Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] over a [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Gradually , through compromise , a workable plan will emerge , and this can then be broken down into a programme phased over a number of years . |
| 4 | Secondly , I know that this committee has over a time been concerned about the resource needs |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Inside , the usual bored girl presided over a collection of postcards and tea towels . |
| 7 | Meyer , young and lean-faced , had his pen poised over a pad . |
| 8 | A cyclist going over a pot hole is a very dangerous situation and this should be looked into . |
| 9 | The backdrop is the controversial ‘ SS ’ logo painted over a prison wall on which 500 years are marked off . |
| 10 | Rain called over a messenger , saying there was no need for Ruby to deliver them herself . |
| 11 | The mark placed over a vowel to show it is a short vowel : fa(v)t . |
| 12 | Had some bold prophet told the King that he was one day to preside over a change of Government wearing a Chinese dressing-gown , he would scarcely have believed his ears . |
| 13 | The Duke presided over a county meeting in Lewes in January 1780 , which prepared a petition for ‘ Public Oeconomy ’ . |
| 14 | In his left hand he held a pocket Philips dictaphone into which he would occasionally confide ; in his right , a pencil poised over a reporter 's pad . |
| 15 | After years of assuring everyone that China could be trusted to carry out the 1984 British-Chinese agreement on Hong Kong in good faith , the colonial administration found itself after Tiananmen Square presiding over a population which knew that China could not be trusted at all . |
| 16 | But I forget the exact date it was fifty o two or fifty one or fifty two but the N U R were threatening a strike to strike over a wage claim . |
| 17 | In these labs I made my first acquaintance with physics , scattering iron filings on a paper placed over a magnet to produce a pattern which I then had to reproduce in an exercise book . |
| 18 | Signe 's apartment was in a small block built over a row of shops . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ We always knew we would have to deal with this at some stage — maybe in 20 or 30 years time — but the damage caused over a couple of nights during January and February was much worse than we ever anticipated . ’ |
| 20 | A retaining wall of loose bricks or stones is then spread across the border between the pool proper and the bog garden , and the latter filled with a mixture of equal parts coarse peat and soil laid over a layer of gravel . |
| 21 | A slice of raw potato placed over a bruise helps to take the blue-blackness out . |
| 22 | At the same time , the Detention of Terrorists ( Northern Ireland ) Order introduced commissioners with legal training to preside over a Detention Appeal Tribunal to which detainees could apply after a period for a review of the justification for their imprisonment . |
| 23 | A tube of silver foil folded over a loop of line pulled down about eighteen inches between bite alarm and reel . |
| 24 | Place the eggs and sugar in a bowl placed over a pan of simmering water and whisk with a balloon whisk or electric hand mixer until very pale and thick . |
| 25 | Lift the steaks , very carefully , on to a wide sieve , colander , or wire grid placed over a dish so that the cooking butter drains away . |
| 26 | But Mr Major said extension of V A T was a vital part of policies to reduce public borrowing , earlier the Prime Minister presided over a cabinet discussion of the options for next month 's budget . |
| 27 | In some cases , purchasers of leasehold properties have made assumptions about the level of service charges they would be required to pay which have subsequently turned out to seriously underestimate the increases which the manager has in fact levied over a number of years . |