Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Real wages in Australia have fallen by 5% over the past seven years ; in Britain they have risen by almost 20% . |
| 2 | Office rents have soared in London over the past couple of years but political factors are also significant as government departments make up more than a quarter of moves . |
| 3 | Two Crystal Palace directors have resigned in protest over the ‘ dictatorial policies ’ of chairman Ron Noades . |
| 4 | Thousands of pensioners have protested in London over the government 's plans for V A T on domestic fuel . |
| 5 | Would that we could as easily gather back all the things we have said in mistake over the years , gather them in and powder them down until not one trace of their original form is left . |
| 6 | We started with committee structure those attempts have foundered on intransigence over the whole nature of a review process . |
| 7 | The great stone Cathedrals of Apulia have suffered from neglect over the centuries of impoverishment since the Norman civilisation crumbled , also from alterations and additions in eighteenth century Baroque work . |
| 8 | The table shows the steady progress we have made with tokamaks over the past quarter of a century . |
| 9 | BRITAIN 'S smaller business exporters have grown in confidence over the last three months , with Scotland 's exporting companies , in particular , showing a marked improvement in profitability , according to the results of a survey released yesterday . |
| 10 | Commercial director John Roberts , son of company chairman John C H Roberts , said : ‘ Despite the recession , we have expanded by 30pc over the last two years and we are confident of further expansion . ’ |
| 11 | Negotiations have opened with Southampton over the permanent transfer of Jon Gittens to Ayresome Park . |
| 12 | Local shell fishermen have clashed with conservationists over the latter 's appeal for an end to shellfish potting in the waters around Skomer Island 's Marine Nature Reserve , south-west Wales . |
| 13 | Railway buffs have watched in horror over the years as the office crumbled into an eyesore . |
| 14 | The county 's young men are taking the charts by storm as a string of young dance bands from the area have rocketed to stardom over the last 18 months . |
| 15 | Employee trusts have increased in popularity over the past decade or so as a method of providing incentives for employees . |
| 16 | On a nearby site there are several masts which have increased in number over the years and if this application is granted it could create a precedent and make other future applications difficult to refuse . |
| 17 | Though we maintain a relatively small profession in the UK , our numbers have increased by 28% over the last five years and the number of actuarial students is up by 45% . |
| 18 | Both reactors at Hartlepool nuclear power station have remained in service over the past two weeks , generating over 394 million units of electricity . |
| 19 | Although herpes B virus infectons in man are not common , 4 researchers have succumbed to infection over the past 5 years . |
| 20 | REM have run into controversy over the video for their single ‘ Losing My Religion ’ , with Irish television refusing to show the clip . |
| 21 | ‘ But recent events have led to anxieties over the quality of some of these drugs . ’ |
| 22 | A thorough and systematic evaluation of the kinds of support which have passed between kin over the past two centuries is a separate project in its own right . |
| 23 | Only 29 per cent of four-day matches have ended in draws over the last two seasons . |
| 24 | Organised by ex-P&O Chief Engineer , Bernard Hill , it was attended by a group of friends who have kept in touch over the years , and got together in Hermanus , near Cape Town , at the home of Albert Morris who retired as a director of P&O Lines Passenger Services in 1968 . |
| 25 | I presume you have access to the various briefing papers we have circulated to branches over the last 18 months or so . |
| 26 | Those in mint condition have doubled in value over the last two years to around £50 . |
| 27 | Those in mint condition have doubled in value over the last two years to around £50 . |
| 28 | Those in mint condition have doubled in value over the last two years to around £50 . |