Example sentences of "[be] spread over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The range of flavours expected in a Thai meal should be spread over a choice of textures , too . |
| 2 | The cost to consumers should more appropriately be spread over future generations by borrowing , ’ commented the ET . |
| 3 | Conservation areas can be spread over large chunks of historic towns or just one street . |
| 4 | The total of these requirements — some of which will be spread over several years — will give a good indication as to how much you have left to offer for the freehold or rent . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Your repayments can be spread over one to 25 years , which gives you plenty of scope to achieve a level of repayments which suits you . |
| 7 | That much accomplished , the yeast presumably could be spread over Seveso in Italy , Times Beach in Missouri , and other places where chlorinated aromatics such as TCDD have insinuated themselves into the environment . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But obviously a place not already converted would cost less initially , and the price of rebuilding would be spread over a longer period . |
| 10 | Broadly speaking , transformation into a common market was to be spread over a period of between 12 and 15 years , with a stepwise progression through stages of four years each . |
| 11 | Key to the architecture is an ICL-designed high-speed interconnect link for the processors , which will allow database queries to be spread over multiple CPUs and data to cover multiple file systems . |
| 12 | Because of the size of block used , laying is an easy job which can be spread over a period of time . |
| 13 | These CDs cost more than the major company ones , but this is fair enough since the higher costs have to be spread over a smaller volume . |
| 14 | Taking notes in the library may be spread over an afternoon . |
| 15 | I 'm scarcely rolling in money , but , like the margarine ads say , small amounts can be spread over oodles of bread . " |
| 16 | They usually have their own personal computers , they need to subscribe to technical journals and pay for ( relatively expensive ) training and familiarisation courses in order to update their skills , their work tends to be spread over a wider geographical area and the need for a car is greater . |
| 17 | After a while , the nodes will be spread over their metric space according to a distribution close to the probability density of instances in the training set . |
| 18 | Certain necessary fixed costs of overheads can then be spread over a greater number of units of output thus reducing their incidence per unit of output , and also unit attributable costs might be lowered via bulk buying or the better management of production , and by strengthening of purchasing power . |
| 19 | Where there is no tidal range wave attack is concentrated at the same level of the coast for twenty-four hours a day , but where the tidal range is great it may be spread over a vast foreshore zone and may only attack the foot of the cliffs for a very short period at each high tide . |
| 20 | Of course the component notes could be spread over various registers in many ways , giving wide possibilities . ) : |
| 21 | The wet slurry was then dug out and taken in barrows to be spread over drying ovens . |
| 22 | The traders may be spread over a whole town , or region of country , and yet make a market , if they are , by means of fairs , meetings , published price lists , the post-office or otherwise , in close communication with each other . ’ |
| 23 | The additional defence costs of the Gulf conflict , to be spread over several years , are currently estimated to be about £2.5 billion . |
| 24 | These will necessarily have to be spread over the next five or six years as , and when , resources become available . |
| 25 | If compatible lines of IT development are pursued , these investments can be spread over several projects . |
| 26 | It faced substantial protests , however , from water suppliers , notably in the UK ( see pp. 36903 ; 37159 ) and in West Germany , who objected that the massive costs involved would need to be spread over a longer period . |
| 27 | In an electronic database , information appears to be a single document , form or table , when in fact it may be spread over different files , databases or in a truly distributed application , over several organisations and dispersed locations … |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ Whatever cuts we would finally have to make would have to be spread over a shorter period , ’ he said . |
| 30 | In comparison with other books , they can be expensive , as relatively low numbers are printed , so the basic cost of putting the book together must be spread over a limited number of copies . |