Example sentences of "be spread over the " in BNC.

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1 So far we have considered our capital outlay on land purchase , land improvements , livestock , machinery , equipment , and buildings , and decided how this will be spread over the ‘ build-up ’ years .
2 The refund may therefore be spread over the remaining expected service lives of current employees who are members and set against the regular cost for those years .
3 These will necessarily have to be spread over the next five or six years as , and when , resources become available .
4 I believe this to be a mistake : in view of the gross statistical disparity the two instances are more likely to be an oversight , or an isolated directive , rather than an indication of an articulatory intention that is to be spread over the whole movement .
5 In accordance with the applicable accounting standard , the surplus on the group 's UK pension fund has been spread over the average of the expected remaining service lives of current employees ( 12 years ) as a variation from regular cost .
6 Variations from the regular cost are spread over the expected remaining service lives of employees currently in the scheme .
7 Then clean the piece of glass really thoroughly , first washing and then drying it , either with a proper glass cloth so that no pieces of lint are spread over the surface , or using a proprietary glass cleaning product and a suitable cloth .
8 A blend of grass seed , fertiliser and cellulose glue , it was being spread over the paths as a last ditch attempt to save an area the size of four football pitches from irreversible soil erosion caused by the 250,000 walkers who tramp around the area every year .
9 Social security ensured that the costs of mass retirement were kept as low as possible and were spread over the whole population rather than falling only on employers .
10 ( i ) Vast sheets of lava , which have hardened into basalt , were spread over the north-eastern part , called the Antrim plateau .
11 ‘ The offer price of 240p is spread over the longest instalment period ever on any privatisation .
12 Now before Neil starts panicking and worrying about that , bear in mind that that is spread over the whole spectrum of operations , including things like heart transplants and the like , and also , for example , an elderly person who 's just been smashed up by er Astra G T E
13 If we take a view about fairness , then the funding of capital schemes is fairer if the charge and the cost of the those schemes is spread over the life of the the asset .
14 Animal and human manure was spread over the land , and about twenty tons might be used on the single acre if root crops were being grown .
15 His head was lying in the crook of her arm and the flat of his hand was spread over the bulge of her stomach .
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