Example sentences of "[be] spread [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is evident that over the last hundred years or so mid realizations have been spreading at the expense of low realizations . |
| 2 | Desk-top fax machines are spreading across the world almost as prolifically as forests once did . |
| 3 | Er will be spreading to the er , other parts of county , as well . |
| 4 | THE RESUMPTION of nuclear tests by France at the Mururoa atoll in the Pacific , last month , has renewed fears that plutonium and other pollutants from past tests may be spreading throughout the Polynesian islands . |
| 5 | If it is now less likely , because of LMS , that one member of staff can combine several of these roles , it is certainly practicable for them to be spread across the staff as a whole , or at least its more experienced and talented members . |
| 6 | I thought I 'd better do all my jobs which I thought was going to be spread across the d the day . |
| 7 | The cold-sores , a virus in the same family as chickenpox and shingles , usually appear on the lips and around the nose but they can be spread to the eyes , fingers and genitals . |
| 8 | Bonemeal is a good base which lasts several years , and can be spread at the rate of about 180–240 g per sq m ( 6–8 oz per sq yd ) , and garden compost into which wood ashes have been mixed is particularly helpful on such soils . |
| 9 | So far we have considered our capital outlay on land purchase , land improvements , livestock , machinery , equipment , and buildings , and decided how this will be spread over the ‘ build-up ’ years . |
| 10 | The refund may therefore be spread over the remaining expected service lives of current employees who are members and set against the regular cost for those years . |
| 11 | These will necessarily have to be spread over the next five or six years as , and when , resources become available . |
| 12 | I believe this to be a mistake : in view of the gross statistical disparity the two instances are more likely to be an oversight , or an isolated directive , rather than an indication of an articulatory intention that is to be spread over the whole movement . |
| 13 | Liquid manure can not be spread on the fields from harvest until 1 November ( unless it is onto growing vegetation or crops for the next winter ) . |
| 14 | It also forcibly raised the question of the need for political change before substantial propaganda could be spread among the peasantry — a question shelved since the early 1860s amid general hostility to constitutional compromise . |
| 15 | In seconds , poor old George would be spread around the room like an explosion in Harrod 's window , and the thing would be away . |
| 16 | We feel that the development that we admit is necessary , can comfortably be spread around the constituent authorities and we 've heard nothing I I would submit that that that that that goes against that . |
| 17 | Included in this figure are ten extra part-time firemen to be spread around the stations which are not open for 24 hours . |
| 18 | The trees remains form a mulsh that can be spread in the garden … and the chips are a useful alternative to concrete on the school 's play area . |
| 19 | In the house , interesting activities were far more likely to be spread throughout the day . |
| 20 | In accordance with the applicable accounting standard , the surplus on the group 's UK pension fund has been spread over the average of the expected remaining service lives of current employees ( 12 years ) as a variation from regular cost . |
| 21 | The hat and coat had been delivered the previous evening by an officer of the Kha-Khan 's guard , and since the news of Jehana 's betrothal had been spread through the court hours earlier it had to be assumed that Artai had heard of it , and that either he was inclined to forgive the offence which might be supposed to exist , or else he was pretending that he was aware of none . |
| 22 | Besides the mango mentioned above , there is the tamarind , Tamarindus indica ( Leguminosae ) , which has been spread through the Old World tropics , such that its origin is now obscured . |
| 23 | Such domestic refuse may have been spread on the fields and the removal of floors by later agriculture may have robbed the archaeologist of vital information . |
| 24 | I lifted the small body , almost feather light , wrapped it in the sheet which had been spread on the rug and took it out to the car . |
| 25 | In addition , capital is said to have been spread among the people . |
| 26 | Its influence has been spread by the ‘ sympathetic ’ arrival of the electric media . |
| 27 | analysed so as to determine its exact elements and how these are spread across the negotiating parties |
| 28 | So it is not only Earth 's distance from the Sun that is important for living things , but the way the solid parts of the Earth are spread across the globe . |
| 29 | The remaining unbooked stands are spread across the general book floors . |
| 30 | Although our activities are spread across the world in [ 20 ] countries , the North Sea and Alaska still predominate — two areas which provided [ 90% ] of the profit in 1992 . |