Example sentences of "[verb] been [verb] [adv] over [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our tool kit has been built up over many years and we did n't have to buy much : a long tape measure , a new pickaxe handle , some new screwdriver bits ( we lost one down the cavity ) . |
| 2 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 4 | Scientists at Boston University , using remote sensing techniques , have found that the desert pavement of Kuwait , southern Iraq and Saudi Arabia has been broken up over large areas by the massed movement of vehicles during the war . |
| 5 | It has been attended by over 20,000 people in UK already . |
| 6 | Our village has been attacked by over 500 well-equipped contras . |
| 7 | The Protocol has been signed by over 40 countries and came into force at the beginning of 1989 . |
| 8 | The workforce has been slashed by over 200,000 in the last five years . |
| 9 | It has been succeeded by over ten Acts designed to protect other aspects of our natural and cultural heritage . |
| 10 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |
| 11 | This puts me in the position of having to either cancel the project — which would be a great discouragment to the volunteers , who might be reluctant to come forward again having been let down over this one — or risk going on without funding ( and then perhaps being told that funding can not be granted retrospectively ? ) . |
| 12 | A reputation had been built up over several years for the use of computers in the fields of manpower planning , personnel statistics and other industrial relations applications . |
| 13 | Twenty minutes later the guest speaker , Alex Campbell ( Newcastle upon Tyne ) arrived ( his train had been delayed by over two hours ) and the audience was entertained with a lecture/demonstration on Instant fire . |
| 14 | Only problems were that one of them had had been snapped off at the legs and been reglued direct to the base , presumably in an effort to replicate Bremner 's short stature , and also in an effort to simulate Albert Johanneson ( or was it Gerry ? ? ) brown paint had been splurged all over one player , rendering his kit a mucky pink . |
| 15 | It was reported that the final signing had been held up over successive objections raised by Taylor , and that he eventually signed only under pressure from Capt. Blaise Compaore , the head of state of Burkina , a country which , according to some reports , had previously been an important source of arms supplies to Taylor 's faction . |
| 16 | By 8am they have been joined by over 50 more , and at least 80 vehicles . |
| 17 | The financial resources of Abbey National are exceptionally strong and our reserves have been built up over many years through a combination of prudence and innovation . |
| 18 | Neil Walker says he is very pleased with how the system has been accepted , and so far , the IV workstations have been used by over 12,000 staff , amounting to 17,000 user hours . |
| 19 | Of course I take account of feeling in the area ; but , as I said earlier , I also take account of the way in which feeling has been influenced by the misleading statements that have been put about over recent months . |
| 20 | Right , I just thought the Chair would like to thank Councillor for the immense amount of work I know that he 's been putting in over certain things that have been going on lately and I now take councillors ' questions if any of you got any for me . |