Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a large area " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the city-centre church this will mean working with a map of the entire city , in recognition that the majority of their congregation will be scattered over a large area . |
| 2 | While searching for prey , many dolphin species move in tight schools distributed over a large area , using sound to stay in contact and communicate with each other over significant distances . |
| 3 | Some people are also concerned that water beds are too heavy for some floors , but this is practically never the case as the weight of the water is evenly distributed over a large area . |
| 4 | The population is spread over a large area of agricultural land . |
| 5 | At Eton the different houses and classrooms were spread over a large area , and in the next day or two I had somehow to find out where and when which masters were teaching me what subjects . |
| 6 | As long as an overwhelming military presence existed , a measure of peace — peace with resentment , but peace just the same — was maintained over a large area of Central and Eastern Europe . |
| 7 | Birds , seals and other wildlife were found dead in the first days of the disaster , and fishing and salmon farming were banned in a large area . |