Example sentences of "has been [vb pp] [adv prt] over [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our tool kit has been built up over many years and we did n't have to buy much : a long tape measure , a new pickaxe handle , some new screwdriver bits ( we lost one down the cavity ) . |
| 2 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 4 | Scientists at Boston University , using remote sensing techniques , have found that the desert pavement of Kuwait , southern Iraq and Saudi Arabia has been broken up over large areas by the massed movement of vehicles during the war . |
| 5 | It has been attended by over 20,000 people in UK already . |
| 6 | Our village has been attacked by over 500 well-equipped contras . |
| 7 | The Protocol has been signed by over 40 countries and came into force at the beginning of 1989 . |
| 8 | The workforce has been slashed by over 200,000 in the last five years . |
| 9 | It has been succeeded by over ten Acts designed to protect other aspects of our natural and cultural heritage . |
| 10 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |