Example sentences of "[vb base] across the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , it is not true that girls underachieve across the board in education . |
| 2 | Racial tension boiled over in the inner city riots which spread across the nation in the " long hot summers " of 1965–7 . |
| 3 | Other easily recognised Balanchine signatures can be seen in passages marked Stretto where his dancers stab their toes into the floor as they travel across the stage in posés attitudes devant or à la seconde . |
| 4 | When latecomers appear through doors which slam noisily behind them and creep across the room in front of you , do not try to continue by raising your voice while your audience turn to look at the newcomers . |
| 5 | There is a widespread belief among claimants in my constituency — about one third are in receipt directly or indirectly of social security income — that claim applications encouraged by what are known as take-up campaigns are subjected to a form of discrimination compared with other applications that go across the desk in the normal way . |
| 6 | Shrouds of silver rain shuffle across the sea in front of us . |
| 7 | Indeed , Mr Mann fears being assassinated by extremist Sikhs who shelter across the border in Pakistan . |
| 8 | The only exception to this method is when you are laying quarry tiles in mortar ; then , having set out the tiles dry , you start laying in one corner of the room , using battens as guides , and work across the room in bays four or five tiles wide . |