Example sentences of "over a [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | All these stars are concentrated in a field only a little over a degree in diameter . |
| 2 | Nigel Lawson enrolled in the Clark Gable ‘ Frankly , I do n't give a damn ’ school when he fell foul of his own party over a rise in interest rates just before the Tory conference . |
| 3 | The Cretaceous genus Inoceramus sometimes grew well over a metre in length ; fragments of this particular genus are frequently important components of the soft , white Cretaceous limestone known as chalk . |
| 4 | The tunnel was the longest in Britain at the time , the first over a mile in length . |
| 5 | unc unc A metre is about 39.4 inches or slightly over a yard in length . |
| 6 | He draped his wet clothes over a chair in front of the stove and ladled rice and beans on to two plates . |
| 7 | Mr Mackarness runs a property company from this office over a shop in South London . |
| 8 | The latter has just over a length in hand on the watch and one could not fault her smart performance last time from the trap three she occupies once again . |
| 9 | The survey , over a prospect in block 5–2 , began on August 29 and ended on September 26 . |
| 10 | By taking the computer processing offshore on to the survey boat — the Geco Resolution — for the first survey over a prospect in Block 6 , the seismic team were able to collapse the serial process of acquisition , processing and initial interpretation , to a parallel process . |
| 11 | Demonstrating that the 3D turnaround time can be reduced to two months has given the Vietnam team confidence , Nunn says , to use this method again on their second 3D survey in Vietnam over a prospect in Block 5–2 . |
| 12 | Taylor ( 1987 ) points out that in the United States during the 1980s , the Reagan Administration , pursuing similar policies to those of the Conservatives , presided over a decline in crime and asks why the United Kingdom was different . |