Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [adv] over a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If such doubts exist then an investigation is carried out over a maximum of four months to determine whether the merger should be prohibited or not .
2 Another proof is taken and so the print is built up over a period of time .
3 It is thrust northwards over a zone including metasediments with K-Ar dates of 365–345 Ma ( Late Devonian or Early Carboniferous ) .
4 Hong Kong 's Victoria Harbour is used by over a quarter of a million ships a year .
5 The ex-wife is ringing up over a son in whom she has shown no interest .
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