Example sentences of "be [vb pp] over a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've got to look at it in those terms , and so it is not necessary in my submission for anyone to prove at the moment there is at least five thousand dwellings short , erm that that is something which ought to be considered over a much longer time period . |
| 2 | In our sort of high-technology business , the high profits tend to be made over a fairly limited time , which in many cases appears to be getting shorter . |
| 3 | Even tuning your radio can be done over a very limited range . |
| 4 | So deep a human interest — in the renewed and renewable means of recognition , self-recognition and identity — can be practised over a very wide range , from the most collective to the most individual forms . |
| 5 | The circular changed and allowed that joint finance money to be paid over a much longer period and virtually in perpetuity . |
| 6 | ( Monday to Friday ) , giving a taste of the kind of stamina that will ultimately be required over a much longer period . |