Example sentences of "was [verb] by over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The start was delayed by over half an hour because one of the health visitors had been busy through the day , and things went downhill from there . |
| 2 | Our Anniversary Luncheon , with Malcolm Rifkind , Secretary of State for Transport , as principal speaker , was as well attended as ever ; even the Annual Ball in March was enjoyed by over 300 members and guests . |
| 3 | The Etruscans and Europe ’ , the major exhibition on both the Etruscan culture and its later influence on European art , was visited by over 330,000 people while at the Grand Palais from 19 September to 4 January . |
| 4 | After Mass , the parishioners and family gave a reception in honour of Father at Coniston Hall , Coniston , which was attended by over 100 people and was a superb setting for the occasion , situated on the bank of Coniston Water and being overshadowed by Coniston Old Man . |
| 5 | The WARC was attended by over 1,400 delegates from 127 countries and 31 international and regional organisations . |
| 6 | The Wembley show was attended by over 10,000 people thousands more on the following two Sundays when it was shown on TV . |
| 7 | It was attended by over 200 representatives of local community , tenants , unemployed , and political groups . |
| 8 | This conference was sponsored by the BCS Data Management and Expert Systems Specialist Groups , ESPRIT and DTI/ITD among others , and was attended by over 80 delegates from 15 countries . |
| 9 | A charity dance held on the night of the theft was attended by over 300 people . |
| 10 | In the Summer , the University was the venue for the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association , which was attended by over 250 researchers from throughout the UK and overseas . |
| 11 | The rally was attended by over 3,000 deputies to soviets at all levels ( from rural soviets to the USSR Supreme Soviet ) , and these met subsequently to adopt overwhelmingly a declaration calling on the USSR Supreme Soviet to enter into negotiations " on the restoration of Estonian state independence " . |
| 12 | The sixth international conference on AIDS ( acquired immune deficiency syndrome ) was attended by over 10,000 delegates on June 20-24 in San Francisco , United States [ for fifth conference in June 1989 see p. 36752 ] . |
| 13 | The forum , sponsored by the Vietnamese government and the UN Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO ) , was attended by over 600 delegates from 31 countries . |
| 14 | The meeting , which had no decision-making powers , was attended by over 150 prominent individuals , ranging from political leaders to artists . |
| 15 | In March 1991 President Suharto of Indonesia , Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong , Sultan Sir Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed convened in Bali for a seminar , which was attended by over 1,000 Asian and American delegates , with the theme " ASEAN and the world economy " [ see p. 38101 ] . |
| 16 | The annual World Economic Forum in Davos , Switzerland , on Jan. 30-Feb. 4 was attended by over 30 heads of state and government , including many from eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States , and by some 1,000 business people , politicians , officials and academics . |
| 17 | The congress was attended by over 600 delegates representing some 80,000 party members , approximately 20,000 less than at the time of the 20th congress held in February 1991 [ see pp. 38008-09 ] . |
| 18 | Supporters have been visiting the new hospice premises at Harewood House where a very successful coffee morning was attended by over 100 people . |
| 19 | The 27th Annual General Meeting was held at Rutherford School , Penfold Street , NW1 on Friday , 16th March 1979 and was attended by over seventy members despite a severe snow storm . |
| 20 | The NPP gained 16 seats , but only Busia was successful from the Congress , beating his Cpp rival by nine votes ; Danquah was defeated by over 1100 votes . |
| 21 | The show was seen by over 90,000 people . |
| 22 | Its first series was seen by over 18 million people . |
| 23 | This regulation was exploited by over 1,000 pro-Indian individuals and organizations each applying for the opportunity to participate in the hearings and thereby assist Harper in delaying a vote . |
| 24 | Ten years later , Lincolnshire was lashed by over seven inches of rain in five hours . |
| 25 | This explains very clearly why Matilda is far and away the most popular children 's book I have written and was bought by over half a million children in Britain alone in the first six months . |
| 26 | The death in 1702 of the Stadtholder William III ( King William III of England ) who left no son to succeed him , was followed by over forty years of republican rule . |
| 27 | The election campaign was monitored by over 2,000 local and foreign observers who reported that the campaign period was generally free from intimidation and violence . |
| 28 | Projected spending on defence was cut by over 9 per cent in real terms , on public administration by 3.3 per cent and on foreign affairs by 1.9 per cent , with real spending increases only in the fields of health , pensions and unemployment . |
| 29 | In 1971 , a new covenant was signed by over half a million men and women , committing protestants to a renewal of the covenant political ideal . |
| 30 | Is it really true that Watership Down was rejected by over a dozen publishers before it was taken on and became a bestseller ? |