Example sentences of "have been [verb] over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years , concern has been raised over exposure to ionizing radiation from radon gas . |
| 2 | The average size of transactions , it was noted above , has been rising over time and now amounts to about £1 million for transactions with customers and about £4 million for intra-market business . |
| 3 | The president , in the middle as usual , has been poring over budget items in the millions , the tiny cogs of the federal machine . |
| 4 | He is holding forth about beauty to an audience which has been short-changed over food and drink and entertainment . |
| 5 | However , Hakim ( 1982 ) re-analysed the data and found that ‘ the results … confirm the association between crime and unemployment , and suggest it has been increasing over time ’ ( p.453 ) . |
| 6 | I did n't believe there was a majority in favour of a Greater Israel , but it could have been attained over time . " |
| 7 | Sources close to the meeting of G7 senior government ministers , who had invited the deputy prime minister , Boris Fyodorov , as a last-minute guest , said they had laid the groundwork for fresh aid but no promises had been made over cash . |
| 8 | Mr Goldsworthy and Mr Rachael 's girlfriend Linda , had been arguing over access for 6 years . |
| 9 | They have been revised over time — usually downwards — and they vary significantly from country to country . |
| 10 | Alternative approaches to leadership theory have been developed over tie years , and some of these will be described under the headings of : |
| 11 | On the floor , the pamments , or great clay tiles , have been relaid over insulation Left The fireplace decoration in the kitchen chamber , now Timothy 's studio , differs from that in the other rooms . |