Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crisis in commercial property that has dogged the developed world for almost five years is far from over , but in Britain as in America — not , alas , in Japan or much of continental Europe — its end can now be imagined . |
| 2 | But with economic trends showing the recession is far from over , Leyland 's optomistic predictions for itself may prove difficult to fulfill . |
| 3 | Nesting fish , like many cichlids , form pairs that share the parental duties equally , and the same is true of over go per cent of all bird species , where incubation and feeding duties are particularly demanding . |
| 4 | The war in the Far East was far from over , and the fighting was becoming more desperate and costly as the Allies approached the Japanese homeland . |
| 5 | But at home Mr Yeltsin 's main rival , the parliamentary chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov , made it clear that the power struggle was far from over , and outside the parliament , thousands of protesters took to the streets both for and against the president . |