Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A full and accurate assessment of land potential involves detailed enquiries into soil and climate and experience of the behaviour of the crops and livestock it carries , and this can only be achieved over a period of years . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | These real arts of the field man 's work can only be acquired over a long period , and they must be practised and refined by an officer on his own in the course of his work . |
| 4 | The temple can only be approached over a narrow drawbridge of truesteel . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He knows that a profitable deal can just as easily be struck over a caesar salad and glass of mineral water as over a T-bone steak and bottle of vintage claret . |
| 7 | A bridging unit could also be used over a dressing table , with a mirror on the wall behind . |
| 8 | You ca n't be hurt over a telephone . |
| 9 | This can then be searched over a Local Area Network by up to 25 users simultaneously , a speed performance ten times better than the best CD-ROM can normally offer . |
| 10 | Certain necessary fixed costs of overheads can then be spread over a greater number of units of output thus reducing their incidence per unit of output , and also unit attributable costs might be lowered via bulk buying or the better management of production , and by strengthening of purchasing power . |
| 11 | ( Monday to Friday ) , giving a taste of the kind of stamina that will ultimately be required over a much longer period . |