Example sentences of "be [verb] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The work was to be completed over the whole country in fifteen years . |
| 3 | Even now the police might be looking for it , might even have found it , might be fumbling over the wet bundle , opening it out , fingering the name-tape … |
| 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 | Dark clouds seem to be hanging over the intelligent input/output board manufacturing crowd , as the strain of an overcrowded marketplace begins to take its toll . |
| 7 | An exhibition programme will be developed over the coming months . |
| 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 | You will find that the modulation is approximately correct when the flashing can only just be seen over the steady glow . |
| 11 | This project seeks to establish a baseline from which evolution of a truly European political system can be tracked over the coming centuries of political development . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Of this total up to SDR39,240,000 ( $53,000,000 ) could be drawn over the following 19 months to support the government 's 1991-92 economic austerity programme . |
| 14 | The new load could not be transported over the existing river gradients , as these were not sufficiently steep . |
| 15 | It was to be broadcast over the national network every Saturday . |
| 16 | Police will be going over the old ground to see if there is any link with this latest attack . |
| 17 | It will play a key role in helping to finance responsibilities accepted by developing countries under the conventions on climate change and biological diversity , which we hope will be agreed over the coming months . |
| 18 | Since new SVQs are being accredited almost on a monthly basis , SCOTVEC is introducing ‘ SVQ Accreditation Update ’ which will list all accredited SVQs and those expected to be approved over the ensuing few months . |
| 19 | Furthermore , there were other reasons why a general dictionary was to be preferred over the domain-specific dictionaries . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Under the deal , the implementing contract for which was to be negotiated over the following 12 months , enriched uranium reportedly totalling 500 tonnes would be sold by Russia for hard currency needed to complete urgent repairs to its nuclear power plants . |
| 22 | It will be precisely through such products with support from national and EC funds that the effects of the region 's peripherality will be reduced over the coming years . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | The general rule set out in para 80 of SSAP 24 is that ‘ variations from the regular cost should be allocated over the remaining expected service lives of current employees in the scheme ’ . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | These contributions will be charged over the average expected remaining service lives of employees as a fixed percentage of expected future pay . |
| 28 | It is believed he thought he could no longer be charged over the under-age sex given the time that had elapsed . |
| 29 | While the lull in the firing persisted , the Magistrate ordered earth to be thrown over the rotting mountain of offal in order to cover it like the crust of a pie . |
| 30 | When Chuck Sherman ran into the thicket , his father seemed to be bending over the great bull 's lowered head in an attitude of extreme tenderness . |