Example sentences of "evenly [vb pp] over the " in BNC.

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1 Now once again lights and darks are juxtaposed arbitrarily to create a sense of shallow relief , and are evenly scattered over the entire picture surface to maintain a compositional balance .
2 These jobs are not evenly distributed over the country .
3 Days with measurable rainfall ( >0.2mm ) are fairly evenly spread over the year , with monthly averages ranging from 17 to 26 , and a total of 263 days ( Manley 1979 ) , of which 200 are ‘ wet ’ , with more than 1 mm recorded .
4 His three criteria for identifying the modifications as chemical erosion as opposed to physical abrasion were that the damage was localized and not evenly spread over the whole surface of the bones , there was greater erosion of the tips of the teeth with some teeth not damaged at all , and discoloration spread into the re-entrant angles of the vole teeth .
5 When the weather has entered a relatively rain free period , but when cloud cover is moderately dense and uniform , but not too low — when the prevailing light is evenly spread over the landscape , with no parts over bright or too deep in shadow — when the wind is still or gently fitful , a magic prevails everywhere upon the Wolds , and it comes from within the chalk .
6 The position can be even further distorted by votes for a particular party being concentrated in a particular region or locality , as opposed to being evenly spread over the country as a whole .
7 In classical ballet the patterns and groupings delineated by the dancers ' bodies are usually symmetrical and evenly balanced over the whole stage .
8 This was at a time when British opinion was becoming evenly divided over the pros and cons of seeking prominence on the global stage .
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