Example sentences of "over the [noun pl] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was acquitted , but not before the dockers and other waterfront workers had entered the dispute in support of the seamen and victory over the employers had been won . |
| 2 | His teaching , or the teaching that over the centuries has been ascribed to him , brought into being the highly influential religion of Christianity . |
| 3 | The writer enters the negative force-field and her steps are often tentative and painful ; her conclusions often oblique or noncommittal However , having traversed a terrain full of snares , in the final story , Northern Chess the female hero emerges triumphant from the ashes of her sisters , who over the centuries have been burnt at the stake for their dangerous powers . |
| 4 | MUCH of the most thought provoking cricket writing over the years has been produced by authors whose major interests lie outside cricket . |
| 5 | The way in which the argument has been couched in Goody 's work over the years has been to construct an apparatus of grand distinctions on which discussion of literacy could be based . |
| 6 | Young graduates over the years have been sent far and wide in search of that elusive first job . |
| 7 | WORK has started to demolish the flats in Weycombe Road , Haslemere , which over the years have been named the Barracks because of their appearance . |
| 8 | Most of the people who have been close to me over the years have been paid to be . |
| 9 | In a number of instances , the Crown 's formal legal title over the dominions has been terminated . |