Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , as the outcome if the Eastbourne parliamentary by-election demonstrated , a strong local electoral base developed over a number of years can provide the Liberal Democrats with the opportunity for a sensational , if perhaps transient , victory . |
| 2 | a number of the savings erm and the increased income that is available to , to avoid savings are the result of your own policies developed over a number of years and I hope implemented with a degree of further manage managerial action which has actually given you some money to spend , erm which will avoid you having to make er painful cuts in order to fund a new growth and in particular I would highlight the significant movement that has has now taken place , children from special educational needs provision outside the county , back into the county . |
| 3 | Noel Edmonds presides over a launch party in London , but the demo machine does n't function all that well . |
| 4 | Then their blonde heads met over a whisper , followed by twin ricochets of studied laughter . |
| 5 | In Romania , however , there was not even a ripple when Mr Gorbachev went to Bucharest to preside over a Warsaw Pact summit in July . |
| 6 | This must be equal to the integral over the surface were v is the velocity and — the density ; n is the outward normal to the surface S which enclosed V. By Gauss 's theorem we may write and hence Since this must be true for any volume element we have the equation of continuity The conservation of momentum in continuum mechanics relates the rate of change of the momentum integrated over a volume V to the resultant of the forces on that volume . |
| 7 | Gradually , through compromise , a workable plan will emerge , and this can then be broken down into a programme phased over a number of years . |
| 8 | The little decorations of social history are thin traces laid over a surface . |
| 9 | It was too large for her and the wide sleeves of limp cotton hung from her freckled arms like rags thrown over a stick . |
| 10 | Option 4 : The sum of pixels seen over a number of successive pictures with different exposures . |
| 11 | Who is going to buy a T-shirt with the words ‘ Athletico Whaddon ’ felt-tipped on to a piece of paper , and Blu-tac 'd over an Iron Maiden logo ? |
| 12 | In minutes , the computer will produce 18 columns of net and discounted cash flows presented over a set period of time . |
| 13 | Secondly , I know that this committee has over a time been concerned about the resource needs |
| 14 | Standing exactly where Mao Tse-tung proclaimed the People 's Republic of China on 1 October 1949 , paramount leader Deng Xiaoping joined other party leaders atop the Gate of Heavenly Peace to preside over a night of fireworks and martial music in Tiananmen Square . |
| 15 | To confirm that integration had occurred by homologous recombination , the unique BamHI genomic fragments of 5.8 , 7.4 and 8.4kb , which span the junctions of inserted plasmid and genomic sequences , were cloned in lambda EMBL12 , and the regions around the PstI and terminal BamHI sites sequenced over a distance of 2-300 bps . |
| 16 | Inside , the usual bored girl presided over a collection of postcards and tea towels . |
| 17 | It stands in gardens landscaped over a period of two years ( which were designed to ensure an array of colours and scents throughout the year ) , and woodlands resplendent with over one hundred species of trees and shrubs , the home of owls , badgers , green woodpeckers , pheasants and foxes . |
| 18 | Meyer , young and lean-faced , had his pen poised over a pad . |
| 19 | While I would not seek to question the decision of the judges of a number of the awards ( although you may note for the record , however , that there were a lot of eyebrows raised in the trade by the comments on and judging of Helpware magazine , which won both contract title of the year and runner-up to best consumer launch of the year in the 1992 Publishing Awards ) , I would like to question the appropriateness of the chairman of the judges presiding over a ceremony where his own company won the most number of awards . |
| 20 | The Club also owned the auditors £400 accumulated over a period . |
| 21 | A cyclist going over a pot hole is a very dangerous situation and this should be looked into . |
| 22 | The backdrop is the controversial ‘ SS ’ logo painted over a prison wall on which 500 years are marked off . |
| 23 | The extent to which the courts could become involved in the politics of such disputes had been shown a few years earlier when Lord Cameron presided over an enquiry into a dispute on London building sites . |
| 24 | They wore brigandines and soft boots and dulled metal helms strapped over a coif of thick wool . |
| 25 | Effigies of the Cobra , or ‘ Nagacoils ; in a Hindu shrine built over an anthill , seen at the rear . |
| 26 | Rain called over a messenger , saying there was no need for Ruby to deliver them herself . |
| 27 | The first two Conservative governments presided over an economy which produced ever increasing numbers of unemployed people . |
| 28 | For a group of five organisations monitored over a period of 13 to 18 weeks the hidden , uninsured costs of accidents at work were identified as 8 to 36 times larger than the insured costs . |
| 29 | The mark placed over a vowel to show it is a short vowel : fa(v)t . |
| 30 | The wealth of diamonds incorporated in her regalia reflected the fact that Catherine presided over a realm that for a short period was the world 's leading producer . |