Example sentences of "over a [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donacloney Pikers led by Jackie Gilliland recently enjoyed a trip fishing over a wreck 10 miles out from Kilkeel . |
| 2 | If you go into any of the high-street shops , and try and get something decent over a size 14 , there 's no way you can do it , unless you want to make your own clothes . |
| 3 | For over a century intermittent warfare blazed . |
| 4 | For over a century any non-Spaniards who entered the area claimed by Spain were likely to be called pirates . |
| 5 | As Brian Davis points out , the new shed was necessary , as the main mill buildings were now over a century old , and would almost certainly have been unable to cope with the additional weight and vibration from the looms . |
| 6 | Thus bird books today sometimes use pictures from John Gould , well over a century old , or from C. G. Finch Davies ( Birds of Southern Africa , ed . |
| 7 | Social democratic parties have existed in Europe for a century or more ; the Democratic and Republican parties in the US are well over a century old , and indeed have a certain continuity with earlier parties dating from the time of the American Revolution ; conservative parties on a mass basis were created soon after the emergence of social democracy in Europe ; and communist parties were formed on a world scale after the Russian Revolution . |
| 8 | Adults grow to over a metre long and generate electricity of up to 300 volts , while even baby electric catfish only 2 centimetres long can produce 10 volts . |
| 9 | Just over a metre wide and weighing a total of 100kg , it has military and civilian versions . |
| 10 | ‘ It is just over a metre high . ’ |
| 11 | Even approaching his workzone was hazardous , as one had to pick one 's way through suspended diving gear and disassembled bicycles over a floor awash with chartpaper . |
| 12 | Morrison , 24 , won a unanimous verdict over a man 20 years older than him , and could now get a crack at Lewis ' WBC crown . |
| 13 | And what in particular , is the meaning of a very remarkable gorge , well over a mile deep , running along the crest of the highest underwater range , the mid-Atlantic ridge ? |
| 14 | Set amidst panoramic views of snow-capped mountains of up to 11,000 feet , the lake is one of earth 's outstanding features ; 400 miles long and up to 50 miles wide , its dazzling blue , crystal clear water is over a mile deep in places and is reckoned to be one fifth of the world 's supply of fresh water . |
| 15 | Berrynarbour a traditional Devon village and Watermouth Castle are both just over a mile distant . |
| 16 | The best-known is Les Grands Sables , over a mile long and backed by cliffs where the gorse-bushes were explosions of butter-yellow fireworks . |
| 17 | Avon County Council provided £80,000 to resurface a stretch of the path , just over a mile long , between Brasmill Lane and Nelson Villas in Bath . |
| 18 | It is partly sheer anger at the daily brutalities and humiliations ; it was just such spontaneous personal vengeance that inspired a young Palestinian to force an Israeli bus over a precipice last summer , killing 14 people . |
| 19 | Which is why Gordon Green , landlord of the Newadd Arms in Llanwrtyd Wells , decided after refereeing one such ‘ discussion ’ that it should be settled by an annual race over a 22-mile cross-country course through the hills and forests above the mid-Wales village . |
| 20 | Apparently it has been recognised for over a decade that chlorine from chlorofluorocarbons may deplete the stratospheric ozone layer . |
| 21 | Five small scale reed beds have been built and these will operate continuously over a minimum 12 months . |
| 22 | ’ There was trouble with Emily Lightbody over a file this afternoon . ’ |
| 23 | Anderson captained Ireland on their short tour of France , led them to an unexpected victory over a French XV and keeps the job now but age and waning powers put a question-mark over his selection for the team at all . |
| 24 | over a stream full of lilies . |
| 25 | These remained and the following sequence over a month all proved ineffective although she commented that she felt 20 years younger : Lachesis LM3 , stopping the remedy , Lachesis 200 , Syphilinum LM1 and returning to Lachesis LM3 . |
| 26 | Sport , and with the new football season just over a month old , Oxford United Football Club probably feels they 've had enough problems to last them for a lifetime . |
| 27 | This has been cleared over a width sufficient for the new track , but leaving those bushes and trees which were to be retained to form part of the landscape of the line . |
| 28 | This has been cleared over a width sufficient for the new track , but leaving those bushes and trees which were to be retained to form part of the landscape of the line . |
| 29 | New from J B Corrie is the Garden Buggy which looks like a conventional wheelbarrow but has a strong woven polypropylene fabric pan over a rust resistant chassis and easy to manoeuvre polypropylene wheels and pvc tyres . |
| 30 | The Unix festival , UniForum ‘ 93 , did n't feel as successful a show as it was last year : it was spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , and attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic — like as not , it was talking about the pre-registration which was up , but unofficially we hear attendance was down ; UniForum is still more a Unix celebration than anything else but it remains to be seen whether there will still be things to celebrate or whether erosion has set in . |