Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] been [verb] over [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time .
2 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 .
3 You will soon discover that a bewildering variety of history books have been written over several decades on the modern period alone .
4 However , until now the two sides have been deadlocked over financial issues .
5 Numerous papers have been published over many years identifying the need for an integrated approach to health and social care at the practice level .
6 All subsequent races have been held over that distance with minor fluctuations .
7 Inventories have been refined over many years to meet your needs on flotilla , and include little touches like sets of snorkels and flippers — and a pack of foodstuffs and cleaning materials to start you off .
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