Example sentences of "have [verb] over [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rates of both fatal and other accidents have fluctuated over the years and it is not possible to reach any conclusions concerning long-term trends in socio-economic differences . |
| 2 | Table 8.2 shows how the weights have altered over the years . |
| 3 | Their numbers have jumped over the years . |
| 4 | Their environments are locally various and the types are often divided from each other by the topography of the country , so that several different regional types have developed over the years . |
| 5 | They make their own glazes from finely ground rocks to recipes that they have developed over the years . |
| 6 | as so many of his colleagues have received over the years . |
| 7 | As a follow up to its advice on what not to wear to an interview ( see ACCOUNTANCY , September , p 21 ) , Robert Half recruitment consultants — obviously not snowed under with work at the moment — has joined forces with Accountemps to unveil some of the stranger CVs companies have received over the years . |
| 8 | The general conclusion that emerges from this chapter is that social policy has been a positive force in economic growth though not as powerful a force as some of its protagonists have claimed over the years . |
| 9 | I hope that he will also accept that Conservative Members have used the existing procedure to delay legislation which they have disliked over the years , which is why we want to change it . |
| 10 | All the money I have earned over the years has gone — in some cases I do n't why or where — but the fact is that at the age of 40 , I have no savings . |
| 11 | However the very quirks and obscure family traditions which have accrued over the years can intimidate newcomers . |
| 12 | Japanese magazines have picked over the details of the imperial engagement , including the less flattering ones : Miss Owada 's creased kimono , her unsuitable confidence when talking to the press . |
| 13 | The baskets of fruit behind the sink and hob were specially created to match the Villeroy & Boch china that the Mills have collected over the years . |
| 14 | We do appreciate you Steffi , for everything you have done over the years and for that special week in Brighton . |
| 15 | However small it was ( and whether it is just or not ) , I have felt over the years that the Halton experience has enabled me ( despite my background ) to bridge the gap between those far off days , and reaching the rank of sergeant pilot , and the mid-war years when , in a few months , there was swift passage through the roles of flight commander , squadron commander , staff officer and station commander . |
| 16 | The public appears unaware that departments have moved over the years from a production orientation , where individuals were matched to available services , to a marketing orientation where departments seek to establish customers ' needs through individual assessment and meet them individually by care management . |
| 17 | I have no doubt that dedicated woodturners everywhere would scoff at the idea of engineers ' lathes being used for woodturners , but when I think of the various moulds and patterns I have made over the years with comparative ease but which due to their intricacies could only have been made with extreme difficulty on a wood lathe — if at all . |
| 18 | One of my favourite photograph frames that I have made over the years is a 15-cm ( 6-in ) square piece of card , into the centre of which a heart-shape aperture is cut about 7. 5cm ( 3in ) high . |
| 19 | Arthur Pearcy 's book US Coast Guard Aircraft Since 1916 is a history of the Guard comprising detailed descriptions of over 90 different types of aircraft that they have operated over the years , coupled with information on the designation systems and the colours and markings used by this fifth military air arm of the United States . |
| 20 | But I am going to having said that I will tell you of the few accidents that have occurred over the years , and one of them was mine in the early days when I was learning th the full size removal job . |
| 21 | It seems that we would be much better off if we spent money not on constructing a barrage but on cleaning up the various sewage works that I have castigated over the years . |
| 22 | Well , from what I have gleaned over the years , I would say that many women find it harder to accept an affair which had a strong emotional attachment . |
| 23 | Chinese philsophers , gourmets and poets have produced over the centuries an extensive literature devoted to tea and its presumed effects upon the body and soul . |
| 24 | The breed in Sweden was off to a tremendous start and from this position of strength , Swedish people have produced over the years some very good Rottweilers . |
| 25 | It is also evident from the available data that these differences have narrowed over the years . |
| 26 | We have marvelled over the years at the couples who , with very humble means , managed modest but lovely homes and were never financially embarrassed . |
| 27 | a reduction in men 's pensionable age is ruled out for the foreseeable future on grounds of cost … on the other hand , the government believes that raising the pensionable age for women would be unfair to women who have contributed over the years in the expectation of a pension at 60 . |
| 28 | I 'd also like to thank his parents for what they have contributed over the years to make him the person he is , supporting him through college , and also for making me such a welcome member of their family . |
| 29 | Nottinghamshire has always been an industrious county and the skills of local people have contributed over the centuries to the growth of a diversity of well known products . |
| 30 | FTIR and electron spin resonance ( ESR ) spectroscopy are being used in archaeology as a valuable complement to elemental analysis in the search to determine the provenance of raw materials , the place and date of manufacture , and how they have weathered over the centuries . |