Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Society has for over a year objected strongly to the plan under which the current arrangements for remunerating solicitors on the basis of work actually done are to be replaced by a standard fee scheme from April . |
| 2 | And er , if and when it 's published , there will be millions of words , I mean there are now , and I do n't how large it is now , it 's impossible to tell how large , erm , but just a couple of years , for example , amounts to over a quarter of a million words , so if you run that back to nineteen sixty nine , you see it is going to be one of the largest books ever written . |
| 3 | One such person who a number of us were worried about just did not answer letters or telephone calls for over a year . |
| 4 | Michael Silverman himself , who handles assignments in the firm 's property sector — which now accounts for over a quarter of its business — has also established a reputation in the retail industry . |
| 5 | NEUE MITTE is in the centre of the town of Oberhausen ( population 225,000 ) , which is itself in the state of North Rhine Westphalia , the largest of the German states both in population ( 17.5 million ) and economic power , where it accounts for over a quarter of Germany 's gross national product . |