Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] over a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One such was that further detailed studies of the possible effects should be undertaken over a 12-month period . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The temple can only be approached over a narrow drawbridge of truesteel . |
| 4 | For the city-centre church this will mean working with a map of the entire city , in recognition that the majority of their congregation will be scattered over a large area . |
| 5 | Mrs Swindles said the development would be seen over a wide area of Co Antrim , Newtownabbey , Belfast and Co Down . |
| 6 | Under a black layer of grime was another report of a visit to London of Signor Marconi , ‘ the inventor of the system of telegraphy by which messages can be transmitted over a considerable distance without wires ’ . |
| 7 | THE Duke of Westminster 's Cheshire estate would not be prosecuted over a huge leak of diesel fuel into the River Dee in June , the National Rivers Authority decided yesterday . |
| 8 | The government on Dec. 27 announced that negotiations with the United States aimed at allowing the withdrawal of US forces from Subic Bay naval base to be phased over a three-year period had broken down . |
| 9 | At the end of the day , there are experiences to be shared , new friends to be introduced and tans to be compared over a convivial drink . |
| 10 | To be introduced over a two-year period , the reform had as its main aim the reduction of income tax rates while increasing indirect taxes , and tightening rules on the taxation of capital gains without altering the overall tax burden . |
| 11 | It would in some parts of the country be distributed over a wide area : the whole of East Anglia , for instance , with at present precisely 20 single-member constituencies , and in Scotland some considerably more extensive territories . |
| 12 | Fixed costs will often only be fixed over a limited range of output and will tend to behave in a stepped rather than linear fashion . |
| 13 | The educational progress of the children will be monitored over a two-year period . |
| 14 | This is clearly not the case where some very frail old people are concerned but reciprocity can be viewed over a long time scale . |
| 15 | Alternatively , text can be centred over a single column so that , if the text is too wide for that column , it will overlap the left and right of the column equally . |
| 16 | All this , and much more , would be discussed over a good dinner and some equally good bottles of wine during an afternoon . |
| 17 | This paper is also translucent , so a new sheet can be put over a previous attempt and the work can then be repeated with modifications by tracing through . |
| 18 | The observation of a progression enables the vibrational potential function to be specified over a wide range of the quantum number ν . |
| 19 | However , a simple router table , allowing stock to be passed over a static cutter , is a fairly essential next step after purchasing a router . |
| 20 | Restrictions on nationwide banking would be eliminated over a three-year period . |
| 21 | In hand knitting these braids are developed and can be worked over a wide number of stitches , sometimes forming basket weave patterns , but on a chunky machine there is a risk of forcing the needles . |
| 22 | In comparison with other books , they can be expensive , as relatively low numbers are printed , so the basic cost of putting the book together must be spread over a limited number of copies . |
| 23 | Where there is no tidal range wave attack is concentrated at the same level of the coast for twenty-four hours a day , but where the tidal range is great it may be spread over a vast foreshore zone and may only attack the foot of the cliffs for a very short period at each high tide . |
| 24 | The traders may be spread over a whole town , or region of country , and yet make a market , if they are , by means of fairs , meetings , published price lists , the post-office or otherwise , in close communication with each other . ’ |
| 25 | The Three were negotiating a trilateral free-trade zone to be implemented over a 10-year period , which it was hoped could be signed on July 1 . |
| 26 | The target wage for each industry would be implemented over a five-year period , but should be accompanied by a tailor-made programme on training , investment and productivity targets . |
| 27 | In the theory which accompanied this series it was shown that the function of regulated systems was to convert a ‘ rough ’ d.c. input voltage into a stable d.c. output voltage which would be maintained over a wide range of load current requirements as well as input voltage variations . |
| 28 | It is probable that the species commonly called summer or spring wheat will continue to be the favourite sort of this grain ; and although the cultivation of it may not perhaps be advisable in general over the Hebrides , yet , in consequence of various circumstances favourable to it in Islay , and especially the building of a flour mill by the enlightened and patriotic proprietor , ( which cost him £1200 ) , this valuable crop may be extended over a large portion of the best farms in the island . |
| 29 | Under the agreement , government and parastatal loans were to be repaid over a 20-year period with a three-year grace period , while commercial debts would become payable over 15 years with an eight-year grace period . |
| 30 | Under the terms of the agreement the debt would be repaid over a 20-year period , at an interest rate on 5 per cent . |