Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My belief is that our good practice has evolved over a period of more than 50 years and that it has developed in classrooms through the dedicated expertise of British teachers enjoying the relative freedom traditionally allowed within our education system . |
| 2 | Answer guide : To provide a guide to the way in which a business has performed over a period of time . |
| 3 | A COMMITTEE chairwoman has quit over a row about postal votes at a Darlington community centre . |
| 4 | Eisenhower had presided over a period of grim Cold War tension which he , like most Americans , believed had been caused by the ambitions of world communism . |
| 5 | In the case of the urban riots , it is the nature of the television coverage which is in essence inciting other young people in different parts of the country to civil disobedience , whereas in the case of football violence , the implication is that the perceived lack of moral leadership by the broadcasting corporations has led over a period of years to a general moral climate in this country which fails to provide adequate controls over the behaviour of the nation 's youth . |
| 6 | CHESAPEAKE BAY Has created over a period of about 17000 years . |
| 7 | Since embarking on the diet Barbara has lost over a stone and her inch loss is quite remarkable . |
| 8 | An officers report to Monday 's committee says standards have fallen over a number of years . |
| 9 | To pass the time , the conversation had ranged over a variety of topics , from sport to current affairs , then had finally settled after some time on shop-talk — inevitable when any group of cops got together anywhere in the world . |
| 10 | A tremendous fuss has exploded over a plan to open most of its 260,000 hectares ( 642,500 acres ) to logging . |