Example sentences of "have been [verb] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As noted earlier , the findings reported here flow from an international comparative research programme that has been sustained over a seven-year period , beginning in 1983 . |
| 2 | Complex adaptations have developed because in certain circumstances the same selection pressure has been maintained over a long period of time . |
| 3 | All your behaviour , with the exception of those reflexes that were built into the system , has been acquired over a long period of ad hoc learning . |
| 4 | A striking Norwegian experiment , in which a glass roof has been put over a whole catchment , shows the degree of such ecosystem damage . |
| 5 | With both Cardiff and Newport dormant in recent years , other clubs have benefited from the movement of players ; talent has been spread over a wider area . |
| 6 | Although the plan has been superimposed over an existing plan , erm , to be charitable it 's at best confusing , erm , my feeling is that in actual fact the plan there does n't actually show us , well enough , and you may consider that we ought to be asking for a much clearer plan before we make a decision . |
| 7 | Such dresses may have been worn over a sleeved under-dress which generally received no fastenings , with some exceptions which were secured at the wrist with a clasp which may carry evidence of braid ( Crowfoot 1952 ) . |
| 8 | If it 's a professional job they will have been observed over a long period and their habits and financial status will be known . ’ |
| 9 | There are plenty of other collections with which to compare this one that do seem to have been written over a long period , and , indeed , the possible Eckard autograph F-Pn D 14218 ( see n.5 ) , with its much more disparate contents , its fragments , and its changes of hand toward the end , is such a source . |
| 10 | Boy charged with rape A 15-YEAR-OLD boy appeared before magistrates yesterday charged with rape and other serious sexual offences involving young children , alleged to have been committed over a lengthy period . |
| 11 | It had been tracked over a three-year period by satellite and radio beacon and its movements have demonstrated that four separate currents affect the region of Antarctica near the Ross Ice shelf . |
| 12 | These had been developed over a one year period and had been fully piloted . |
| 13 | In early 1977 , for the first time in 30 years , campesinos in the central region of the country occupied land from which they had been evicted over a long period of time to make way for export crops . |
| 14 | A rope had been thrown over a low beam in the room and tied to the top of the Bookman 's cage . |
| 15 | Beer had been thrown over a local and Slatter was obviously to blame . |
| 16 | The material of the bags had been destroyed in the fire and most of the burned contents of the hold had been dispersed over a wide area . |
| 17 | THREE British Telecom engineers have been sacked over an alleged 0898 cash-quiz fiddle . |
| 18 | Restrictions on advertising and fees have been relaxed over a wider front . |
| 19 | He might look like an old man who 's been run over a few times to you , but to me … ’ he puffed his chest out even further ‘ … he 's a vicious criminal . ’ |