Example sentences of "has been [verb] over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years , concern has been raised over exposure to ionizing radiation from radon gas . |
| 2 | The average size of transactions , it was noted above , has been rising over time and now amounts to about £1 million for transactions with customers and about £4 million for intra-market business . |
| 3 | The president , in the middle as usual , has been poring over budget items in the millions , the tiny cogs of the federal machine . |
| 4 | He is holding forth about beauty to an audience which has been short-changed over food and drink and entertainment . |
| 5 | However , Hakim ( 1982 ) re-analysed the data and found that ‘ the results … confirm the association between crime and unemployment , and suggest it has been increasing over time ’ ( p.453 ) . |