Example sentences of "have [verb] over [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday saw Hopkinson in sad , frustrated mood , attacking the ‘ complacency ’ among many field sportsmen and bewailing the lack of support he has received over the past seven years . |
| 2 | Also the junction between the uncorroded metal and the applied patina is very sharp , whereas a patina which has developed over a long period of time will have eaten into the metal in a very irregular and quite characteristic manner that is very difficult to imitate . |
| 3 | The idea of ‘ care in the community ’ has developed over the past 20 years to encourage the development of services to help older people in need of care to remain in their own homes for as long as they wish , and for as long as is practical . |
| 4 | It is obviously a very exciting project for us though , and it will allow Kylie to show just how much she has developed over the past three years . |
| 5 | I have enjoyed reading all your letters and look forward to continuing the two-way communication that has developed over the past year . |
| 6 | In order to set the scene , figure 7.1 shows that average household size has fallen over the past century . |
| 7 | My legs are shaded by the dust which has gathered over the past few days , so that the contrast is like a Coppertone ad , with the puppy pulling a little girl 's knickers off . |
| 8 | like on i well no , no , you have to , you the net has to fall over a certain part of the creature . |
| 9 | Banking profitability — not to mention a good many banks — has collapsed over the past decade . |
| 10 | America 's share of external lending has slumped over the past eight years , to 9% , but lending from continental Europe has soared . |
| 11 | He or she may even know the number of consultants within a particular firm , how it has been performing , what are its key issues , how it has grown over the past year and generally what it is doing and how successfully . |
| 12 | Social work 's image has suffered over the past dozen or so years from a series of scandals where agencies ' failures have been highlighted , often with total disregard to their successes . |
| 13 | The only way to move is by proving beyond all reasonable doubt that your home address has moved over a certain distance , and that the club you wish to join is considerably closer to your new address . |
| 14 | Much of Rhône-Poulenc 's effort in 199 was focused on integrated the large number of acquisitions it has made over the past five years . |
| 15 | I very much hope that the hospital to which the hon. Gentleman referred will be able to consolidate further the remarkable progress that it has made over the past couple of years — a 56 per cent . |
| 16 | Mr Medley said , " This honour is a reflection of all the progress that WWF-UK has made over the past ten years , and the team that has achieved these successes . " |
| 17 | Steve and Stuart are just 2 of the homeless people , Dawn Walker Webb has helped over the past 20 years in Swindon . |
| 18 | Well , we will try again , and maybe if we do win the Rumbelows League Cup and finish third in Division Two , we might just get the same coverage overall as one man has had over the past weeks . |
| 19 | Yet opinion in Germany has shifted over the past year . |
| 20 | The birth rate in developed countries has slowed over the past decade , according to the US Demographic and Health Surveys ( DHS ) project , a huge study encompassing 25 developing countries and funded by the Agency for International Development . |
| 21 | Sadly , that tradition has lapsed over the past five years . |
| 22 | While most reggae DJs rapidly rise in popularity only to sink within a year , Shabba 's following has swelled over the past four years to a point where the reggae market is too small to contain him — witness the shooting and tear gas panic last year at the Brixton Academy , or January 's trashing of Tower Records , London , during a personal appearance . |
| 23 | His faction has triumphed over the reformist elements of Christian Democracy , headed by the ousted leader and premier , Ciriaco De Mita . |
| 24 | Long-term unemployment among the over-50s has halved over the past four years . |
| 25 | It ought to be possible to tell within the next few weeks whether the measures the government has introduced over the past year are delivering the hoped-for results . |
| 26 | Figure 18.4 shows , by means of five-year moving averages of deaths per million in England and Wales , how the disease has behaved over a long period in relation to other serious illnesses . |
| 27 | For instance , a great deal of development has occurred within enterprise zones , and the Urban programme has presided over a wide range of projects . |
| 28 | The Coulson Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry falls vacant on the retirement in September 1994 of Professor N.H. March , who has presided over a separate department . |
| 29 | In office , doffing his hat to ‘ fairness ’ , he has presided over a wild game of insults and shadow-boxing between Americans , Europeans and Japanese . |
| 30 | However , the most damning indictment of the Conservative government 's record in housing is that it has presided over a massive increase in homelessness . |