Example sentences of "have been [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been discussion over whether the DROs should not be better trained , possibly in other social work , in order that they can help the disabled adjust psychologically to their change of status as well as help them in practical ways . |
| 2 | Second , there has been concern over the appropriate speeds for traffic in calmed areas . |
| 3 | However , the research findings have not always been consistent and there has been controversy over their significance . |
| 4 | For two years there has been debate over the future of the club 's home ground at McMullen Road , Darlington . |
| 5 | The commission has been non-committal over whether there should be Chinese walls between the issuing and trading sides of Wall Street firms ' junk-bond desks . |
| 6 | The reasons for the shift from regarding sign language as one universal form of communication to seeing sign languages as highly different from each other are easy to understand , but the result has been confusion over what questions remain to be asked about the differences between sign languages . |
| 7 | It would have been defeat over what I now knew for certain was a perfectly reasonable and legal procedure which I would have found hard to handle . |
| 8 | There had been dissent over the issue of whether to contest the forthcoming parliamentary elections on separate party lists . |
| 9 | There had been disagreements over the timetable : France thought the transitional period was too short , while others wanted even faster movement . |
| 10 | There had been speculation over his future after he was dropped by the South-West . |
| 11 | There had been speculation over the candidacy since the SPD 's defeat in the 1990 general election and Engholm 's election as party chair the following May [ see pp. 37904-05 ; 38199 ] . |
| 12 | Within three months , the epidemic strain was cultured from 3 other patients ( M30 , M32 , and M34 ) who had been inpatients over the Christmas period , and had had close contact with patients M8 and M10 . |
| 13 | Once he had been chieftain over the lands which had been rewarded to Richard Carew for his services to Oliver Cromwell . |
| 14 | Most importantly , there have been fluctuations over time in the actual existence of kin who might provide such support for each other . |
| 15 | Wall 's ( 1986 ) evidence suggests that there have been fluctuations over time in patterns of who actually shares households , but that these have not been in a single direction . |
| 16 | The law gives dividing lines , but there have been changes over time . |
| 17 | Finally , there have been changes over time in the rates of divorce and marriage , although the significance of these for patterns of kin relations may be not so obvious as it first appears . |
| 18 | Thus there have been changes over time in patterns of support between generations , but these are not necessarily a result of individuals ' changing beliefs and values about family responsibilities . |
| 19 | There have been snags over the asking price of £1million , a record for a goalkeeper . |
| 20 | There have been instances over the years of a child who shows signs of an advanced ability in a particular direction . |
| 21 | But there have been disappointments over the years when in the heat of excitement he seemed unable to control an over-inflammable Slavonic temperament . |
| 22 | Bassett adds : ‘ There have been opportunities over the past couple of years where clubs have shown an interest in me . |
| 23 | For many years there have been worries over the increasing monopolisation of British industry , as evidenced by increased levels of both aggregate and market concentration , and for which there is little doubt that merger activity has , at times , been a major causal factor ( see e.g. HMSO 1978 , Hughes 1989 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , there have been occasions over the past four years when my morale has been very low , ’ he told The Bookseller this week . |
| 25 | There have been occasions over the past 30 years when the attendance in this House for my speeches has not been quite as large as it is today . |
| 26 | Whereas there have been arguments over the economic consequences of overseas war in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries , there is no disagreement that renewed English intervention in Europe in the sixteenth was massively expensive to the nation . |
| 27 | There have been rows over cattle-grazing and other encroachment . |
| 28 | " She 's been head over heals in love with you for ages , " said Lady Agatha impatiently . |
| 29 | There 's been concern over this area for several years but nothing 's actually been done . |