Example sentences of "[adv] over a [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just over a metre wide and weighing a total of 100kg , it has military and civilian versions . |
| 2 | ‘ It is just over a metre high . ’ |
| 3 | Avon County Council provided £80,000 to resurface a stretch of the path , just over a mile long , between Brasmill Lane and Nelson Villas in Bath . |
| 4 | Berrynarbour a traditional Devon village and Watermouth Castle are both just over a mile distant . |
| 5 | Sport , and with the new football season just over a month old , Oxford United Football Club probably feels they 've had enough problems to last them for a lifetime . |
| 6 | As Brian Davis points out , the new shed was necessary , as the main mill buildings were now over a century old , and would almost certainly have been unable to cope with the additional weight and vibration from the looms . |
| 7 | Thus bird books today sometimes use pictures from John Gould , well over a century old , or from C. G. Finch Davies ( Birds of Southern Africa , ed . |
| 8 | And what in particular , is the meaning of a very remarkable gorge , well over a mile deep , running along the crest of the highest underwater range , the mid-Atlantic ridge ? |