Example sentences of "of [noun] over a " in BNC.

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1 After breakfast we left the inn and got on the track , which , with care , need not be lost sight of in good weather , except in haze or severe rain , when there is danger at one or two places , where a ceaseless flow of moisture over a rich soil keeps the grass so green and the ground so soft , no path is traceable now and again .
2 In addition to their port duties , Lerwick staff had to cover controls at Sumburgh Airport which was thirty miles south of Lerwick over a bumpy switchback road .
3 During his reign he added vast territories to the Frankish kingdom that he had inherited ; Lombardy ( the traditional enemy of both Franks and papacy ) , parts of Spain , all of Saxony over a prolonged period of campaigning , and Slavonic regions of the Drave and Elbe .
4 If you mark your weight on a graph or chart this should provide a clear and rewarding sign of progress over a period of weeks and months .
5 Manufacturers selling a wide range of products over a wide geographical area to a market numbered in millions would find it prohibitively expensive to set up their own Highstreet stores , even if they were permitted to proliferate in this way .
6 He was plastering wet threads of hair over a balding pate , and there was a look of alarm in those magnified eyes .
7 While a cannon ball may plough through a line of troops and kill two or three victims , a mortar shell explodes with a tremendous bang , scattering mud , dirt , and bits of shell over a wide area .
8 Similarly , we can look at the iconography of coins over a shorter period .
9 Equally , it is not unknown for a partner gradually to lose interest in mundane administrative matters : often enough the problems that this can cause are exacerbated by his co-partners allowing him to escape his share of responsibility over a long period .
10 Each compartment can be used to hold a particular type of component over a limited range of values .
11 I have experience of this class of case over a period of more than fifty years and it has n't been uncommon in the past even in the days when judges took a more rigorous view than they cline er inclined to do nowadays not to punish er in any with a custodial
12 Chairman can I er suggest to these results of course over a period and I 'd like to see
13 After that going for gold involves participating in a wide range of activities over a period of at least 18 months .
14 A number of steps involving work on crystals , yeast cells , thymus cells and mouse cells , in relation to transmissions of patterns over a distance , led to amazing discoveries .
15 The contrasts sound even more spectacular if the changes are expressed in terms of experience over a lifetime .
16 What we 've done tonight , is spread that amount of money over a tremendous number of people tonight
17 First , the payment of this sum of money over a short period would have a considerable inflationary effect .
18 Firms with a sustained high level of exports over a longer period may provide further figures for consideration as a consistent exporter .
19 In 1923 the USA and Britain reached an agreement for repayment of debts over a 62-year period at 3.3% interest .
20 It may also be possible to argue that where the party has failed to respond to a notice of assignment from the purchaser , such lack of action over a long period is an implied consent where that party has dealt with the purchaser after completion .
21 This consists of a layer of gravel over a raised grid at the bottom of the tank .
22 The examination of all the images produced during a particular period or of a selection of images over a longer period will often provide a good idea of how the relevant state or regime wished to represent itself .
23 Harmonic schemes on a larger scale , spanning large movements or in successions of movements , also require planning , for some change of key over a large area is needed to create contrast and relief .
24 The giant ground sloths and armadillos of the past were clearly South American in character , showing that this continent had been populated by unique families of animals over a vast period of time .
25 This case , in effect , turns on whether the family proceedings court can keep the power of review over a care order by making directions in relation to the care order .
26 They have an album of photos showing the house at different stages of completion over a period of 18 months .
27 One can think of laying a graph of words over a graph of lower-level units such as phonemes .
28 I thought of him as the rhino : myopic , short-legged , thick-skinned , not too bright but with a mean temper , a surprising turn of speed over a short course , and , above all , a keen sense of smell .
29 But as he tapped it , expertly , for he had suffered an onslaught of boils over a suppurating , pus-stinking twelvemonth , he knew that the hardness meat it was not quite ripe .
30 For example , take a company which displays a doubling of turnover over a five-year period using a column graph ( vertical bar chart ) .
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