Example sentences of "over a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over a year or two , therefore , we have shifted from a population of recently diagnosed AIDS patients , often reasonably well but with lives dominated by a threat of pneumonia , to a population surviving longer and developing a range of further complex problems of a chronic debilitating nature . |
| 2 | Were you surprised how soon you got into the RSC — and that you have now ended up after only just over a year and a half in the profession playing Juliet and Hermia ? |
| 3 | Then , inexplicably , I had been out of work for over a year and my few friends were drifting away . |
| 4 | Indeed , one in ten couples find it takes them over a year , while for others it is much quicker . |
| 5 | Just over a year later , at a ‘ Career Appraisal Interview ’ with the chief constable , I was asked : ‘ tell me , how did you find the law course at the polytechnic ? ’ |
| 6 | I 'm not irresponsible , thirty twelve-year-olds over a year … |
| 7 | — We 've been living in this flat over a year Duncan . |
| 8 | Toleafoa had been a promising junior when she joined the circuit full time , just over a year ago . |
| 9 | House prices have been adjusting downwards in the South-east for over a year . |
| 10 | Bertrand Gachot had not raced for over a year , but his relative inexperience did not show as he began to attack Suzuki 's Lola in the race 's later stages . |
| 11 | Mark Clayton joined Eastwell Manor as head chef just over a year ago . |
| 12 | Some asylum seekers have been detained for over a year . |
| 13 | Just over a year since their financial crisis following cut-backs at Brent Council , the Oxford Kilburn club 's target of increased financial aid of £18,000 has been ‘ handsomely exceeded ’ during the year . |
| 14 | Unusually for Italy , Verri owed nothing to political connections for his appointment from the private sector only just over a year ago . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | We have had six products on the market for over a year . |
| 17 | It is the co-production with Opera North first seen in Leeds just over a year ago . |
| 18 | SWITZERLAND 's Pirmin Zurbriggen yesterday won his first race in over a year in the World Cup Alpine super-giant slalom down Sestriere 's fast and slippery Kandahar course , while the overall champion , Marc Girardelli , crashed and was taken to hospital . |
| 19 | Just over a year ago , Trodd left the Blackeyes project , and Rick McCallum became the sole producer . |
| 20 | Once one of the most successful corporate raiders in the world , Mr Bond 's troubles began just over a year ago when he crossed swords with Mr Tiny Rowland , the head of Britain 's Lonrho group . |
| 21 | By Gareth Parry AS THIS column is just over a year old , I thought I 'd give you all a bit of a break , and write about the psychology of DIY . |
| 22 | McLeish himself , though admiring , had been unaffected ; he had been in love for over a year with a young woman only a little older , and even cleverer , than Sergeant Crane . |
| 23 | Francesca 's much publicized affair with Senator Michael O'Brien was the reason that she had been sent home rather early from a tour of duty in the Embassy in Washington , over a year previously , just before he had met her in London . |
| 24 | They 've been together , oh , for over a year . ’ |
| 25 | He loves you , he 's a good bloke , you 've been together for over a year . |
| 26 | Francesca sounded rattled and hostile , and McLeish gazed at the wall , wondering if he had really been in love with her for over a year . |
| 27 | Cheshire is actually sold when it is one to two months old , but it can be matured for over a year . |
| 28 | For a while Broad and Tavaré defended well , but then suddenly Holding , for the first time in over a year , decided to go back to his full-length run-up , without even having told Lloyd what he intended to do . |
| 29 | And so she settled down quietly into our family life for over a year , until one of the aunts , Aunt Kate , came to see us , and after that there was talk between our parents — children always know these things , having good ears — about it perhaps being best now for Grandma to be going back to her little house in Hampshire . |
| 30 | Realistic prices are still hard to find in the land market , according to a would-be farm purchaser whose quests for a viable farm has taken up most of his time and energy for over a year . |