Example sentences of "over a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's well over a second quicker than the Integrale , just under a second in front of Ford 's Sapphire Cosworth 4x4 and neck and neck with BMW 's masterful M5 . |
| 2 | She spread her towel over a cushion so that she could lean her damp , aching head against it , then shivered as she listened to the howl of the wind outside . |
| 3 | American and Soviet leaders might also feel compelled to reach an understanding over a country/territory where the risks of direct military confrontation do not appear worth the pursuit of particular local or regional interests . |
| 4 | Well the , the fourth point in relation to er we say that the point has been fully pleaded , corsation is a question of fact , the , er , it 's not an issue which we say arises on these preliminary issues and can raise it er under order eighteen , rule nineteen , if they so wish , that is traditionally the places where it seems nexus points arise erm and they will put in , er app , we will put in , the defendants will put in appropriate evidence at that point , depending upon whether the , the strike out allows evidence and how they frame their strike out , but the nexus point is fully pleaded , we set out step by step and in relation to er restrictions how they were caused the loss , my Lord at that point , at this point we believe that 's all we have to do and certainly we believe that it be sufficient to get over a strike out |
| 5 | They were monarchs indeed from the mid eleventh century on , ruling over a monarchy as wide as western Christendom with some very material weapons ; but it was a spiritual monarchy in which military power had no hand ; and in Rome itself the spiritual monarchy became for ever entangled with the pope 's role as the ruler of the city . |
| 6 | The lack of humanity , the emotionless sterility , were to become Morrissey 's main motivation in showering the place with flowers a little over a year later . |
| 7 | Jack 's last game for the Palace first team was on Easter Saturday , 3 April 1926 , when he helped Palace to a 1–1 draw at Gillingham , but 7,000 fans turned up for his Benefit match at Selhurst Park a little over a year later to show their appreciation of as fine a player as ever wore the Palace colours . |
| 8 | It was something that he and I talked about over a two-year period , and then he got hit with throat cancer a little over a year ago . |
| 9 | French museums were alerted to the painting a little over a year ago when its owners contacted them after finding a foreign buyer . |
| 10 | A little over a year ago he married Miss Doris Pike , daughter of Mr and Mrs M. Pike , of 6 , The Crescent , Halfway . |
| 11 | We 're over a day late because of the blizzards . ’ |
| 12 | Musicale was blocked for a run in the home straight and it was not until Pat Eddery secured an opening just over a furlong out that the filly looked likely to cut down Lord Huntingdon 's Wiedniu . |
| 13 | Giving away 6lbs , Reg Hollinshead 's colt lost nothing in defeat , only buckling in the shadow of the post , having been under heavy pressure from well over a furlong out . |
| 14 | The daughter of Pennine Walk cruised into the lead over a furlong out and soon sprinted clear to beat Goodnight Kiss by two lengths with Lester Piggott 's mount Danse Royale a short head away in third . |
| 15 | Cruising into the lead over a furlong out , Nicer soon sprinted clear to beat Goodnight Kiss by two lengths , with Lester Piggott 's mount Danse Royale a short head away in third . |
| 16 | I 'm d I 've never been this excited over a bike before . |
| 17 | over a shoulder long enough |
| 18 | Over a century later , in Britain 's American colonies , what began as a defence of traditional rights against the attempts by the British Crown to impose new taxation , became an affirmation of universal and secular liberty — the rights of man . |
| 19 | It remained , however , a secret society and the object of parliamentary distrust at least until it was established on its modern footing over a century later . |
| 20 | Echoes of this declaration were revived over a century later with the Novi Sad Agreement of 1954 . |
| 21 | Over a century later , the Mattocks are preparing over 100 kinds of roses to take to Chelsea . |
| 22 | Visual illusions are an excellent illustration , in fact , of the division between a specialized and autonomous mechanism for seeing and the cognitive system which determines whether we should believe what we see , as Helmholtz pointed out over a century ago . |
| 23 | The outside wheel is an iron breastshot unit locally made in Tewkesbury over a century ago , and replaced an older wooden one . |
| 24 | In Germany , over a century ago , the Abbé Kneip founded the practice of hydrotherapy . |
| 25 | Just over a century ago the island of Krakatoa in Indonesia blew itself out of existence . |
| 26 | It is this turn to ‘ passivity ’ which remains critical to this very day ; today 's tabloid press can only be reinforcing a process which began well over a century ago . |
| 27 | Over a century ago Broca demonstrated that patients with damage involving part of the prefrontal cortex of the left hemisphere had severe speech deficits , although they could understand what was said to them . |
| 28 | The information available over a century ago on the customs and beliefs of exotic tribal peoples was incomparably poorer than it is today . |
| 29 | Otherwise it is as complete as it was over a century ago , with no less than 700 lots being offered for sale in two parts . |
| 30 | Abolished just a little over a century ago , it merits just a short paragraph in many school textbooks . |