Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She remembered Donna Fratelli 's raucous laugh , the number of times the two of them had sat together over a glass of wine or a plate of pasta , discussing the things which really matter : men , or life , or the latest movie . |
| 2 | I have looked carefully over a period of weeks at those applications , and have reached the view that they deserve to be granted . |
| 3 | If such doubts exist then an investigation is carried out over a maximum of four months to determine whether the merger should be prohibited or not . |
| 4 | Bargaining is often carried out over a period of days , so it 's fortunate that a four- night B&B break at a three-star hotel near the market , is £219 in February and March . |
| 5 | The refurbishment scheme ‘ A Good Place to Live ’ will be carried out over a period of five years . |
| 6 | In practice the distribution between the various hospital and community services may have little objective foundation , having developed incrementally over a number of years . |
| 7 | In the past , samples of children 's language have been collected using a diary approach where examples of children 's utterances , together with a description of the surrounding context , were simply written down over a period of weeks or months ( Miller 1981a ) . |
| 8 | In other cases , a partner 's contribution may be agreed to be collected in over a period of years out of his profit share . |
| 9 | The special school sector was built up over a century or more . |
| 10 | Another proof is taken and so the print is built up over a period of time . |
| 11 | Strong and sometimes quite intense relationships with individuals are built up over a period of even a few weeks . |
| 12 | Clearly memories are not formed instantaneously , as if by throwing a switch , but are built up over a period of hours after the event to be memorized has occurred ; during this build-up the form in which any memory is stored changes . |
| 13 | it is n't necessary , well it is the same as saying it is n't true , it is n't necessary er because this will be built up over a period and it will be for er the Government in all the normal ways in the public expenditure round to decide how much goes into the passenger franchises and through that therefore into the Briti the Rail Track investment . |
| 14 | In fact there was a , I think some of the recent erm concerns about schools have come from an image that 's been built up over a period of time that the schools spend very little time on the , on the three Rs for example . |
| 15 | It contains the practical experience of the members of MAS built up over a number of years of carrying out a wide variety of MAS assignments . |
| 16 | So we realize we 're not gon na be here to change the habits that have built up over a lifetime . |
| 17 | The flow meter measurements tell the engineer how much water has moved where over a period of time . |
| 18 | It is thrust northwards over a zone including metasediments with K-Ar dates of 365–345 Ma ( Late Devonian or Early Carboniferous ) . |
| 19 | Twenty , 50 or 100 mg were infused intravenously over a period of 90 minutes . |
| 20 | The lips were drawn back over a row of small pointed teeth in a ghastly grimace , a shriek of pain or terror . |
| 21 | Hong Kong 's Victoria Harbour is used by over a quarter of a million ships a year . |
| 22 | Academic basics can be drummed into a reasonably receptive dealer through the BIDS or Stock Exchange courses , but the practical market know-how that was most needed could be grasped only over a period . |
| 23 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |
| 24 | This benefit , phased in over a number of years , came fully into operation in 1979 , and replaced child tax allowances and family allowances . |
| 25 | Any new planting was designed to be phased in over a period of years , planting schemes having to take account of the need to create a distinctive landscape for the immediate future as well as for the long term . |
| 26 | The implication of this three-year transition is that the existing assessment and examination system will be phased out over a number of years , as courses are transferred to the new system . |
| 27 | 2.3 The implication of this three-year transition is that the existing assessment and examination system will be phased out over a number of years , as courses are transferred to the new system . |
| 28 | Helen was now bent sternly over a shopping list . |
| 29 | A ROW has broken out over an exhibition of photography by lesbians . |
| 30 | To test this particular application of Procedure Audit , a monitoring process was established in a section of thirty persons , and the administrative assistant briefed to record the number of queries referred back over a period of two months . |