Example sentences of "over a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This apparent advantage over a predominantly rural rebel zone would only be maintained , however , if the Republic could hold on to its territory , overcome the isolation of the north coast from the rest of the zone , put its precious metal reserves to good use , pay for essential raw materials and feed its large urban population . |
| 2 | However to deliver high concentrates over a moderately large area of irregular equipment a sprayer should be adjusted to a fine jet . |
| 3 | The " Canal Duke 's " vision and determination and his employment of the self-taught engineering genius James Brindley combined to produce a true " deadwater " link over a completely new route . |
| 4 | " As the ozone has formed over a largely uninhabited region , it seems there is no immediate danger . |
| 5 | I had got over a particularly traumatic childhood and adolescence and looked set fair for a modicum of stability as an adult . |
| 6 | He takes great trouble over a seemingly endless stream of difficulties . |
| 7 | His father was an Ulsterman who emigrated to Scotland to work in the mines , where he married a local woman and presided over a strictly protestant household in which both parents were active members of the Orange Lodge . |
| 8 | It is actually , it makes him feel rather sad erm and also rather funny , and therefore , he rather comes over a rather pathetic creature . |
| 9 | It has proved extremely difficult , too , to find significant changes in attitudes in many markets except over a rather long period — which does not disprove the theory , but suggests either that advertising does not work very fast , which no one wishes to admit , or that attitudes are not the whole of the story . |
| 10 | A full scale sample , to be representative , may mean carrying out many interviews over a geographically dispersed area . |
| 11 | We sailed northward up the Minch on a sultry , sweltering day over a most unpleasant ground swell . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's the next generation of electric white boy blues/Come on indie rock ! ’ yells Seb 's Lou Barlow over a hilariously generic sludge-out . |
| 13 | Over a fanatically carnivorous lunch in an Argentinian joint on Eighty-Second Street my friend Fielding had been very reassuring on the whole Lorne-Caduta question . |
| 14 | While far from being a ‘ wet ’ herself , Mrs Thatcher was presiding over a distinctly watered-down form of Tory economic policy by the summer of 1983 . |
| 15 | A flicker of doubt passed across Zlorf 's face , like the last shaft of sunlight over a badly ploughed field . |
| 16 | But again , over a surprisingly wide area , and especially in song and in the simpler instruments , some degree of relatively unmediated access is available , with some shared rhythmic resources , possibly of the whole species , as an important factor . |
| 17 | The Bath Clinic in Avon is cutting the price of vasectomies to £180 to attract patients over a traditionally quiet Christmas . |
| 18 | Each reckoned that off-road , they could beat the other over a suitably undulating course . |
| 19 | Wearing a black , gold-embroidered silk cloak over a finely woven shamma , he came across the room to greet us , shook hands and with a smile and a gesture invited us to be seated . |
| 20 | If the British system of policing is a social construction geared to the maintenance of élitist power and is primarily concerned to keep control over a materially disadvantaged underclass , then these same ‘ dangerous classes ’ seem to have willingly entered into this game of power-relations with their masters ; and by doing so they have deflected attention away from their own lack of privilege and power . |
| 21 | The principle states that over a short enough path length it is always possible to transform to a frame in free fall ; in such a frame , space–time is locally flat and the coordinates of SR may be imposed . |
| 22 | The cancellation of two amalgamations by the Defence Secretary , Malcolm Rifkind , amounts to a sticking plaster over a more serious problem . |
| 23 | When you spread work like this over a very long period you are able to look into yourself , and see yourself in a great work of art . |
| 24 | The fact that it is very difficult to do does n't prevent a lot of people wishing to achieve it , but it is very seldom that , in the industrial world , anybody has achieved and held continuously a pre-eminent position over a very long period of time . |
| 25 | Investigations into the activities of this particular gang had been carried out over a very long period and they had been kept under constant surveillance by our officers who were thus able to feed us all the necessary information towards a successful interception . |
| 26 | The apes being taught are therefore without an evolutionarily conferred advantage that human children enjoy — that of employing learning techniques , and being initiated by their elders , in a way that has presumably been refined by selection pressures over a very long time . |
| 27 | Add the chickpeas , tomatoes , sugar , garam masala and seasoning to taste , and cook for 30 minutes over a very gentle heat , stirring frequently . |
| 28 | Bagnères-de-Bigorre is an agreeable town , on the river ; at its best on the western side , where the main spa buildings are and where the streets are older , crookeder and , over a very small area , somewhat Parisian . |
| 29 | This fine-grained limestone is only developed over a very small area , usually thought of as a lagoonal deposit behind sponge reefs , though recently interpreted as deposits in offshore sediment traps . |
| 30 | They might make their own bridge over a very small stream or ditch and find out what will float underneath . |