Example sentences of "in just over [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the way is now open , with the agreement of the House , for us to join a single currency in just over five years , will my right hon. Friend spell out clearly to the House and to the people of this country what benefits will or may derive to them from a single currency ? |
| 2 | The engineering brief was to achieve a 10 per cent gain in performance over the already rapid Turbo R , implying a top speed target of well over 150mph and 0–60mph acceleration in just over six seconds — a tough task , even allowing for the aerodynamic gains in the switch to the coupe shape , in a vehicle weighing at least two-and-a-half tons . |
| 3 | Top speed is nothing special , at 108 mph , but the mid-range torque , or pulling power , is said to be remarkable , enabling the car to sprint from 30 mph to 70 mph in just over six seconds . |
| 4 | The athletes , often fell-runners , who are out to win can cover the three miles in just over fifteen minutes . |
| 5 | The march was longer than I expected and we staggered in at half past six this morning , having done twenty-seven miles in just over nine hours , which is n't bad . |
| 6 | The investment of £25 000 was returned in profits in just over twelve months . |
| 7 | In just over two weeks , the four will take up the pins and the microphone for the benefit of Telegraph readers . |
| 8 | The battle took place on a Saturday , 14 October : because the armies were so evenly matched and the ground so difficult it lasted eight hours , a great time in a world where a decision was usually reached in just over two hours . |
| 9 | Who else but Daly could be humble enough to offer to withdraw from the 1993 US Ryder Cup team if his team-mates do n't want him , and get fined for fast play , officials deciding he was in contempt by completing the second round of the TPD Championship in just over two hours . |
| 10 | This missions , chaplaincies and institutions of the diocese all combined generously to provide the necessary money , grants were secured from SPG and from SPCK , and in just over two years the new building was raised , waiting for the foundation stone to be laid during the opportune visit of the Metropolitan of Calcutta , the Most Reverend Foss Westcott , son of the famous biblical scholar and bishop of Durham . |
| 11 | A TOTAL of 270 lots were hammered down in just over two hours by Sotheby 's auctioneer Johnathan Baddeley at their sale on September 24 . |
| 12 | She drove to Edinburgh in just over two hours , and headed for Jake 's office , just off Princes Street , in the shadow of the capital 's ancient , brooding castle . |
| 13 | ‘ He can get from Darlington to London in just over two hours . ’ |
| 14 | The Sigma 38 Panda Nova sailed by Derek Matthews from the Royal Dee Yacht Club completed the trip in just over 11 hours and was declared the winner of Class A on corrected times by an eight minutes margin ahead of Alec Rawlinson 's Pellegrina . |
| 15 | First of all , that the marker tumour is eradicated by a six week course of B G C in just over fifty percent of patients and that the number of tumours is reduced in at least eight five percent . |
| 16 | IN JUST over four months time thousands of primary school children throughout Northern Ireland will sit what has been billed as the new 11-plus . |
| 17 | That 's certainly what the routine has given Josh and his 32 year wife Laura in just over four years the couple have had five children . |
| 18 | It is astounding to find that the Gilberts Californian real-estate and property magnates have managed to acquire a collection of this importance in just over thirty years . |
| 19 | He was due in the Wing a few days after Dickie started in his new school , in just over three weeks ' time . |
| 20 | In just over three months time , the European Single Market comes into force , perhaps the most dramatic step yet towards unification . |
| 21 | Come in , my dear , and tell me all about it , ’ he urged , and for the second time in just over twenty-four hours Paige burst into tears . |
| 22 | Yes , the world is losing its precious rainforest : in Central America , for example , the decline has been 38% in just over 30 years . |
| 23 | In all , the forced loan of 1542 , the benevolences of 1544 and 1545 , the parliamentary taxes of 1540 , 1543 , and 1545 , together with clerical subsidies and lesser taxes , brought in about £1 m. in just over seven years . |
| 24 | Hodder 's example is shown in table 6.1 : the project hypothesized recovers imputed interest and capital outlay in just over seven years . |
| 25 | The officer was the second policeman murdered by terrorists in just over 12 hours . |
| 26 | For the third time in just over twenty years Giovanni Bellini 's ‘ Madonna and Child ’ has been stolen from the church of the Madonna dell'Orto in Venice . |
| 27 | In just over twenty four hours time the international rock star Bruce Springsteen will take to the stage at Britain 's first specially-designed outside rock venue . |
| 28 | In just over 40 per cent of cases the husband was , as traditional , the sole earner , and , in roughly equal numbers ( 5 per cent each ) were cases where neither spouse earned , and cases where the wife was the sole earner . |
| 29 | In just over ten minutes they all sat down . |
| 30 | ‘ Curtain up is in just over half an hour . |