Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ivashko , 58 , the Ukrainian President for little over a month [ see pp. 37539-40 ; for his resignation on July 18 see below ] , was described by Western commentators variously as a " cautious centrist " and a " pragmatic neo-conservative " , although all were agreed on his staunch support for Gorbachev since being named Ukrainian CP leader in September 1989 [ see p. 36884 ] . |
| 2 | But I was walking in the market place , shortly after , only about just over a week after , and I met an old fellow who had retired from Hello Graham ! |
| 3 | Christine 's been married to Doc D for just over a year now . |
| 4 | The machine gave good service for just over a year and then I bought my next one on interest-free credit . |
| 5 | It is true that there were six different Ministers of Fuel and Power while he was chairman : Shinwell when the Central Authority was constituted , Gaitskell between 1947 and 1950 , then Philip Noel-Baker until Labour 's defeat in 1951 , and , under the Conservatives , Geoffrey Lloyd until 1955 , then Aubrey Jones for just over a year , followed by Lord Mills . |
| 6 | In municipal elections held on May 26 , 1990 , the opposition right-wing IP , one of the government coalition parties for just over a year after the 1987 general election [ see pp. 35138 ; 36430 ] , made gains , especially in Reykjavík , where the IP mayor , Davíd Oddsson , was re-elected by 60.4 per cent of the vote . |
| 7 | The centre-right coalition led by Jan P. Syse , in power for just over a year [ see pp. 36984-85 ] , had collapsed on Oct. 29 because of a deadlock over Norway 's policy towards European integration and the question of eventual membership of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 8 | Although the Funny Farm has been operating for just over a year it has had many bands through its doors already including The Proclaimers , The Silencers , Botany 5 , Kith ‘ n Kin , Avalon , Fini Tribe , Jools Holland and Nazareth . |
| 9 | Whether it 's petty cash , invoicing , or conference organising , 's your person ! has been at the maltings for just over a year and takes care of all those time consuming , but essential , administration services , appreciated by us all . |
| 10 | Marilyn has worked with Douglas Reyburn for just over a year as time keeper , but because of her clerical skills will also be helping out in the office when leave is taken by others . |
| 11 | Judy , who has been at the pub for just over a year , spent thousands of pounds refurbishing the Grey Horse and it had been a long-time ambition to run a pub of her own . |
| 12 | In-house work , which included scientific support projects as well as research , accounted for just over a quarter of the expenditure . |
| 13 | In terms of current government spending , the most important item is social security , which accounts for just over a quarter of all public expenditure . |
| 14 | Art came second , with more space devoted to it than either maths or language ; it accounted for just over a quarter of all curriculum-specific work areas for younger pupils , and a fifth of those for older pupils . |
| 15 | Of the 365 visitors who gave the location of their permanent home , slightly more than a third ( 38% ) were from in or near Edinburgh , while the next largest group , accounting for just over a quarter ( 27% ) of those who replied , did not come from elsewhere in Scotland , but from parts of the UK outside Scotland . |
| 16 | Especially when my own husband has only been dead for just over a week . |
| 17 | On May 3rd , a day of oppressive heat , over 500 heavy German cannon opened fire along a front of little over a mile . |
| 18 | Pringle and Mallender bowled demandingly after a rain hold-up of just over an hour . |
| 19 | A dozen babies born in the space of just over an hour have made one man very happy . |
| 20 | which is when you 've been there for a for genuinely over an hour and a half . |
| 21 | With little over a year at the helm of BBC Radio Suffolk 's Gardening Club , Ric Staines has nevertheless slipped naturally into the role of host . |
| 22 | By his own estimate he has spent £38 million in little over a year in his attempt to do so . |
| 23 | In little over a year since the British government gave its approval to CB , the Home Office has been inundated with six to eight thousand complaints of interference each month . |
| 24 | It 's lost two senior partners to Yorkshire firms in little over a year . |
| 25 | In fact , in little over a decade out work-load has doubled , and on average 500 more people each year are rescued . |
| 26 | In little over a decade , constitutional clarity was replaced by confusion ; praise was replaced by piercing critique ; and support for the system was replaced by the demand for a new constitutional settlement to reshape politics . |
| 27 | The assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne in Sarajevo on 28 June set the European powers at each other 's throats , and in little over a month Great Britain was at war with Germany . |
| 28 | SLIMMERS have piled on more than a thousand pounds in little over a month … and they are delighted . |
| 29 | In just over a minute . |
| 30 | So it 's ceud mille failte ( ? ? ? ) in just over a minute . |