Example sentences of "over [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tim Noble finds the area just as captivating over half a century later |
| 2 | England 's involvement in European wars fell into two broad periods , separated by over half a century . |
| 3 | In a little over half a year 's time , the anniversary of the Reconciliation would be upon the Imajica . |
| 4 | To put these figures in perspective , the Sun 's angular diameter is 32 minutes of arc , a little over half a degree . |
| 5 | Equally , an area on a graphics tablet can form an extremely flexible form of control ; for example , a diagram could be laid over such a tablet — the user could then see clearly all the control possibilities and by touching the correct part of the diagram he could control the program with ease . |
| 6 | The right hon. Gentleman should not be so cheap over such a problem . |
| 7 | Finding locomotives of this scale which will operate over such a distance is not easy . |
| 8 | As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done . |
| 9 | In a matter as fundamental as that of the constitution of the church , God could not have allowed that error should have persisted over such a period of time . |
| 10 | no mitigating circumstances to excuse a condone the systematic , dishonest and cynical plunder of the Names ' ( investors ' ) premium over such a period of time and on such a scale . |
| 11 | Over such a period , as has already been apparent with Polaris , if we had only had three , we should not have been able to maintain that programme . |
| 12 | Over such a period the continual loss of blood from small persisting burdens of several hundred worms are sufficient to produce clinical signs associated primarily with loss of weight , weakness and inappetence rather than marked anaemia . |
| 13 | Modern archaeology shows that prehistoric societies were complex , though even without this it should have been obvious that only an essentially stable and intelligent society would have constructed a structure such as the Neolithic henge at Avebury and its complex could not have been constructed over such a span of time ; involving as it did the excavation of a quarter of a million tonnes of chalk and the transportation and erection of hundreds of stones weighing up to about 50 tonnes each . |
| 14 | Wars were never cheap , but they were fought over such a span that they became progressively more costly . |
| 15 | Your son has suffered a terrible loss — six months is not a long period of time to get over such a trauma . |
| 16 | More surprising , to me , about the present sorry situation , is how the old regimes managed to get away for so long with presiding over such a ragbag and still getting all that advertising ! |
| 17 | The idea is to test the hardware and software associated with high-speed communications and investigate the kind of services that could be supplied over such a network . |
| 18 | Westinghouse Electric Corp , Pittsburgh has asked 15 cellular and wireless companies for proposals to build a nationwide wireless data network , the Wall Street Journal reported : the company 's idea is to spur the wireless carriers , individually or as part of a consortium , to develop a network that would make it easier and cheaper for users of laptop and palm-top computers and other devices to send and receive information over the air — and in return , Westinghouse promised to buy a substantial amount of transmission capacity for turn-key communications services that it wants to offer over such a network for various types of companies , such as those that manage large fleets of vehicles and security concerns doing remote monitoring — ‘ We 're trying to get a national packet data network that covers , at a minimum , the 30 largest metropolitan areas , ’ the company declared . |
| 19 | Semy of cross croslets botony fitched , three mens heads couped , banded about the temples , within a bordure impaling quarterly … and Vaire , over all a bend . |
| 20 | I believe that nationalization has become a dirty word in this country over many a year . |
| 21 | I took you over many a sea , |