Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] extending over " in BNC.
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| 1 | He takes as an example a " typically Faulknerian " passage from The Bear , part of a labyrinthine sentence extending over nearly two pages . |
| 2 | But it was not only officers and members of the WEA and the District who were pleased with the final agreement over the rural areas scheme and the conclusion of negotiations of byzantine complexity extending over a period of four difficult years . |
| 3 | The two sides , however , were still separated by traditional rivalries extending over several centuries as well as by differing interpretations of Marxism , disputed borders and rivalry in their relations with other countries ; indeed it was perhaps surprising that their earlier association had lasted as long as it did . |
| 4 | Superimposed on the older markings were more recent blottings , a pattern of broken lines and half curves in black ink extending over some six inches of the blotter . |
| 5 | One might be surprised to find a series of long letters extending over many weeks on Ossian and the Clyde . |
| 6 | Others are awarded on the basis of coursework with examinations and a dissertation at the end of a taught course extending over one or two years . |
| 7 | In spring local accumulations of diatoms stain ice floes and the water immediately beneath them green or brown ; quite commonly in summer the algae form dense soup-like concentrations extending over huge areas ; El-Sayed ( 1971 ) reported a yellow bloom of Thalassiosira tumida covering 15 500 km 2 in the southwestern Weddell Sea . |