Example sentences of "need [prep] be [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Treatments may need to be repeated over months . |
| 2 | Nat 's Dachsteins , dropped on a piece of exposed ground , are frozen solidly to it , have to be prised free , and will need to be thawed over the stove . |
| 3 | ‘ Some serious talking will need to be done over the next few weeks . |
| 4 | The programme would need to be implemented over time , and the money should first be targeted to those areas with high instances of deprivation . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Members of the project envisage that up to 50 more birds may need to be introduced over the next two years before a self-supporting sea eagle population can be established . |
| 7 | The baggage area behind that is quite spacious , although the small baggage door is only just big enough to allow a flight size case through , which means anything larger needs to be manhandled over the seats . |
| 8 | One problem for small businesses is that capital needs to be reinvested over a number of years yet there are no special allowances provided by the government for doing so . |
| 9 | Projects need to be assessed over time ; there are very few whose benefits can be seriously assessed in less than ten years , and a period of fifteen to twenty years would be more meaningful . |
| 10 | Anyone who needs an operation will wish to be operated on by a competently trained surgeon ; the necessary skills need to be honed over time . |