Example sentences of "[to-vb] over a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the lines were alternately pulled so the pulley actuated a semi-circular rudder hinged across the diagonal of the rearmost box.One does not need to have much imagination to see how the rudder deflection might send the Box kite into limited stunts , given a strong wind ; but we doubt if the rigid stability of a Box kite could be persuaded to perform over a wide range of movement . |
| 2 | An error found at one position was assumed to apply over a large region of the workspace . |
| 3 | It is sometimes said by government officials — I have heard it said by leading members of the administrations of Tanzania , Nigeria , Sierra Leone and Zambia — that African journalists are not sufficiently experienced to tell when an interested party in a dispute may be attempting to put over a particular point of view or discredit a government policy by using the press or radio . |
| 4 | In turn , this affects the extent to which union workplace organisations have independent authority to negotiate over a wide range of issues . |
| 5 | As a result , the new temple was built to a single co-ordinated design , and the site levelled and terraced to allow it to extend over a wider area of the hill summit . |
| 6 | Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range . |
| 7 | … a charismatically endowed descendant of David whom the Jews … believed would be raised up by God to break the yoke of the heathen and to reign over a restored kingdom of Israel to which all the Jews of the Exile would return . |
| 8 | There are areas , such as the New Forest , Dartmoor and Exmoor , where ponies and sheep , and to a lesser extent cattle , are allowed to roam over a considerable amount of acreage in a relatively unrestricted way . |
| 9 | Fears of an energy shortfall will lend new weight to calls by PowerGen , the smaller of the two Central Electricity Generating Boards , to take over a bigger share of the power market . |
| 10 | While car makers demand lower prices , they want suppliers to take over a bigger share of production and become more involved in the design and development of parts . |
| 11 | Then Uncle Fred moved to take over a bigger camp for displaced persons at Bideford . |
| 12 | He has a scheme to take over a small number of simple churches and adapt them as retreats . |
| 13 | DAVID EVANS , director of Reactor Division , is to take over a new post as director of Reactor Technology , working on BNFL 's input into the Reactor Study Programme being co-ordinated by the Nuclear Utilities Chairmen 's Group for the 1994 Industry Review . |
| 14 | Balfourier 's ‘ Iron ’ XX Corps had now reached the front in its entirety ; two further corps were on their way , and a third standing by ; Haig , with rather ill grace , had agreed to take over a further sector of the line from the French , so an adequate supply of reinforcements seemed assured . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've just been asked to take over a leading role in a production that 's been playing in Stratford which they 're taking to the Barbican . |
| 16 | Seconds later , he asked me urgently to bring over a large roll of cotton-wool . |
| 17 | It was an interesting if much too long meeting lasting from 2pm to about 6.15pm — but interesting in that , with rather few of us there , it was a chance to range over a whole lot of issues on and off the agenda , and a chance to appreciate the efforts , interests , aspirations and voluntary input of many others — though of course they get support from their activities from their employers . |
| 18 | Another modification of the model assumes that uniform extension occurs but takes account of the fact that stretching of the lithosphere is likely to occur over a long period of time , probably several million years . |
| 19 | This could provide an open opportunity for women to exploit couples who are desperate for a child by persuading them to hand over a substantial sum of money in lieu of a service that can not be legally enforced . |
| 20 | More than 30,000 pupils from 70 Wirral schools have been raising money for Winch , which expects to hand over a five-figure cheque to the national appeal the following Friday . |
| 21 | The lords compelled the peasants to hand over a considerable portion of the agricultural goods that they produced as tenant farmers on small strips of land , and also to perform customary services directly for the benefit of the lord . |
| 22 | We were fortunate in finding Longmans ( India ) interested in the project , and with the aid of a subsidy for each book were able to put the price as low as eight annas a copy , and in return for the subsidy were able to hand over a sizeable number of each book for distribution to the Army , Navy and RAF . |
| 23 | A seismic survey ship is to operate over a wide stretch of the North Sea off Hunmanby and Flamborough Head , following a similar survey off Scarborough , Filey and Whitby last year . |