Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] over a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outer layer of the skin ( epidermis ) is made up of cells which are shed over a cycle of 28 days . |
| 2 | The same accounting methods are applied over a series of reporting periods so that trends can be identified and comparisons made . |
| 3 | The sailors are timed over a course of 500m , which needs to be flat water with an optimum sailing angle of 120–130 degrees to the wind . |
| 4 | As a result , drawings are phased over a number of years and are granted in accordance with the successful attainment of the agreed programme . |
| 5 | Calculating the expected yield from a new machine , however , is not easy because yields are spread over a number of years in the future . |
| 6 | It has also been held that a wholesale sale does not become a retail sale because the goods are delivered over a period in retail quantities : Hales v. Buckley [ 1911 ] W.N. 32 . |
| 7 | Even more striking is the provision that if such a tenement is not alienated , but the alms for which it was originally given are neglected over a period of two years , then the property shall again be recoverable at law by the donor or his heirs . |
| 8 | The main concern of this chapter is to complete the description of intonational form , including analysis of perhaps the most difficult aspect , that of recognising fall-rise and rise-fall tones when they are extended over a number of syllables . |