Example sentences of "over a large [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is probable that the species commonly called summer or spring wheat will continue to be the favourite sort of this grain ; and although the cultivation of it may not perhaps be advisable in general over the Hebrides , yet , in consequence of various circumstances favourable to it in Islay , and especially the building of a flour mill by the enlightened and patriotic proprietor , ( which cost him £1200 ) , this valuable crop may be extended over a large portion of the best farms in the island . |
| 2 | Again these are fully supplemented by maps , photographs and charts and make an interesting source of reference over a large variety of subject matter . |
| 3 | Despite all these inroads into the royal forest , the hated system was enforced after 1227 over a large part of England . |
| 4 | A large area , part wooded and part a rocky summit , situated just north of Broombriggs on B.591 , providing a fine viewpoint over a large part of the Midlands . |
| 5 | The sound of these great explosions was audible over a large part of the Earth 's surface : at Elsey Creek in South Australia , 3,224 kilometres from Krakatoa , the noise was loud enough to wake sleeping people , who described it as being similar to the sound of rock being blasted . |
| 6 | In the succeeding months it became plain that the determination of American leaders to play the key role in shaping the new world order was to clash with the equally determined insistence of the Russians that their interests were of paramount importance over a large part of the globe . |
| 7 | The chief argument for putting the Callovian in the Upper Jurassic was that this stage was markedly transgressive Over a large part of the Soviet Union and that , therefore , this was a natural break such as one might expect at a major stratigraphical boundary . |
| 8 | This dispersive approach is different from that pursued in France where the nuclear industry has been maintained as an integrated entity with mixed government/private ownership but with Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique , AEA 's equivalent , in a commanding position over a large part of it . |
| 9 | From up here he had a panoramic view over a large part of the course and as he was in the last row could see behind as well as forward . |
| 10 | Traffic experts are predicting jams and misery over a large part of the region because of a bridge which is suffering from structural corrosion . |
| 11 | As M. W. Eysenck ( 1982 ) points out , unless studies collect data over a large range of different arousal levels , there are relatively few patterns of results which are actually inconsistent with an inverted-U relationship . |
| 12 | The performance of the simple low-pass C-R filter is best displayed over a large range of frequency in a plot of versus . |
| 13 | On the centre pages I found a huge black and white photograph of a Hercules aircraft disgorging paratroopers over a large expanse of grassland somewhere in Africa . |
| 14 | On the ground Husayn worked to maintain the loyalty of the municipal structure , which remained in place after Israel 's occupation , through subsidies and through Israel 's open bridge policy , which in addition to relieving the pressures on the West Bank population , gave him considerable control over a large proportion of that population . |
| 15 | Because family credit and housing benefit are withdrawn over a large band of income , and because low-income families begin to pay tax at a low threshold , there are now whole bands of income over which it is difficult for low-income families to improve their net income . |
| 16 | Anker Simmons , the Mayor of Henley and a member of the Bolney Syndicate , presided over a large gathering of men interested in the formation of a golf club . |
| 17 | More than 100 jobs have been axed , a For Sale sign has gone up over a large slice of its assets and chief executive Andros Stakis has been ousted . |
| 18 | The relationship between the two concepts of range and amount is perhaps more complex than one might expect , for some local cases get sustained coverage in local newspapers but not get a mention in he nationals , while , on the other hand , some events get a mention over a large number of newspapers on one particular day but never get featured again . |
| 19 | In the years following the Second World War the European colonial powers retained control over a large number of military and naval bases among their colonies . |
| 20 | Accumulation of observations would allow one to specify statistical properties of the motion , such as the average kinetic and potential energy of the pendulum over a large number of periods ( cf. the statistical specification of turbulent motion , Section 19.2 ) . |
| 21 | I have high hopes that , over a large number of generations , the wild insects will actually cause the evolution , in the computer , of flowers . |
| 22 | The population is spread over a large area of agricultural land . |
| 23 | He was able to extend his sphere of influence over a large area of south-eastern Britain . |
| 24 | As long as an overwhelming military presence existed , a measure of peace — peace with resentment , but peace just the same — was maintained over a large area of Central and Eastern Europe . |
| 25 | With frequencies less than one kHz apart both are rendered unusable over a large area by light aircraft with the aforementioned ADF equipment . |
| 26 | He could see Big Tom Fish hunched over a large plate of food , and he recalled afresh , in agonizing detail , the broad naked back and the strong buttocks working between his mother 's legs . |