Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] over the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 An attempt should be made over the next few years to answer this question in the light of experience and experimentation .
2 The general rule set out in para 80 of SSAP 24 is that ‘ variations from the regular cost should be allocated over the remaining expected service lives of current employees in the scheme ’ .
3 I have attached a paper prepared for this which highlights many of the areas in which the EEB believes progress must be made over the next six months .
4 and that there is no other regular ministry held there by any other denomination of Christians whereby any adequate surveillance might be held over the moral and religious state of the community , and that consequently the sins of intemperance , Sabbath desecration , and the other vices that follow in their train have become sadly prevalent and daily increasing .
5 The report , compiled by the Washington-based International Institute for Energy Conservation , says that a total of £1.2 trillion could be saved over the next 40 years if the Bank provided adequate support for energy efficiency in transport , industry , power stations and the domestic market .
6 Of this total up to SDR39,240,000 ( $53,000,000 ) could be drawn over the following 19 months to support the government 's 1991-92 economic austerity programme .
7 One plate may simply override the other , but another possibility is that a ‘ flake ’ of continental crust from the upper surface of the downgoing plate may be thrust over the adjacent plate for a distance of perhaps 100 km or more .
8 Digestion is not frequent ( 5–13 per cent ) , but it may be distributed over the whole enamel surface , where it appears as slight to moderate pitting ( Fig. 3.22 D , E ) .
9 The remaining rights would be phased over the next four quarters until December 1992 .
10 USAID granted a loan of US$27,000,000 to help support the balance of payments and also endorsed a government plan announced in late October under which 7,000 public employees would be dismissed over the following year .
11 The CIS was formally established at a meeting in Alma Ata , when assurances were given to the world community that single control would be maintained over the nuclear weapons on former Soviet territory , and that the treaty obligations of the Soviet Union would be respected by the newly independent states .
12 In May 1984 Charbonnages de France ( C de F ) , the state-owned coal company , announced that between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs would be lost over the following five years .
13 The eligibility age for state pensions would be raised over the next decade from 60 to 65 for men and from 55 to 60 for women .
14 He said the scheme would be reviewed over the next year to assess how it integrates with the work of other agencies , such as community health services and social services .
15 A State Council meeting on Sept. 17 announced that 9,000 million yuan ( $1,670 million ) would be spent over the next five years on 18 key water conservation projects in the Huaihe River and Taihu Lake valleys , heavily populated and economically developed areas which had been seriously affected by flooding .
16 According to December reports in the Bolivian press , the number of public employees would be reduced over the next five years by over 35 per cent under a programme drawn up by the government with the World Bank .
17 Despite calls by some countries , the proposals would not be introduced immediately , however , but would be considered over the next six months .
18 Another popular scale is the Aeolian , which would be used over the VI chord of a harmonised major scale , or over a m7£5 chord .
19 The new service will be extended over the next few months to cover all GPs practising in the South Tees area .
20 The drugs seized will be analysed over the next few days and more arrests are expected to follow .
21 The tests will be analysed over the next month and the results should help in regard to rations for soldiers in gruelling conditions .
22 The national curriculum 's ‘ full benefits will be felt over the next few years , into the next century , ’ a Department of Education spokeswoman said .
23 The remainder of our stores will be converted over the next two years .
24 The rest will be collected over the next few days .
25 SGI says its Irix V.4 operating system , and the MIPS Risc/OS flavour of Unix SVR4 will be merged over the next six to eight months : it expects to have R4000MP multi-processing boxes with up to eight processors out of the door by the end of the year .
26 ‘ The simplified , streamlined structure provides more clarity to the role of each branch and will facilitate the changes in working practices which will be implemented over the coming months . ’
27 The closure of the former Young 's plant in Anderston , will be phased over the next 12 months .
28 The final will be contested over the New Course on May 14 and 15 , when it is hoped that at least 11 countries will compete for the R.& A. Trophy , which was won by Sweden at St. Andrews earlier this year .
29 ‘ The details of how the teams from both organisations will integrate will be decided over the next few months by a project team made up of staff from AEA and Warren Spring . ’
30 These contributions will be charged over the average expected remaining service lives of employees as a fixed percentage of expected future pay .
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