Example sentences of "britain [prep] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Protestantism has a deeper significance in Ulster than it has had in Britain for over two hundred years . |
| 2 | Coinage was almost unknown in Britain for over two hundred years , between the Roman abandonment of the province in about AD400 and the beginnings of medieval coinage in the seventh century . |
| 3 | Stanley , an American writer resident in Britain for over twelve years , had a sudden stroke while out eating dinner with friends . |
| 4 | He had been in Britain for over twenty years and never had any problem or contact with the police except for one occasion when he was with Mum on a shopping expedition and police officers approached him and said , ‘ You fit the description of a guy that has just mugged a woman down the road . ’ |
| 5 | Qualcast , the makers of mowers in Britain for over 60 years offer a wide range of traditional and modern mowers to meet all your requirements and all their mowers come with a three year parts guarantee and a one year parts and labour warranty . |
| 6 | Danish dairies have been shipping butter to Britain for over 100 years . |
| 7 | We have been working at improving race relations in Britain for over 30 years , under successive Governments . |
| 8 | On the other hand , Bruce Springsteen has been playing outdoor venues in Britain for over 10 years now . |
| 9 | For example , in a survey I carried out on the membership of the National Trust — one of the largest voluntary associations in Britain with over a million and a quarter members — it was decided that topics should include such things as how people came to join , how they felt about the payment of subscriptions , how much they read of the literature the Trust sent them , what their main interests in conservation were , how active a part they wanted to play in the work of the Trust , and so on . |
| 10 | The University boasts the largest University library in Britain with over two million printed books and in Edinburgh students are well served by the National Library of Scotland , a copyright library entitled to receive a copy of every book published in the United Kingdom . |