Example sentences of "[to-vb] over a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A girl came in and tried to haggle over a nineteenth-century vase , but Rachaela told her Mrs Mantini fixed the prices fairly and never reduced items . |
| 2 | That means that in order to stimulate over a large area the intensity of stimulation at the input site is likely to be many orders of magnitudes in excess of normal levels of electrical or chemical activity . |
| 3 | He said , you 're like a kid trying to see over a six-foot wall . |
| 4 | There are two broad categories : ( 1 ) where the object is to generate more work by some system of cross-referral in particular fields , though such arrangements are difficult to sustain over a long period if member firms wish to retain their independence and separate profitability . |
| 5 | That left Pitcher undefeated on 32 and the Light Blues to mull over a 133-run defeat that might have been much more comprehensive . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Last December , member states were only able to agree over a transitional VAT arrangement , which according to a high-ranking Commission official amounted to a failure . |
| 8 | And on this morning , of all mornings , James phoned at the crack of dawn and asked me to preside over a ridiculous Press party . |
| 9 | It is made of ½-inch oak , unlined and with simple iron ring handles , those at the angle of the shoulders being sufficiently high up to fit over a pierced hasp protruding from the lid through which a padlock might be fitted , thereby rendering the contents safe from body-snatchers . |
| 10 | An error found at one position was assumed to apply over a large region of the workspace . |
| 11 | That is how I see her now , turning to look over a white shoulder , with the placid expanse of lake about her . |
| 12 | Demonstration materials are clearly designed from the beginning to put over a specific message . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In turn , this affects the extent to which union workplace organisations have independent authority to negotiate over a wide range of issues . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Ectothermic reptiles have a body temperature that tends to vary over a 24-hour period , and hence seem unable to support a large brain . |
| 17 | On June 22 , West Germany agreed to restructure over a 14-year period a debt of DM3,000 million due for payment by March 1991 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | … 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 . |
| 20 | This probably resulted from the fall in sea level during the glacial period , which would have exposed more land around the continent , allowing the mantle to spread over a wider continent , to cover what is now shallow sea-bed , and to thicken inland along the line of the present coast . |
| 21 | The seasonality of advertising is the first consideration , either because the budget is too small to spread over a full year , or because even a very large budget could be weighted towards certain times of year . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Allow the eggs to cook over a gentle heat — it should bubble and puff up . |
| 24 | GERALD BRODRIBB 'S article on wicketkeeper-bowlers in the February issue and Jack Burrell 's interesting letter on the same subject in March reminds one that another wicketkeeper able to turn over a respectable arm was Warwickshire 's Geoff Humpage , whose most unusual bowling feat occurred in the Warwickshire v Gloucestershire match at Edgbaston in 1980 . |
| 25 | SIR — In turning over a new leaf , the Labour Party would do well also to turn over a new blossom . |
| 26 | Faldo , perhaps above all , will be hoping to turn over a new leaf . |
| 27 | Like all fathers , I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf . |
| 28 | There was an immediate indication that he was prepared to turn over a new leaf . |
| 29 | Now it 's my turn to perform that task and I am sure you are all going to turn over a new leaf and make things easy for me . |
| 30 | ‘ I like the layout of this Ampeg amp — a minimum of bullshit , and you do n't have to slave over a hot graphic to find a sound . |