Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] over a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 12 volt battery is really essential for the mechanical action of the trimmer to work effectively over a long period . |
| 2 | Miss Clinton had taken it away with the wheel still loose and would soon be driving northward over a narrow moorland road that a few miles beyond the road-bridge over the river wound along the shelf of a mountain with a sheer , dizzy drop on one side . |
| 3 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
| 4 | Instead of ranging widely over a many possibilities , therefore , we will focus briefly on just four important and current aspects of multimedia which are sure to extend their influence dramatically during the 1990s . |
| 5 | If on the other hand , a stress is applied slowly over a longer period the material flows like a viscous liquid so that the spherical shape is soon lost if left to stand for some time . |
| 6 | Fry gently over a low heat for about 10 minutes . |
| 7 | This happens only over a limited Reynolds number range . |
| 8 | Descent is made southwards over a pathless moor to a depression containing a small tarn and a wall that rises to the next height , Swarth Fell . |
| 9 | " And the beauty of it , " he says now over a cold beer in a Manhattan restaurant , " was that I did n't know any better . |
| 10 | Melt the cake covering and spread thinly over a cold surface . |
| 11 | It is common for reviewers to cite evidence of effects on physical pathology from a study by Cassel ( 1976 ) who reported an increased prevalence of hypertension and stroke in groups deficient in social supports , and from work by Berkman and Syme ( 1979 ) who reported a raised mortality among adults deficient in social ties in a sample of 6,928 individuals studied prospectively over a nine-year period . |
| 12 | Duncan Smith , defending , said : ‘ It appeared to be a fairly well laid out scheme which was used successfully over a considerable period of time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It leads unerringly over an intervening ridge and descends to the A.82 at the head of Glen Coe , providing excellent views throughout . |
| 15 | It is , in fact , a supercooled liquid , and if heated , it would soften slowly over a broad temperature range , rather than melting abruptly . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Alcoholism may progress quickly over a few years but commonly progresses over twenty years or even more from first intoxication until terminal chronic disease . |
| 18 | The last pitch was a real sting in the tail , but the perplexing moves up a short crack in a wall soon succumbed to brute force and determination and I swung exultantly over a final bulge on the monstrous , weathered holds to sit satiated on the plateau , soaking up the sun until Alec pulled over , grinning with triumph . |
| 19 | On the other hand , they do favour a horizontal row of dots moving horizontally over a vertical row of dots moving vertically . |
| 20 | Thus there was a confusing number of elements on earth , above it and below it which contributed to the afterlife , representing ideas which had been brought together over a long period of time . |
| 21 | The two square yards of broadloom devoted to the open hallway were almost blocked by a large bamboo plant , made of plastic , which waved majestically over a little fountain cascading water over two plastic shell-shaped basins which miraculously never overflowed . |
| 22 | For Constantine , in short , the Messiah was precisely what the Messiah had been for Jews in Palestine at the dawn of the Christian era — a ruler , a sovereign , a warrior leader like David and Solomon , who reigned wisely over a temporal realm , established unity in his domains , consolidated a nation and people with divine sanction to support him . |
| 23 | People would not welcome a move from their home and if closure went ahead over a long period of time staff would inevitably leave . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | They were sitting together over a rough table in a room in a farmhouse outside Abergavenny . |
| 26 | ‘ But poisons that would only kill if taken regularly over a long period of time , do they exist ? ’ |
| 27 | To his surprise , when they got to the pub , he found Valerie Cass sitting there over a large gin . |
| 28 | Lear 's birds fill the page , stalking warily or glowering protectively over a half-dead prey ; his eagle owl , perhaps the most famous of all , glares menacingly from the shadows of twilight , its great yellow eyes mirrored by a lull moon . |
| 29 | But , in Britain as in much of Europe , soils change markedly over a few miles or tens of miles , so targets must be set to protect the most sensitive soils , such as those based on sand or overlying hard , naturally ‘ base-poor ’ rocks . |
| 30 | ‘ The commitment to fund a rolling programme in County Durham is also very good news as this will enable us to plan ahead over a three-year period rather than on a year to year basis as has been the case . |