Example sentences of "has been [vb pp] over [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Sampling has been completed over Scotland and northern England and is progressing southwards .
2 In recent years , concern has been raised over exposure to ionizing radiation from radon gas .
3 But one person , however , is undaunted by the corporate blood that has been spilled over La Cinq : Silvio Berlusconi , the Italian media owner is now bidding for Britain 's Channel 5 after twice failing to revive its French namesake .
4 Well , if you 're a Frenchman or a German , a Swede , an Italian , anyone in the Balkans , your culture has been created over centuries of invasions or struggles to resist invasion , it 's as simple as that .
5 A deep hole has been discovered over Antarctica for the third year in succession .
6 A veil of secrecy has been thrown over Derry 's final preparations for their All Ireland senior football championship decider against Cork .
7 He is holding forth about beauty to an audience which has been short-changed over food and drink and entertainment .
8 A betting inquiry has been ordered over Lingfield shocker Jo N Jack , who popped up at 33-1 , and BOLA is recommending its members not to settle until investigations are complete .
9 BILL Clinton 's wife Hillary , above , has been snubbed over plans to rename her local airport in her honour .
10 The ancient art of batik , a form of resist dyeing , has been perfected over centuries on the Indonesian island of Java , so it was there that Angela Newport went to learn the technique .
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