Example sentences of "has [verb] [prep] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Along with the pay of other Civil Servants ’ , he says , ‘ mine has fallen behind inflation over the last few years . |
| 2 | The level of graduate recruitment among the top eight accountancy firms has fallen by 9% over the past year , according to a survey of firms carried out by ACCOUNTANCY ( see table below ) . |
| 3 | Erskine , long resident in Stockholm , is known for the warm , humane domestic , public and commercial buildings he has designed in Sweden over the past 50 years . |
| 4 | Sir Hugh , in his first major interview for 12 months , said the 15 bombs the IRA has detonated in London over the past few weeks were comparatively minor . |
| 5 | Finance director Keith Todd announced that ICL has gained one point of market share in the UK , in a declining overall market — stealing back a little of the market share that IBM UK has won from ICL over the past 20 years . |
| 6 | The volume produced has grown by 60% over the past decade , to 2,157 tonnes in 1991 , according to Gold Fields Mineral Services , a consultancy based in London . |
| 7 | The latest figures show that the number of cases of serious backpain reported has risen by 40% over the past 5 years . |
| 8 | ‘ The war that has raged in Bosnia-Herzegovina over the past year has taken a staggering toll : thousands have been killed or imprisoned , thousands more are at risk due to hunger and exposure , and over two million people have been forced from their homes , ’ he said . |
| 9 | The Daily Telegraph has slipped into decline over the last 10 years , losing more than a million readers ( 3.59 million in 1980 ; 2.55 million 1989 ) . |
| 10 | LANGBAURGH Labour MP Ashok Kumar has criticised the scandal of long-term unemployment on Teesside and revealed shock figures which show that unemployment in Langbaurgh has increased by 13pc over the past year . |
| 11 | It is good to report that branch membership has increased by 46% over the last four years . |
| 12 | The total demand for water has increased by 70% over the last 30 years . |
| 13 | ‘ A lot of hard work has gone into Darlington over the past two years . |
| 14 | Mineral exploration of fluctuating intensity has continued in Britain over the last twenty years . |
| 15 | Net Trust has launched into action over the last few months in different areas . |
| 16 | As Chief Whip he has managed to paper over the cracks in the back benches and maintain a united front behind the Prime Minister . |