Example sentences of "[noun] have [be] [v-ing] over " 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 | Applications for undergraduate study in the Department have been increasing over the past few years and are currently four times the number of places available . |
| 3 | If you 've got any sensitivities at all do n't look at them please , but if you wish to , they 'll give you an indication of the kind of thing that your fire fighters have been facing over the last three or four months . |
| 4 | It has been alleged that the accidents have occurred because your drivers have been working over the legal limit and that your vehicles have not been serviced . |
| 5 | Of particular interest , given that rates of divorce have been rising over the last two decades , is whether relatives commonly provide housing for people who have separated from a married or cohabiting partner . |
| 6 | Dozens of gliders have been soaring over the region competing in one of the country 's largest gliding championships . |
| 7 | She seems all the more objectionable because so many people have been falling over themselves to help her . |
| 8 | Doctors have been puzzling over the cause of acne for many years and trying to find a cure . |
| 9 | Climbers visiting the newly developed Thrang and Striddle quarries in Langdale have been parking over the access to the nearby farm , which is also a public right of way . |
| 10 | Academic results have been plummeting over the past decade , thanks largely to the expansion of the underclass and the influx of non-English-speaking immigrants . |
| 11 | In common with many bass amplification manufacturers , Trace Elliot have been trying over the last few years to build powerful , yet compact bass gear to ease the strain on the poor bass player 's back . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | their attitudes would , would lead you believe that they have changed and they have become more receptive to the kind of things women have been saying over the years . |
| 14 | In recent months , the Independent Broadcasting Authority and Unisat have been negotiating over the use of low-power transmitters by the IBA . |
| 15 | SALES of mistletoe at Christmas have been reducing over the past decade or so . |
| 16 | Because I am delighted to report that education standards in Wales have been rising over the last few years following the introduction of the national curriculum and our other reforms . |
| 17 | I have tried to describe the process of setting the direction for our constituent businesses and the company as a whole , which I and my colleagues have been evolving over the past few years . |