Example sentences of "over the [noun] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruthless penalising of malingerers and also of sides going over the top has brought about a quiet revolution . |
| 2 | By the time the second local meeting took place on Wednesday 28 February 1990 at Myshall , concern over the mining had hardened into opposition which was strongly expressed . |
| 3 | For a start , French three-month interest rates have been cut sharply since the new government arrived in March , as tension over the franc has eased . |
| 4 | Still in the Wrenish mood , the roof is slightly more hipped than at South Luffenham , and the swans ’ necks over the door have become a purely classical pediment . |
| 5 | RUNNERS from all over the country have set their sights on lowering the Ipswich Jaffa colours in tomorrow 's final of the Today 's Runner Cross Country League . |
| 6 | Extensive work over the winter has resulted in a marked increase in power — so much so that Fisher now feels the Toyota heads the power league ahead of the Subarus driven by himself and Kenny McKinstry . |
| 7 | With mono recordings , many experiments over the decades have attempted to prove that it is impossible to tell the difference between the original and a recording . |
| 8 | The row over the loo has split the village . |
| 9 | The levels of protective ozone over the Antarctic have reached their lowest ever recorded level , according to measurements taken by a NASA satellite . |
| 10 | Depletion of the ozone layer over the Antarctic has started earlier and is spreading faster than last year , according to US scientists . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been second five times in the last three years and I 'm over the moon to have got home first at last . ’ |
| 12 | Royal Mail spokesman Adam Novak said : ‘ The twin town award scheme is just one way in which we can demonstrate our commitment to the European single market by recognising the extensive contribution twin towns all over the UK have made in furthering the development of international communications . ’ |
| 13 | These restrictions on funding over the decade have begun to put pressure on the relatively well-developed education system . |
| 14 | But 18 months of argument over the treaty has left Denmark deeply divided . |
| 15 | There is some evidence that the cloud cover over the US has increased since 1950 by 2 or 3 per cent , according to James Angell of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . |
| 16 | Right-wing rumblings of rebellion over the reshuffle have raised the prospect of them mounting a challenger to Mr Major 's leadership . |
| 17 | And despite negotiations in various forums , the diplomatic efforts to resolve the dispute over the project have failed to bear fruit , not least because of the uncertainty surrounding the dissolution of the Czechoslovak federation . |
| 18 | In that time I followed the course of the massive city walls which over the centuries had sustained so many assaults before falling at last to the Turkish onslaught . |
| 19 | Beneath each window were long encrusted brown stains , stretching to the ground , where the monks over the centuries had emptied their latrine buckets . |
| 20 | Part of the problem is that the church over the centuries has given mixed signals about the family . |
| 21 | The heartache and suffering over the centuries has made them tough and strong and it 's been a slow evolution . |
| 22 | First the painting community rejected the opportunity to draw a female nude , a subject which over the centuries has inspired the great artists . |
| 23 | London 's Docklands over the centuries has seen many ways of life come and go , but one has remained ; that of pests . |
| 24 | The survival of the Honours of Scotland over the centuries has depended on many loyal Scots , some known but just as many unknown . |
| 25 | Setting aside the mass of controversial mysticism which , over the centuries has surrounded this man , the fact remains that his life has made a tremendous impact on the religious and political history of a large part of the world . |
| 26 | Travel and feature writers from all over the world had stayed in Crystal Springs , going back to their desks to write for the Most part glowing reports . |
| 27 | The golfing correspondents of newspapers and magazines from all over the world had gathered for the finale . |
| 28 | In Switzerland , Socialists from all over the world had met to condemn the war and prophesy mutual exhaustion . |
| 29 | Governments all over the world have advocated primary health care without taking it seriously . |
| 30 | As railway systems all over the world have contracted , so the great stations have been threatened and in many places destroyed . |