Example sentences of "[conj] have [vb pp] over the " in BNC.

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1 Standards have gone up consistently over the six years of the league and , although still dominated by a new wave of running clubs that have burgeoned over the last decade , more and more of the traditional athletics clubs have been paying more attention to the competition .
2 As a result , however , of the market conditions that have applied over the past year the 12 month period of grace has in some cases proved insufficient .
3 Sheldon Krimsky 's book stems from this study , but in the light of the other books devoted to this same goal that have appeared over the past five years , it is worth considering what Genetic Alchemy adds to previous efforts .
4 As well as allowing the ‘ hard-core ’ countries to reduce their rates recently ( with the obvious exception of France ) , the process of easing German monetary policy should allow a reduction in some of the currency anomalies that have arisen over the past six months .
5 Challenge the routines that have evolved over the years .
6 No effort has been made to investigate the tens of thousands of murders and ‘ disappearances ’ that have occurred over the past three years : in February , Sri Lankan human rights activists estimated that 40,000 people had ‘ disappeared ’ since 1987 .
7 To a certain extent that was inevitable as a result of the changes that have occurred over the past three or four Governments and I am certain that it will continue to improve .
8 But I am going to having said that I will tell you of the few accidents that have occurred over the years , and one of them was mine in the early days when I was learning th the full size removal job .
9 Other Diamond kites — the Ace , Trlby , Zig-Zag , Rainbow , Hyperkites Ghostie , Blazer , Brookite Stunters and Dunford Stingray — have carried on that first generation with low-cost products that perform impressively for any novice and have served over the years to bring so many into the kite fraternity .
10 Erm , on entertainment , we 're spending a lot of money on organic growth and have done over the past two or three years and er , it 's very well spent but again , we 're growing our businesses , erm , er , rather than acquiring them .
11 In later periods of life I have deplored , as we have all reason to do , a subjugation of an opposite character , and have rejoiced over the remembrances .
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