Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] over a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often argued that survey data give a very limited analysis of managerial policies which are developed over a period to deal with specific problems and this study should help to test such methodological criticisms . |
| 2 | The outer layer of the skin ( epidermis ) is made up of cells which are shed over a cycle of 28 days . |
| 3 | We 've had quite a busy afternoon , Mr Andropulos , and at the moment we 're anchored over a plane that crashed into the sea just about the time we were receiving your SOS . ’ |
| 4 | Thus the use of standard terms may promote certainty : the terms of the contract may be easily located and identified ; where the same terms are used over a period , the business and its trading partners will come to know their respective rights and obligations ; terms may be applied to resolve disputes and thus acquire " precedent " value . |
| 5 | The sailors are timed over a course of 500m , which needs to be flat water with an optimum sailing angle of 120–130 degrees to the wind . |
| 6 | As a result , drawings are phased over a number of years and are granted in accordance with the successful attainment of the agreed programme . |
| 7 | Calculating the expected yield from a new machine , however , is not easy because yields are spread over a number of years in the future . |
| 8 | Set in 5,000 acres of landscaped grounds , the resort 's lovely lakes , gardens and woodlands are spread over an area one fifth the size of Paris , comprising the deluxe Disneyland Hotel , 5 further resort hotels , the Camp Davy Crockett and the Nightime Festival Disney Entertainment Center , all nestled around the development 's star attraction , the unforgettable EURO DISNEYLAND Theme Park . |
| 9 | It has also been held that a wholesale sale does not become a retail sale because the goods are delivered over a period in retail quantities : Hales v. Buckley [ 1911 ] W.N. 32 . |
| 10 | Even more striking is the provision that if such a tenement is not alienated , but the alms for which it was originally given are neglected over a period of two years , then the property shall again be recoverable at law by the donor or his heirs . |
| 11 | The main concern of this chapter is to complete the description of intonational form , including analysis of perhaps the most difficult aspect , that of recognising fall-rise and rise-fall tones when they are extended over a number of syllables . |
| 12 | ‘ Another scene cut was one where a man 's brains are splattered over a window . ’ |