Example sentences of "[be] [verb] across country " in BNC.

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1 Considering that so many gliders are flown across country on every possible soaring day , the accident rate for gliding is extremely low .
2 ‘ As travel becomes more international , chains are moving across country lines to try to win a loyal customer base , ’ she said .
3 Even this only becomes valuable when you are below 1000 feet , by which time , of course , you will have moved closer to the gliding site or nearer to a suitable field if you are flying across country .
4 Russia , for her part , was possessed of almost limitless manpower , but this was in large measure negated by her chronically inefficient rail system , so large numbers of men could be transported across country only with difficulty and by laborious stages .
5 We have now moved off the railway and appear to be moving across country , stopping and starting as someone scouts out ahead .
6 They are dead straight and can be dowsed across country .
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