Example sentences of "[prep] over [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | After over eight years of rule by the strongly pro-US Jamaica Labour Party , a period marked by great hardship as the economy was forcibly ‘ restructured ’ , the February 1989 election returned Michael Manley 's People 's National Party . |
| 2 | The failure of the League of Nations in Danzig was a failure of nerve and understanding on the part of the member states : unforgivably they minimised the difficulty and frustrations of the position they had carved for Poland — a country emerging to modernity after over 100 years of partition , a country without financial capital , with hostile neighbours , border problems , huge minorities but without a port of its own . |
| 3 | But the importance of being a woman in the rock arena can not be over-emphasised — even in 1992 , after over 30 years of the genre , it must be celebrated , because the new breed , this new chapter is gaining power , momentum and energy . |
| 4 | I 'll miss football and the day-to-day involvement after over 30 years boy and man . |
| 5 | He replaces Sir Robert Reid who retires in March from his £95,000 a year post after over 40 years in the railway industry . |
| 6 | I remember two of them by heart after over eighty years . |
| 7 | Still popular , and made in new materials with plastic or nylon sail , the Peter Powell kite has introduced millions to the sight of its long tube tails following the looping flight pattern , and still , after over 15 years of its production when all else around has seen so much change , is a firm recommendation for anyone wishing to take up stunt flying for the first time . |
| 8 | This happened , for example , when the chimps were dropped from Brooke Bond tea advertising ; there is still significant ‘ recall ’ of such ancient slogans as ‘ Guinness is good for you ’ and ‘ Persil washes whiter ’ ; people have by now quite out-dated ‘ favourites ’ from campaigns such as that for Heineken lager , and ‘ tick-a tick-a Timex ’ is still remembered after over 25 years . |
| 9 | After two hours Ii managed to get David to sign the papers knowing full well that , after over 12 years of living in those conditions , I would probably want to die myself . |
| 10 | Today I resigned from the staff of the International Monetary Fund after over 12 years , and 1000 days of official Fund work in the field , hawking your medicines and your bag of tricks to governments and to people in Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa . |
| 11 | It figures they can get a thousand out over three years . |
| 12 | They figure they can get a thousand out over three years . |
| 13 | The first part of the statement announced a specific policy relating to prisoners serving determinate sentences of over five years for offences of violence or drug trafficking . |
| 14 | They were then released on bail and kept on it until May 1978 , a period of over four years ( i.e. a total of five-and-a-half years from the date of the original arrests ) . |
| 15 | Alan added : ‘ While our senior managers have combined experience of over 100 years they are aged 40 and under , thus enabling us to offer the most up-to-date knowledge of shipping and air freight requirements . |
| 16 | For all its efforts to make good the loss of over 100 years , Poland was not invited to join the club of industrialised nations . |
| 17 | But the momentum of reducing waits of over two years does not seem to have been sustained beyond the election and might be partially offset by a rise in waits of between one and two years . |
| 18 | A truly remarkable family connection of over 70 years . |
| 19 | Following his initial vision , Watkins worked quickly and with enthusiasm , fuelled by the stored experiences of over fifty years . |
| 20 | Miss Margaret Medlow ( now Mrs Johnston ) retired from the Superintendency of the Primary Sunday School , thus ending an association of over 50 years with the Sunday Schools . |
| 21 | Furthermore during the whole history of over 50 years there has never been an incident which would have required an Off-Site Emergency Plan to be put into action . |
| 22 | On this particular issue , the evidence of over 30 years ' research is before them and there is no lack of evidence to hide behind . |
| 23 | Tom Robb , a teacher of over 30 years , can lend advice on may technical problems . |
| 24 | Devoted to his wife , Julie , and a family who shared his passion for the Catholic Players , Michael was a well-known figure in the Amateur Theatre in Bradford , appearing in shows and concerts with the Society in a period of over 30 years , rarely missing an event . |
| 25 | Tom Robb , a teacher of over 30 years , can lend advice on may technical problems . |
| 26 | For Bridget Riley the concern with disrupting the balance has been an enduring effort in the course of her work , now spanning an international career of over 30 years . |
| 27 | Happily there was now a break of over three years . |
| 28 | As a reader of over 60 years I never found you more stimulating . |
| 29 | Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100–RZ999 ( Air Britain , 176pp , illus , sbk , £15.00 ) compiled by James Halley is the last in the monumental series of 23 registers of RAF aircraft between J1 and WZ999 , spanning a period of over 60 years . |
| 30 | The tax point for rents on leases of over 21 years ( being a supply of goods ; Sch 2 , para 4 ) is the earlier of the receipt of payment and the issue of a tax invoice . |