resources , over a range from the use of paint , masks and costume in dance to the use of masks , costume and scenery in acted drama ; |
| 23 | All the same , rumblings of discontent have been detectable around Wantage Road over the past few weeks , prompting conjecture over a parting of the ways between Northamptonshire and their prized import , even though his contract still has a year to run . |
| 24 | Many of these were war games which involved the movement of fighting forces and resources over a map on the board . |
| 25 | Indeed , the reaction is frequently performed by passing the reacting gases over a bed of the catalyst supported on some inert material . |
| 26 | or about five minutes earlier on the motorway and they drove over a part of the barrier , and they got a blow out did n't they ? |
| 27 | Here , however , we write it as an integral over a portion of the 3N-dimensional configuration space represented by the N vectors rj and the 3 coordinates required for the specification of each one . |
| 28 | from our point of view in nineteen ninety three , we have to deal with somebody over a revision of the rent and if the company does n't exist it makes it very difficult ! |
| 29 | ‘ I was making my way over a field to the hives when I ‘ sort of ’ tripped over one of them and the bees came at me , ’ he said . |
| 30 | THE Manchester United footballer Viv Anderson was given a public apology and undisclosed libel damages in the High Court yesterday over a story in the Daily Star concerning a post-match clash between Anderson and the Wimbledon player John Fashanu . |