Example sentences of "be [vb pp] over [art] [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 | USAID granted a loan of US$27,000,000 to help support the balance of payments and also endorsed a government plan announced in late October under which 7,000 public employees would be dismissed over the following year . |
| 3 | The work was to be completed over the whole country in fifteen years . |
| 4 | We have expressed our wish to the council that we would like to be consulted over the detailed implementation of the conditions and sincerely hope that we will be allowed to play a constructive part in this process . |
| 5 | Both scan width and scan rate can be adjusted over the full frequency range . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The temple can only be approached over a narrow drawbridge of truesteel . |
| 8 | The most militant fan of Sixties architecture would be hard pressed to support a last-minute appeal for the Bull Ring , although crocodile tears will be shed over the probable demolition of the Rotunda , a monumental steel and glass phallus , that , in the absence of a sky-piercing cathedral , acts as the city 's one instantly recognisable focal point . |
| 9 | The analysis of Section 7.3.1 has shown that if the torque producing capability of the stepping motor is to be maximised over the full speed range the switching angle must be made speed-dependent . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | RAMBO star Sylvester Stallone 's son is to be quizzed over an attempted murder plot , it was revealed last night . |
| 12 | What is more , by including a number of suitable tapping points , the turns ratio may be varied over an enormous range to permit the comparison of widely differing impedances . |
| 13 | Mrs Swindles said the development would be seen over a wide area of Co Antrim , Newtownabbey , Belfast and Co Down . |
| 14 | You will find that the modulation is approximately correct when the flashing can only just be seen over the steady glow . |
| 15 | If the new inspection chamber is to be positioned over an existing clay drain , the difficulty is likely to be cutting into the existing drain . |
| 16 | One plate may simply override the other , but another possibility is that a ‘ flake ’ of continental crust from the upper surface of the downgoing plate may be thrust over the adjacent plate for a distance of perhaps 100 km or more . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | The new load could not be transported over the existing river gradients , as these were not sufficiently steep . |
| 19 | It was to be broadcast over the national network every Saturday . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | A gravel tidy , which is no more than a fine plastic mesh , should then be laid over the coarse medium and should be neatly trimmed to fit snugly into all the corners and around the uplifts . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Digestion is not frequent ( 5–13 per cent ) , but it may be distributed over the whole enamel surface , where it appears as slight to moderate pitting ( Fig. 3.22 D , E ) . |
| 27 | About L 9000 billion will be spent over the coming decade to bring gas to 440 centres in the south and 420 networks in the north and centre of the country , so that by 1990 76% of the population will have access to natural gas . |
| 28 | This sum was to be financed over the 15-month period to the extent of 7.14 per cent from the general budget , 53.7 per cent from non-repayable aid , and the balance of 39.16 per cent from borrowing . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The educational progress of the children will be monitored over a two-year period . |