Example sentences of "has [verb] [adv prt] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | An argument has broken out over the royalty rate paid to artists for each copy of both DCC and another new format , MiniDisc . |
| 2 | First tonight , a bitter row has broken out over plans for a Sinn Fein councillor to address a public meeting in Glasgow this week — despite calls for him to be banned following the weekend atrocity in Belfast . |
| 3 | A bitter row has broken out over plans for a Sinn Fein councillor to address a public meeting in Glasgow despite calls for him to be banned , following Saturday 's massacre in Belfast . |
| 4 | A ROW has broken out over plans to move a home for problem children to Chester 's biggest council estate . |
| 5 | A ROW has broken out over an exhibition of photography by lesbians . |
| 6 | But since then a major row has broken out over Russian supplies to Ukraine . |
| 7 | A POLITICAL row has broken out over Chancellor Norman Lamont 's rejection of demands that the Royal Family should pay income tax . |
| 8 | Oil consumption has fallen by over 20% . |
| 9 | Since the Citizen 's Charter was introduced to British Rail , compensation paid for late or cancelled trains has fallen by over 50% . |
| 10 | Worldwide alcohol consumption has fallen by over 13 per cent in the last ten years , reinforcing a downward trend that began in the late 1970s . |
| 11 | Bardul uses this chamber to store an amazing range of things which he has picked up over the years in the hope that one day they might be useful . |
| 12 | The containment of public spending has won out over local choice ; reducing the state in this area has meant central government rolling back the local state . |
| 13 | ‘ The next generation which has grown up over here and understands what their children have to go through will handle them much , much better , ’ Cecil Williams speculated . |
| 14 | The magnificent palace of Diocletian at Split , which inspired Robert Adam , the English designer of the eighteenth century , and also influenced the contemporary Georgian styles , still forms the outer shell , a square mile in area , which surrounds the vibrant city which has grown up over the centuries within and around its protective walls . |
| 15 | At least GEC 's real dividend has grown by over 10% a year since 1978 . |
| 16 | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) , with a more than three quarters of a million members , has grown by over 40 per cent since the end of last year . |
| 17 | I feel his glare now , but let my own eyes wander past the fence to the yellow lattice of the heavy lifting gear and the big iron disc of the magnet hanging down , and the motorcar-mountain that has built up over the holiday season . |
| 18 | We are kept reading by the promise of an original sin or trauma that will justify — either in psychological or moral terms — the very existence of the story , but stripped of the successive identities he has built up over the years , Philip 's father is revealed as no more than an insecure , over-imaginative little boy . |
| 19 | The University Library has built up over the years one of the finest collections of African studies in higher education . |
| 20 | The index has risen by over 60 per cent while turnover is much higher than the Swedish market , with its much larger market capitalisation . |
| 21 | Since February sterling has risen by over 5% against the D-mark . |
| 22 | Since that date the number of jobs in the service sector has risen by over three million . |
| 23 | It should be remembered that the average house price has risen by over 200 per cent during the Tory years . |
| 24 | Over the last ten years , seafood consumption in the US has risen by over 60 per cent . |
| 25 | SCOTLAND HAS failed to fill the entrepreneurial gap which has opened up over the last decade since the decline of the nationalised and heavy industries , the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , will acknowledge next week . |
| 26 | Sometimes , when writing we repeat a word unknowingly and when we read it again we recognise that our pen has slipped back over old ground : we have not found the right word . |
| 27 | Jebel Ali container volume has increased by over five times since 1988 and general cargo will be more than tripled by the end of 1991 , ’ he said . |
| 28 | As a consequence , the number of ministerial appointees with farming experience has increased by over half since 1980 so that farming interests now predominate among the ministerially appointed members , as well as among the members appointed by the councils . |
| 29 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that spending on disability benefits by this Government has increased by over 150 per cent. , in contrast to the policies advocated by the Labour party , the priorities of which are pensions and child benefits ? |
| 30 | In a twelve hour period the number of lorries has increased by over two hundred — and it 's similar with commercial vans . |