Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the right hon. Gentleman would study recent CBI surveys he would see that domestic and export orders are rising , that export orders are at their highest level for over a year and that there is confirmation that business conditions are beginning to improve in line with confidence . |
| 2 | Encore has been shipping Multimax superminis for over a year and has now sold ( and shipped ) two to the OSF 's development lab in Boston . |
| 3 | I 've been working with the deaf-aid for over a week , for God 's sake , and I realised how much I rely on it . |
| 4 | MANSUR MUHAMMAD AHMED RAJIH : a 34-year-old writer and poet , he was held without charge or trial for over a year before being sentenced to death in 1984 after an unfair trial on false criminal charges . |
| 5 | Those projects observed had been in progress for over a year and most had established a good opening strategy as might be expected from their ability to identify schools with good potential for change . |
| 6 | As a result , it was out of action for over a year . |
| 7 | Whereas most large mammals can survive no more than 14 per cent water loss , the camel can survive an amazing 30 per cent loss for over a week quite easily . |
| 8 | In this case , the idea for a new church was in the leader 's mind for over a year before conception . |
| 9 | Then , inexplicably , I had been out of work for over a year and my few friends were drifting away . |
| 10 | Notice that over 40 per cent of those people unemployed on the day of the count had been without work for over a year . |
| 11 | By 1983 , unemployment had reached over 12 per cent , and long-term unemployment ( defined as being without work for over a year ) had emerged as a significant economic and social issue . |
| 12 | Taking men of working-class origin of the same age group in 1983 , and signifying unemployment as a separate category , the survey found 22 per cent were upwardly mobile , 40 per cent remained in working-class positions , while a further 11 per cent had been pushed down into unemployment , and over half of this last group had been without work for over a year . |
| 13 | In particular , did the regime permanently change their patterning of sleep , as well as reducing their sleep requirement by over an hour ? |
| 14 | — Members of Framwellgate Moor and District Royal British Legion branch have used the Framwellgate Moor WMC as a meeting place for over a quarter of a century and Legion members said thank you to the club for providing them with free accommodation during that time . |
| 15 | The list 's been on the listserv for over a week now , and everything seems to be going just fine ( with the exception of Declan 's wacky address : - ) |
| 16 | I have n't had a period for over a year , and although sometimes I think to myself ‘ I 'm all right really ’ , then I remember I have n't got my periods back and I realise that it 's not as simple as it seems . |
| 17 | Except treasury bonds , no bonds may be publicly bought and sold unless the issuer has been in business for over a year , the prospectus has been appropriately published and the issue is gone through an issuing house , and the prospectus has been approved by the Authority . |
| 18 | She has not only suffered the anguish of over a quarter of a century of separation from her husband , but has also experienced unending persecution at the hands of the regime , such as banishment , Imprisonment , torture and sustained harassment over a period of more than two decades . |
| 19 | There followed a period of over a year when Karl moved aimlessly through a succession of jobs . |
| 20 | Billy had been a close friend for over a year now and they had had some good times together . |
| 21 | Mrs O had been chatting to a close friend for over an hour . |
| 22 | The sample is periodically agitated in the water for over an hour before being washed through 2 mm and 0·063 mm stainless steel meshes using wash bottles containing dispersant solution . |
| 23 | The plane looks almost identical to the old Hercules which has been in service for over a quarter of a century . |
| 24 | This held up the whole meeting and finally it was decided to postpone the event for over an hour , so we all left the track . |
| 25 | Q Our daughter is nearly three and she 's been dry at night for over a year , but recently she 's started to wet the bed at night . |
| 26 | The Tony Castro-designed Juno IV was comfortably ahead of the other boats of her size and won on handicap by over a minute . |
| 27 | X/Open , which has been in negotiations with OSF for over a year now , was supposed to have incorporated DCE into its Common Applications Environment some time ago : that announcement is also on ice until the two can work something out . |
| 28 | I have been living in this area for over a year now , and I still have n't made any friends . |
| 29 | ‘ She 's seen me like this every morning for over a week now , ’ he told her , giving her a cheeky grin , ‘ and still she loves me . ’ |
| 30 | Meanwhile , start-up Echo Logic , the Bell Labs Inc spin-off being funded by AT&T Ventures Corporation , the phone company 's venture arm , has announced a pact with Apple Computer Inc that it 's apparently had in its back pocket for over a year . |