Example sentences of "was [vb pp] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it erupted around 75 000 a BP an estimated 2000 km 3 of material was dispersed over a wide area of the East Indies . |
| 2 | The foil was wound on a supply spool from which it was fed over a flat surface on to a take-up spool at a speed proportional to time . |
| 3 | A taper was applied over a sliding scale of income , but on average the formula worked out so that most single parents would be able to earn an additional £12 without losing benefit entitlement . |
| 4 | The gruel was served up and a long grace was said over a short the gruel disappeared , the boys looked at each other and went over , while his next neighbours nudged him , tired as he was he was desperately hungry and he rest on the table and the master with his hands he said |
| 5 | Brussels Cathedral ( 490 ) was built over a long period . |
| 6 | This was built over a long period — both Peter Parler and Rejsek worked on it . |
| 7 | A Face of War was shot over a 97-day period , and portrays the experiences of Mike Company , 3rd Battalion , 7th Marine Regiment ; during this period Jones was wounded twice and one of his photographers once . |
| 8 | In talks between Gorbachev and West German Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl on July 15-16 , 1990 , agreement was reached over a united Germany being free to join NATO [ see p. 37659 ] . |
| 9 | Heath 's most ambitious fly was cast over a serving senior police officer , Colonel Eric St. Johnston , then Chief Constable of Lancashire . |
| 10 | A SHADOW was cast over a sombre Royal wreath-laying ceremony yesterday when the Prince of Wales ' convoy arrived on the wrong side of a monument to one of Poland 's most painful wartime memories . |
| 11 | In one case war was declared over a disputed game . |
| 12 | As long as an overwhelming military presence existed , a measure of peace — peace with resentment , but peace just the same — was maintained over a large area of Central and Eastern Europe . |
| 13 | Improvement was maintained over a follow-up period of six months . |
| 14 | Schedule 13 , para 7(i) , Local Government Act 1972 required that where expenditure was defrayed by borrowing , a sum equivalent to an instalment of principal and interest was debited to the relevant operating statement so that the loan was repaid over a specified period of years . |