Example sentences of "[noun pl] have be [vb pp] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The methods have been refined over the years , but not radically changed . |
| 2 | However , is it not the case that , under the present Government , thousands of miles of hedgerows have been lost over the years ? |
| 3 | THREE British Telecom engineers have been sacked over an alleged 0898 cash-quiz fiddle . |
| 4 | One of the snake 's heads droops and three curved lines have been carved over the neck , representing either the severance of the neck or the actual curved blade used . |
| 5 | The Lothian proposals for assessing needs have been developed over the past year by the Lothian Assessment and Care Management Steering Group — an interagency group chaired by Lothian Social Work with representatives from Lothian Health Board ( medicine , nursing and planning ) , General Practitioners , District Council housing departments , housing associations , voluntary and private sector organisations and users ' and carers ' groups . |
| 6 | Meanwhile two coal-fired power stations have been scrapped over the past two years — a 600 MW station at Dordrecht and a 500 MW station in Amsterdam . |
| 7 | The report claims three hundred and sixty five cases of AIDS have been reported over the past three months ; it 's the highest quarterly rate yet . |
| 8 | We do have information on the extent to which net conversions have been provided over the past well during the eighty one ninety |
| 9 | Although margins have been hit over the past few years by competition from contractors and because the company has kept its prices fairly constant , he said the decision to ‘ cross-skill ’ employees should result in increased margins . |
| 10 | Accordingly , a number of migration theories and general statements have been formulated over the years , as shown in Table 5.1 . |
| 11 | Such questions have been raised over the investments of Goldman Sachs 's Water Street Fund in the bonds of Tonka and of JCI . |
| 12 | Some fears have been expressed over the possibility of employers discriminating against ENs in favour of first level nurses . |
| 13 | More importantly it has also been the experience of the many students on whom the approach , exercises and problems have been piloted over the last four years . |
| 14 | The process was never completed owing to a lack of consensus in a number of important areas and only a few piecemeal changes have been made over the years , most recently the creation of Schools in 1989 . |
| 15 | In addition , specialist teams have been engaged over the last few years in the systematic examination of the wide range of packaging materials used within the Group . |
| 16 | Thousands of pounds have been collected over a number of years , resulting in items of new equipment that have each been featured in previous issues of Glenpatrick News . |
| 17 | Thousands of pounds have been raised over the past few months by the local community and by Wirral council colleagues of the boys ' father Bob , who works in the highways and building services department . |
| 18 | It is interesting that the Bank of Ireland spokesman who gave that figure should have been specific , as members will be aware that many figures have been rumoured over the past couple of months . |
| 19 | The National Trust is responsible for the care and upkeep and the old wooden gutters have been repaired over the years . |
| 20 | Although you may be tempted towards a lender by the promise of an initial discount , a far better way of telling how competitive they are is by looking at the history of what borrowers have been charged over the last few years . |
| 21 | ‘ One telephone call which could easily have been faked from any phone box , a letter which no one outside the family has seen , and a pay-off which will supposedly take place once arrangements have been made over a telephone number they refuse to disclose . |
| 22 | Huge sums have been raised over the years to build and fund the unit but that 's of little comfort to the main hospital today . |
| 23 | Trounson says that 13 frozen embryos have been transferred over the past two years , but until this week none has been successful . |
| 24 | The spokesman also admitted that it 's not the first time the ladies have been hauled over the coals for selling fags . |
| 25 | Many such programs have been developed over the years to exploit the computer 's ability to retrieve and/or manipulate large quantities of data . |
| 26 | Many beautiful animal portraits have been submitted over the months of the competition , but it usually takes that special ‘ something ’ to create the magic of a prize-winning photograph — perhaps a bird captured in mid-flight , or the moment of sheer wonder on a child 's face as it encounters one of the several animal species now allowed to roam freely in the zoo grounds . |
| 27 | The construction of levadas to carry irrigation and drinking-water has always been a difficult feat of engineering , and many men have been killed over the years in their construction . |
| 28 | However their numbers have been halved over the years , as depot space has contracted : four were broken up in 1963 and the remainder numbered 600–607 . |
| 29 | Restrictions on advertising and fees have been relaxed over a wider front . |
| 30 | Nevertheless many lessons have been learned over the past decade . |