Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be [vb pp] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It faced substantial protests , however , from water suppliers , notably in the UK ( see pp. 36903 ; 37159 ) and in West Germany , who objected that the massive costs involved would need to be spread over a longer period . |
| 2 | Also , employers are constantly employing new staff so the return on selection has to be calculated over a longer period of time to get a true picture of the effects of selection methods . |
| 3 | Business has to be discussed over a drink in the pub , with food quickly snatched at the bar , or an even more hurried lunch grabbed at your desk between meetings . |
| 4 | Discrimination and parental choice have come to be linked over a number of issues of current importance . |
| 5 | One problem for small businesses is that capital needs to be reinvested over a number of years yet there are no special allowances provided by the government for doing so . |
| 6 | Part of the explanation for this is that government spending tends to be planned over a number of years ( e.g. hospitals , schools , and other capital expenditures take several years to complete , and governments are reluctant to dismiss teachers , policemen , and other employees for short-term economic reasons ) ; consequently such expenditure tends to be fairly inflexible , especially downwards , in the short run . |
| 7 | They usually have their own personal computers , they need to subscribe to technical journals and pay for ( relatively expensive ) training and familiarisation courses in order to update their skills , their work tends to be spread over a wider geographical area and the need for a car is greater . |
| 8 | For a start , it allows spreading to be carried over a longer period during the winter months ( Table 1 ) . |
| 9 | The behaviour of privatised industries will have to be studied over a number of years before it is possible to conclude whether the ownership of the company ( ie private or public ) or the market structure ( ie competitive or monopolistic ) is the major determinant of corporate behaviour . |
| 10 | It 's typical of the states I get in here I suddenly told myself that the digging would have to be done over a number of days , the only stupid thing was to expect to do it all in one . |
| 11 | ‘ Whatever cuts we would finally have to make would have to be spread over a shorter period , ’ he said . |
| 12 | In our sort of high-technology business , the high profits tend to be made over a fairly limited time , which in many cases appears to be getting shorter . |
| 13 | Another plan is for the new partners to be admitted merely on undertaking to contribute their share of the partnership capital , and this may either be raised by borrowing from a bank or insurance company ( with periodic repayments ) or be left to be paid over a period of years by deduction from their share of the profits . |
| 14 | Doing it manually , it had to be done over a period of two or three days , fitting it in after work . ’ |
| 15 | These CDs cost more than the major company ones , but this is fair enough since the higher costs have to be spread over a smaller volume . |