Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] have been [verb] over " in BNC.
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1 | They were standing by the desk in the library , where Theda had been going over the household accounts when the lawyer arrived , Hector , his wound still troublesome , laying at her feet . |
2 | It is possible that a piece of slate or glass has been cemented over the rodding arm . |
3 | Although margins have been hit over the past few years by competition from contractors and because the company has kept its prices fairly constant , he said the decision to ‘ cross-skill ’ employees should result in increased margins . |
4 | A cruel analysis of the last 30 years in education might say that the succession of Schools Council , then the Schools Curriculum Development Committee and then the NCC neatly summarises the way that education has been perceived over this period . |
5 | Thus , at least one of the systems that children have been learning over the centuries in the ancestral forms of BV must have incorporated a three-way distinction of meet/meat/mate . |
6 | I have already said that anathema had been pronounced over the Avant-garde from the beginning of the Thirties , and that made it very difficult for the avant-garde artists themselves , as well as for their families . |
7 | A joint bulletin issued on 7 June stated that agreement had been reached over methods of consulting Korean democratic parties and other relevant organisations on developments leading to the creation of a unified government and that the text of agreement would be issued shortly . |
8 | In recent months , the Independent Broadcasting Authority and Unisat have been negotiating over the use of low-power transmitters by the IBA . |
9 | The extent to which the Sussex population is involved in these movements is unknown , but at least some of our wintering birds move overland , and parties have been reported over Kingley Vale , Eartham , and West Chiltington recently , usually in spring . |
10 | On the basis of their commitment to an open and participatory democracy , Hartnett and Naish raise a number of major moral , social and educational issues arising from the drift to a more centralized system of control , in which managerial and bureaucratic priorities and solutions have been advanced over professional and community concerns . |
11 | The content and blend has been improved over recent years , but I do n't think that there has been a fundamental change . |
12 | she 's been out and Tina has been watching over her |
13 | More importantly it has also been the experience of the many students on whom the approach , exercises and problems have been piloted over the last four years . |
14 | Time will be well spent talking to the vendor and neighbours from whom you can learn a great deal as to what crops and livestock have been produced over the years , and with what success . |
15 | Her cousins and servants had been fussing over her since dawn , and the heat in the cathedral was oppressive . |
16 | Links with the University of Moscow and with the Universities of Zagreb , Belgrade and Ljubljana have been established over many years . |
17 | Moreover , the distinction between services and manufacturing has been exaggerated over recent years by the growth of leasing [ Rybczynski , 1982 ] . |
18 | Restrictions on advertising and fees have been relaxed over a wider front . |
19 | The resource of more staff is one that is unlikely to be resolved , as staffing has been cut over the years . |