Example sentences of "are [vb pp] all over the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Footsteps are heard all over the building causing surprise and apprehension and expectancy in those visitors who have heard about the phenomena but have n't experienced it .
2 Counties are designated all over the south .
3 Families are like constellations of stars : we see each one as an entity , because they make some recognisable design , yet the individual stars are scattered all over the universe , apart .
4 The first 20 live closest to the hospital that is to do the transplant , the next 20 are somewhat further afield and the remainder are scattered all over the country .
5 The teaching faculties and administrative offices are scattered all over the city but , forming a wonderful backdrop to King 's Parade , stands the Senate House .
6 In more recent times , the present owners turned the old peasants ' houses , which are scattered all over the estate , into pleasant apartments .
7 ‘ They are used all over the school . ’
8 These circumstances are mirrored all over the country and are linked with the lack of a firm policy framework at school , local authority and national level .
9 Based on original sheep shears , 82 different models are exported all over the world .
10 At midnight the church bells are sounded all over the city and the sky is full of all varieties of fireworks .
11 Here the usual export formalities occur before the guitars are shipped all over the world .
12 It proves that winds are distributed all over the globe , and that the whole planet enjoys a circulatory system like — ’
13 There are six , two in one department and four in another , I believe it is. erm if you look at erm the way our departments are dotted all over the City , on expensive leases in fact , we 've taken property after property to accommodate our staff and they all need cleaners , so on and so forth .
14 We 've got 37,000 members who are spread all over the country .
15 But , but , genes themselves are spread all over the perimeter , so you might well find that er genes there 's more of them
16 ‘ At a lower level , players are tackled all over the field .
17 But you are proposing to use pictures of naked women , or one naked woman — like the pin-ups that are plastered all over the factory ? ’
18 Nemba events are staged all over the North of England with the final held at Eston , Middlesbrough .
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