Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] over a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A full and accurate assessment of land potential involves detailed enquiries into soil and climate and experience of the behaviour of the crops and livestock it carries , and this can only be achieved over a period of years . |
| 32 | Councillor said that that that that hundred and thirty million could be funded over a period of ten years , at thirteen million pound a year . |
| 33 | The behaviour of privatised industries will have to be studied over a number of years before it is possible to conclude whether the ownership of the company ( ie private or public ) or the market structure ( ie competitive or monopolistic ) is the major determinant of corporate behaviour . |
| 34 | Another plan is for the new partners to be admitted merely on undertaking to contribute their share of the partnership capital , and this may either be raised by borrowing from a bank or insurance company ( with periodic repayments ) or be left to be paid over a period of years by deduction from their share of the profits . |
| 35 | Acknowledging that cars are responsible for 70 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles , the CBI has suggested that the taxation of road transport should be changed over a number of years to encourage the use of more fuel-efficient vehicles . |
| 36 | All Church properties such as schools , hospitals and cultural establishments , converted into state property by the communist regime , were to be returned over a period of 10 years . |