Example sentences of "[adv] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are able to collect the information detailed below over a number of informal visits , and are now required to present your preliminary conclusions and recommendations for Davenport 's consideration . |
| 2 | It is the slow ones — the young , the old and the sick — that are caught , simply because they are not quick enough over a long enough distance . |
| 3 | After all , mass-produced will always be mass-produced , but the whole point of mass-produced electrics is that you can walk into a store , pick the very best example from a row of several , spend a little money on a great setup , and maybe some pickups , and still save enough over a custom guitar to buy yourself an extremely nice amplifier . |
| 4 | Some bank loans are provided in the form of a standby-credit or commitment which means a bank will provide funds if required to do so over a stated period , either on a fixed or floating rate basis . |
| 5 | It is very effective , in that it can be used to cool an extinguish solid combustibles and flammable liquids , and systems which apply it can be made to do so over a limited ‘ volume ’ of the racking where the fire is i.e. the fire can be ‘ pin-pointed ’ . |
| 6 | The cost difference between , say , 37 mpg and 49 mpg on a small/medium car is going to work out considerably less over a similar annual mileage than the potential savings between , say , 27 mpg and 38 mpg on a roomy two-litre executive saloon . |
| 7 | In the past New Zealand have insisted that the Cup would be at stake only over a Test series , or in a one-off Test . |
| 8 | The formation of financial conglomerates , embodying commercial banking , stock-broking , market making , fund management etc , raise concerns not only over a clash of interests between conglomerate and client but also over a clash of obligations owed by the conglomerate to two or more clients . |
| 9 | Academic basics can be drummed into a reasonably receptive dealer through the BIDS or Stock Exchange courses , but the practical market know-how that was most needed could be grasped only over a period . |
| 10 | In Gwynedd the argument was only over a few hundred dwellings . |
| 11 | This happens only over a limited Reynolds number range . |
| 12 | For l/d = 540 , the range has been observed to start at a Reynolds number ( based on a velocity averaged not only over a cross-section but also over a cycle of the pulsation ) of about 4700 ; the intermittency factor at the outlet became unity at Re = 5900 . |
| 13 | I 'm not , it 's only over a two week period , they 're jammed in , I 'm getting in several days , all I have is three exams |
| 14 | It will slide on as a whole line , from the bottom right hand corner ( which will take 50 frames to complete ) stay still for 120 frames , and then scatter off randomly over a period of 30 frames . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's not much over a fortnight , sir . ’ |
| 16 | We had the experience , sometimes agreeable , often traumatic , of meeting with the doctors constantly over a period , usually at the headquarters of BUPA in Essex Street , adjoining my office in Little Essex Street . |
| 17 | One cottage I stayed in without electricity or water saw 11 of us standing eagerly over a one-ring Calor gas burner in the morning waiting for a kettle to boil for coffee , when one of our party came into the kitchen , picked up the kettle and took it into the bathroom to wash his face . |
| 18 | The Special Advisory Board for the Army Medical Service had laid down as a basis for treatment ‘ a more or less continuous course of mercury by mouth for 1½ to 2 years ’ combined with mercurial ointment rubbed into the skin for 20 to 30 minutes daily over a six-week period . |
| 19 | It is much better to build up endurance levels gradually and gently over a period of weeks and months . |
| 20 | Add the chopped pepper and the cumin seeds to the saucepan and bubble gently over a medium heat for 8–10 minutes until the pepper is soft . |
| 21 | Add the chopped pepper and the cumin seeds to the saucepan and bubble gently over a medium heat for 8–10 minutes until the pepper is soft . |
| 22 | Fry gently over a low heat for about 10 minutes . |
| 23 | When I came on deck to take my watch I found Viking swaying gently over a smooth swell , the cloud-wreathed Torridon mountains to port , and South Rona lighthouse fine on the starboard bow . |
| 24 | It was all over a Brazilian boy who looked after the props . |
| 25 | Chinese students sent to university in Russia demonstrated noisily on their cross-country train journeys and , on one occasion that shocked Khrushchev deeply , defecated all over a Mongolian station platform . |
| 26 | All over a pair of shoes , I ask you . |
| 27 | ‘ But you 're just as cold , and , ’ he added pointedly , ‘ continuing to tread mud all over a rather expensive Turkish rug — one that I 'm particularly fond of . ’ |
| 28 | Max said there 'd have been buckets of blood , and if someone 's going to get it all over a suit , or a dress … |
| 29 | This has nothing to do with how policemen look nor even of never having heard of a bunch called James , who are apparently big stars , have their name emblazoned all over a chic t-shirt and of whom one had never heard till yesterday . |
| 30 | It is with sincere people such as these in mind that this leaflet has been written — not to ride roughshod over a sincerely held belief but rather to confirm the absolute necessity of finding Purgatory , but not a Purgatory that is arrived at after death which is the popular view , but rather a Purgatory that is found before death which is the proper view according to God 's guide , the Holy Bible . |