Example sentences of "[prep] just over [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bush administration is proud of the pioneering use of emissions-trading in the clean-air act , which it hopes will cut sulphur-dioxide output for just over half the cost of equivalent regulation . |
| 2 | In the first quarter of 1992 , as diesel car sales reached a record 11.35 per cent , Citroen , Peugeot and Rover models with this engine accounted for just over half of the 46,114 diesel models sold in the U.K. |
| 3 | In Wilson 's first defeat by a British competitor over this distance for 2½ years the two swam neck and neck for just over half the race before Akers suddenly pulled ahead as he searched for an Olympic qualifying time . |
| 4 | A study by Margaret Walls and Barbra Marcus for Resources for the Future found that New York and New Jersey accounted for just over half of all interstate exports of waste . |
| 5 | According to the 1989 census , Russians accounted for just over half ( 50.8 per cent ) of the total population ; the balance was accounted for by a hundred or more different national groups , ranging from a few hundred Negidals in the Far East to the major Slavic and Muslim groups which occupied the west and south of the country as well as Russia proper . |
| 6 | Gifts account for just over half the books received into the Library this year : 1455 out of a total of 2814 . |
| 7 | UK operations , which deal with just over half of the company 's clients , saw a steady 6% growth in revenues said to be underpinned by a healthy 12% improvement in exports . |
| 8 | Legal items from the Advocates ' Library showed a similar pattern of delivery times , with just over half ( 51% ) taking more than thirty-five minutes to reach the Reading Room . |
| 9 | The figures below ( Table 1.1 ) show that whereas the total size of the population aged 65 and over will not rise substantially ( it will in fact fall between 1991 and 2001 ) , those aged 85 and over will almost double in number in England and Wales , from just over half a million to almost one million ( an increase of 88 per cent ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Curtain up is in just over half an hour . |
| 11 | In just over half male and female referrals no specific mental disorder was identified . |
| 12 | A total of 238 occupied breeding territories was found in just over half the county , and birds were found in another 71 localities in the breeding season , where evidence of a definitely occupied breeding territory was not obtained . |
| 13 | But soon his ability was noticed and a highly successful run in the Army team led to spells with non-League clubs like Oxford City , Waterlooville and , finally , Vauxhall Conference side Yeovil where he scored 20 times in just over half a season back in 1989 . |
| 14 | His entrance test was to set a four-part antiphon ( in a locked room to prevent cheating ) : he completed the task — which took some composers four hours or so — in just over half an hour , and was unanimously elected a member of the Accademia . |
| 15 | A semi-finalist in last month 's Canadian Open , Meddings totally dominated Davies and ran out a comfortable 15-12 , 15-10 , 15-10 winner in just over half an hour . |
| 16 | A semi-finalist in last month 's Canadian Open , Meddings totally dominated Davies and ran out a comfortable 15-12 , 15-10 , 15-10 winner in just over half an hour . |
| 17 | But he does note that Heath 's claim that it was a clear victory was based on just over half the representatives supporting the Government . |
| 18 | And with Leeds due 25 per cent of any fee under a clause in the original July , 1986 deal between the clubs , it trimmed their outlay to just over half Blackburn 's asking price . |
| 19 | In 1951 more than two-thirds of the population lived in the river corridor ( this includes the middle-class Victorian and inter-war suburbs of Jesmond , Tynemouth and Cullercoats ) , whereas by 1981 this proportion had fallen to just over half of a smaller total . |
| 20 | During the ten years up to 1989 , the African elephant population plummeted from 1.3 million to just over half a million . |
| 21 | The radial shields are 3–4 times as long as broad , extending to just over half the radius of the disk . |