Example sentences of "[vb -s] be [verb] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resource of more staff is one that is unlikely to be resolved , as staffing has been cut over the years . |
| 2 | Significant progress has been made over the years , including the development of microwave FELs in the US at the Naval Research Laboratory , Columbia University , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , and the Lawrence Livermore laboratory , the infrared-visible FELs built at Los Alamos , Stanford and Santa Barbara and the storage ring at Orsay , Paris . |
| 3 | But she admitted she has been thrilled at the response the records bring and the millions of fan letters she has been sent over the years . |
| 4 | Stanley is obviously worried that his wife has been cheated over the sale of Belle Reve . |
| 5 | There are several erudite and comprehensive books available to guide the unwary through the maze that has been constructed over the centuries to form our current property law and which seems to be continually evolving . |
| 6 | Inter-Service friction has been eased over the years by successive steps taken to concentrate greater power in the hands of the Central staffs as more tri-Service experienced officers have become available ; and to bring the Services closer together at every level of command , and in training and operations . |
| 7 | gold 's value has been maintained over the centuries due to the limited quantity of new supplies ( maximum output , at the present time , 1,000 tonnes per annum ) , only about 100,000 tonnes having been mined since 4,000 BC ; |
| 8 | A great deal of ink has been spilled over the nature of indirect duties , to which I will return in the next section . |
| 9 | Particular concern has been expressed over the construction of an air base at Shindand in western Afghanistan . |
| 10 | A report which goes before Middlesbrough councillors on Wednesday says : ‘ Concern has been expressed over the activities of some of those employed to control access to licensed premises . |
| 11 | Concern has been expressed over the bid which , if successful , would make the UK travel industry a duopoly with Airtours and Thomson as the market leaders . |
| 12 | Since the 1920s concern has been expressed over the fact that it tends to be the younger and better qualified people who are 51 leaving the less dynamic North , thus undermining the ability of the latter to rejuvenate itself . |
| 13 | Concern has been expressed over the accuracy of death certificates in general , and certification of death from asthma in particular , but my study suggests that the inaccuracy may be much greater than previously realised . |
| 14 | Over recent years considerable concern has been expressed over the introduction of new diseases caused by bacteria and viruses in particular . |
| 15 | In Scotland , concern has been expressed over the implications of studio closures and job losses , but it has met with soothing words from the BBC 's executives and from its political masters in government . |
| 16 | The stables have been converted into an information centre with displays of Border reiving history and battles in which the family has been involved over the centuries . |
| 17 | The lack of such participants has been aggravated over the years by high commission costs and clearing fees . |
| 18 | This concept has been refined over the years into ‘ How well do our Raphael holdings reflect his styles from the varying stages of his career ? ’ , leading in a recent , and extreme case , to the Italian government spending $1.5 million at Christie 's in 1991 on a St Catharine , a badly damaged sliver of a juvenile Raphael that had most of its surface paint washed away in the 1966 Florence flood . |
| 19 | Concern has been voiced over the plight of the Dipper , a bird which lives near upland rivers in the north and the west of the country . |
| 20 | This skin condition , caused by a large ‘ pox ’ virus , has been thought over the years to be restricted to children living in crowded , closed communities and adults who attend Turkish baths or indulge in all-in wrestling . |
| 21 | His superb physical shape has been honed over the years by a practical approach to food and exercise . |
| 22 | If an outline idea has been discussed over the lunch table ring up to carry it further , and if you have floated an idea by post and have heard nothing phone up to see if it has fallen on stony ground . |
| 23 | If a specific idea has been discussed over the phone confirm the details in writing . |
| 24 | The term ‘ partially sighted ’ has been used over the years to refer to pupils who have vision useful for all school tasks but require adaptations to teaching methods and materials in order to accomplish them . |
| 25 | the technology has been proved over the course of more than 100 years . |
| 26 | As the carriage is moved along the needle bed , the brush on the leading edge of the sinker plate will be pushing on the weaving yarn which has been laid over the needles to move it to the right position . |
| 27 | Built in the 15th Century , it has been modernised over the years , but maintains much of the original style . |
| 28 | In addition , the SIB " high pressure " regime has been modified over the years . |
| 29 | A MAN has been arrested over the murder of teenager Helen Gorrie . |
| 30 | AS THE clocks go back , astronomers are set to announce that the length of the day has been increasing over the centuries . |