Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] over a " in BNC.
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| 31 | We 've had quite a busy afternoon , Mr Andropulos , and at the moment we 're anchored over a plane that crashed into the sea just about the time we were receiving your SOS . ’ |
| 32 | Thus the use of standard terms may promote certainty : the terms of the contract may be easily located and identified ; where the same terms are used over a period , the business and its trading partners will come to know their respective rights and obligations ; terms may be applied to resolve disputes and thus acquire " precedent " value . |
| 33 | I am shown over a large and productive school garden in Lesotho by the teachers and pupils who created it . |
| 34 | This stone had not , apparently , been transported over a great distance . |
| 35 | Such dresses may have been worn over a sleeved under-dress which generally received no fastenings , with some exceptions which were secured at the wrist with a clasp which may carry evidence of braid ( Crowfoot 1952 ) . |
| 36 | Certain conduct may , rather than effect a variation of the agreement generally , have the effect of creating an estoppel in a particular case , not infrequently in connection with the possible expulsion of a partner on the ground of his breach of provisions in the agreement where his behaviour has in fact been tolerated over a considerable time . |
| 37 | The sailors are timed over a course of 500m , which needs to be flat water with an optimum sailing angle of 120–130 degrees to the wind . |
| 38 | In May 1990 the FAO launched an appeal for $85,000,000 to eradicate the New World screwworm ( Cochliomyia homnivorax ) , a large fly of South American origin which had been detected over an area of 18,000 sq km in Libya . |
| 39 | As a result , drawings are phased over a number of years and are granted in accordance with the successful attainment of the agreed programme . |
| 40 | The remains of engine houses and mining shafts are found over a wide area in this region , as well as ‘ rakes ’ long fissures stretching for miles across the landscape , where miners extracted ore from narrow veins in the carboniferous limestone . |
| 41 | Jadeite objects have been recovered over a territory extending from Brittany to the Rhineland as well as over the British Isles as far north as north-east Scotland , far beyond the known sources of the raw material in Piedmont and Switzerland . |
| 42 | Sometimes the inlet pipe can be eased over a little and the overflow trimmed to suit . |
| 43 | One such was that further detailed studies of the possible effects should be undertaken over a 12-month period . |
| 44 | In addition to exploring the influences upon arrears , this approach will allow the course of arrears to be traced over a period of time . |
| 45 | If you think of it the other way when , what happens when a price , when a price falls , alright , if farmers er , assume that price fall will be sustained over a number of periods , then they think , right well in order to achieve the same level of income , right , as I did previously , if prices have fallen , I 'm going to have to increase my output . |
| 46 | The single.step response can be examined over a range of forcing resistance values ( with appropriate changes of supply voltage to maintain constant phase current ) until a suitable response is obtained . |
| 47 | This will enable the distribution to be completed over a shorter period . |
| 48 | Also , employers are constantly employing new staff so the return on selection has to be calculated over a longer period of time to get a true picture of the effects of selection methods . |
| 49 | However , the emphasis has shifted in that the business is now controlled by the purchaser rather than the vendor and the earn out will be calculated over a period of perhaps several years following completion . |
| 50 | The chorus produced by hundreds of males can be heard over a mile away . |
| 51 | Closing the claw pulls the discs apart with a click that can be heard over a kilometre away . |
| 52 | His voice could be heard over a loudspeaker . |
| 53 | Text can be aligned over a range of columns by selecting the WYSI-WYG menu options : Text , Align , Centre and highlighting the relevant range of columns . |
| 54 | The centre frequency can be adjusted over a range of 400kHz to 250MHz , with direct frequency readout on a large 0.5in. liquid crystal display . |
| 55 | A plastic cistern must be well supported : 230 litres of water weighs a lot and the cistern should be placed over an internal loadbearing wall for extra support . |
| 56 | In contrast , the smaller and faster stunters with higher sail loading can be pirouetted over a designated spot and dropped onto their tails with little more than a quick lunge forwards by the flyer . |
| 57 | We 've got to look at it in those terms , and so it is not necessary in my submission for anyone to prove at the moment there is at least five thousand dwellings short , erm that that is something which ought to be considered over a much longer time period . |
| 58 | At the meeting Eduard Shevardnadze , the Soviet Foreign Minister , proposed the " decoupling " of the internal and external aspects of unification so that the former could be completed swiftly while allowing a unified Germany 's security status to be resolved over a number of years . |
| 59 | The temple can only be approached over a narrow drawbridge of truesteel . |
| 60 | For a start , it allows spreading to be carried over a longer period during the winter months ( Table 1 ) . |