Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is much to be done over the next few months to achieve implementation in 1994/5 . |
| 2 | erm Because the loggers have been , as I said earlier , logging 24 hours around the clock , and they 're supposed to be logging over a 70 year cycle , and they 're not because the companies have only got three year licenses , and basically the indigenous people have just had enough , so they started to block the logging roads . |
| 3 | Moves under the aegis of ECOWAS to consolidate the fragile ceasefire were reported on Jan. 21 to be deadlocked over the issues of disarmament and confinement of troops , with the NPFL refusing to sign an agreement . |
| 4 | of course that would n't help would it on the er great mass of er policies that have presently been written in respect of which claims are likely to be received over the next fifteen to twenty years be included so help |
| 5 | The amount of hot air likely to be generated over the 12 days could trigger off the kind of chain reaction that global warming scientists only refer to in hushed tones . |
| 6 | Much important political or national news is likely to be announced over the radio . |
| 7 | Adult speech which contains a relatively high proportion of statements or declaratives has been associated with accelerated language development in young children , while studies of pre-schoolers have indicated that conversations are more likely to be maintained over a number of turns if adults make positive contributions by adding new information ( Wood et al . |
| 8 | All the lexicographers ' virtual machines will be given the same lexicographer priority , but those editing smaller entries are likely to be favoured over those editing large ones . |
| 9 | The most widespread bee-eater of the region , and the only bird with harlequin plumage and central tail feathers slightly projecting likely to be seen over the greater part of it . |
| 10 | The maximum amount of sediment likely to be deposited over that period along the coast generally is about 30 centimetres and we know that hurricanes will certainly rearrange that amount of material . |
| 11 | The hospital is asking GPs only to send in only urgent cases … further operations are likely to be cancelled over the next few days |
| 12 | The more extreme forms of influence , such as coercion or threat , are unlikely to be sustained over any length of time . |
| 13 | This cost advantage is unlikely to be maintained over systems that can be run at street level . |
| 14 | Debt due for repayment within two years could be paid within five years , and debt due to be repaid over a longer period could be paid within eight years . |
| 15 | A light air genoa is expected to be the first to be tested over the next few days . |
| 16 | The office warns that up to 4,250 of the 5,900 concrete bridges could be contaminated , which would require £800 million to be spent over the next 15 years . |
| 17 | My plans also allow for an additional £30 million to be spent over the next three years on improving our school buildings , an increase of 17 per cent . |
| 18 | ‘ It is nice to be going over there in this position . |
| 19 | THE most powerful man in world cricket admitted for the first time last night that he is frightened of being sued over the Lambgate Scandal . |
| 20 | In its first real move into the Japanese market , Santa Cruz Japan has a well-planned series of seminars ready to be held over the next few months . |