Example sentences of "over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professional fundraisers utilize the powerful medium of advertising in their national press , an advertisement issued by the British Section in autumn 1990 about Iraq 's treatment of Kurds and its human rights record over a decade , was the most successful advertisement ever run by the Section . |
| 2 | The photographs were taken over a period of ten years , and eventually they were brought together in a book in 1960 ; ten of the book 's essays originally appeared in Vogue , where the appealing mix of an artist 's conversation along with Liberman 's descriptions and commentary succeeded well . |
| 3 | Most people applying to drama school will be seeking to enrol on the full-time diploma course , which usually runs over a three-year period . |
| 4 | Innsite Hotel Services , for example , recommends , for its Innfront front office system , an on-site training package of 11 days spread over a period . |
| 5 | A vinaigrette of old wine vinegar , olive oil and mustard , spooned over a warm , poached chicken stuffed with ham and Swiss chard , makes a wonderful summer dish . |
| 6 | One scene among many that captures the ironic mix of commonplace and macabre has two kids battling over a football , just a few feet away from a dead body . |
| 7 | The broad branching heads of large , ragged yellow daisies appear over a long period during summer ; a large patch is a magnificent spectacle . |
| 8 | If left to reach their natural dimensions , many species will eventually take over a wide area of ground and should be avoided in small gardens . |
| 9 | Obviously if you are flying over a bad area , with very few good sized fields , it is necessary to divert towards the best area within range and to start looking seriously for a field at several thousand feet . |
| 10 | Everyone is aware of the sensation experienced in a lift as it starts to descend , and in a car when it goes over a humped-back bridge . |
| 11 | Jay adored the Westway , swooping over a London bright as Woolworth 's jewellery counter , streetlight brilliants and flyover neon like topaz on a chain ; red and green and amber a flashing diamond … |
| 12 | She handed over a pink-tissued shape dripping with silver bows and gaudy ribbons . |
| 13 | ‘ The men can sit and camp in the lounge and we girls will slave over a hot stove . |
| 14 | The music was sure as a swing in high summer , to and fro , light as racing over a sunny lawn to the blessed shade under the trees . |
| 15 | The third way to underline effectiveness is to make sure your punching arm travels over a sufficient distance for the refereeing panel to see it . |
| 16 | Said Leonard to us over a bottle of Sabbath wine , ‘ I did not have a scholar 's bent ; at that time I spent many evenings with Layton and we would ‘ crack ’ poetry together — discover the poet 's meaning . |
| 17 | She folded her slip and draped it over a chair . |
| 18 | Geraldine checked no one was looking , took one daffodil and dropped it over a wall into a garden . |
| 19 | Back at the cottage she found Rodney and Veronica in the kitchen picking over a pile of fungi . |
| 20 | ’ But those years he would go into his study afterwards with the coffee her mother made , to smoke his pipe and look over a case , and he shut the door . |
| 21 | Manchester at first lost out very badly on rail investment , but now it has some compensation in the Windsor Link and is going ahead with an advanced tram system that will take over a number of heavy rail routes . |
| 22 | Although acrylic varnishes are dry in about 30 minutes , they continue to harden over a period of 24–48 hours , but here again this time may vary between different makes . |
| 23 | Suppose your new washing machine is on the blink ; or your neighbour puts up a fence inside your boundary ; or you trip over a paving stone and break your leg . |
| 24 | ‘ There were problems in the past with the way the fund was run , but when I took over a couple of years ago we took a very long look at our accounting system and put matters right . |
| 25 | The nautical outline will reduce its bulk , while the periscoped roof will curve over a central atrium open at the edges to the elements . |
| 26 | In the next village , where neighbours were quarrelling over a shared driveway , the judge pleaded with them , in vain , to go away and spend their money on a sea cruise . |
| 27 | His foil , Mercutio , is given both lightness and intelligence by Paul McCleary , poring over a table to evoke the tiny fairyland of Queen Mab before shaping the speech outwards as she roams abroad . |
| 28 | First Paul Nixon showed intelligence when he ignored an opportunity to shoot and pulled the ball back instead for the better-placed David Mehew to score and then , two minutes later , Mehew combined with Devon White before sending over a cross that Gary Penrice , a yard out , accepted with relish . |
| 29 | LOBBYING over a proposal to ban all trade in ivory divided the conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) when it opened yesterday . |
| 30 | A further accident — stumbling over a coffer of government funds in his care — fatally scatters temptation before him . |