Example sentences of "be [vb pp] over [art] [adv] [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The circular changed and allowed that joint finance money to be paid over a much longer period and virtually in perpetuity .
3 ( Monday to Friday ) , giving a taste of the kind of stamina that will ultimately be required over a much longer period .
4 That is exactly what has happened with that company because the costs of the base operations have been spread over a much wider network .
5 The similarity is that your risks are spread over a much wider range of investments than you could achieve on your own .
6 The major difference appears to be that of timescale ; perfusion is spread over a much longer time scale than arterial infusion .
7 A glance at the sketch map above will show the general limits of the Byzantine Empire ( which fluctuated greatly during this long period ) , but the influence of the style was exerted over a much greater area : north to Russia , north-west to southern France , east to Armenia and Georgia .
8 These were ‘ asymmetrical cyclical troughs ’ because recovery of output was spread over a much longer period than its initial loss , and because many factories closed for good in the second recession .
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