Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [vb pp] over [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Trounson says that 13 frozen embryos have been transferred over the past two years , but until this week none has been successful . |
| 3 | A report to Thursday 's recreation committee says art works in the Myles Meehan Gallery have been damaged over the past months to the tune of over £3,500 . |
| 4 | THREE British Telecom engineers have been sacked over an alleged 0898 cash-quiz fiddle . |
| 5 | Mr Clinton may be staking the future of his presidency on his plan , details of which have been leaked over the past week . |
| 6 | The idea is to develop quantitative measures of uncertainties about future income and prices using the results of the regular surveys of consumer confidence which have been conducted over the past decade . |
| 7 | Almost a million dolphins have been killed over the past 20 years , and the populations of dolphins and porpoises in the Black Sea have been decimated . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In a way , the show marks the next step on from the post-industrial carnivals that have been developed over the past ten years . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | There have been a number of studies of poverty in the UK that have been made over the past twenty-five years that have consistently indicated that a substantial minority of people may experience serious relative deprivation . |
| 12 | More than one-third of these have been lost over the past 30 years , taking with them thousands of varieties of apple and depriving wildlife of a traditional sanctuary . |
| 13 | By contrast , I make it clear that Labour believes it is right and just and should be the first priority for pensioners to get an increase of £5 a week for a single pensioner and £8 a week for a married couple , given the mean and miserable way in which they have been treated over the past decade . |
| 14 | Several other infinitely more damaging conversations involving him have been taped over the past few weeks . |
| 15 | Nevertheless many lessons have been learned over the past decade . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | All the hospitals in Southampton have been rebuilt over the past few years . |
| 18 | Published by the Menil Foundation with Mercator Fonds and Thames & Hudson ( £45 ) , it is aimed at a wider readership , but it will be the essential essay for all students keen to learn how a great scholar 's opinions have been honed over the long years spent in the consideration of Magritte 's art . |
| 19 | In addition to natural rings , a lot of synthetic macrocyclic molecules have been investigated over the past 30 years . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | A large proportion of these young people should have received help long before they take to such dangerous crime but nearly all the preventative services have been closed over the past five years . |
| 22 | 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 . |