Example sentences of "was just over " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1960 the average trade-in period of American cars was just over two years while in the London Times you could read an essay on the heartbreak of selling your loved and familiar car . |
| 2 | He was just over thirty — still a child in Waimea terms . |
| 3 | Outside-right Fred ‘ Fanny ’ Walden , 21 , was just over five feet tall , weighed less than nine stone and looked easy meat for burly defenders . |
| 4 | In that year the electricity bill for one of the winter quarters was just over £25 but before today 's Society Stewards become too wistful they should also reflect on the fact that the average Sunday offering then through the envelope system was below £17 , or about 7p for each subscriber . |
| 5 | My first experience of service with HM forces was when I was just over three and a half . |
| 6 | If so , they never found it ; William died intestate on 4 March and Letters of Administration were granted to Ernie , the eldest son ; the gross value of the estate was just over £564 , with the net value of the personal estate standing at £43 12s. 4d . |
| 7 | At this time she was just over fifty , a well-built woman with a high-coloured , sculptured face , short black hair and fine legs . |
| 8 | The average income elasticity of demand for imports was of the order of 1.5 to 2.0 between the late 1950s and the early 1970s , but this obscures quite wide variations between goods and there are strong grounds for believing that in expansionary phases the ratio rose to as high as 5.0 or 6.0 ; and even the average for manufactured goods was just over 3.0 [ Eltis , 1979 ] . |
| 9 | The distance to fly was just over 500 nautical miles , which meant that with the published 75% cruise range of 780 nautical miles with reserves , we had more than two hours excess endurance . |
| 10 | The sum raised was just over £1,038 and brought the total for the Railway Hotel since 1982 to over £5,000 . |
| 11 | The average age of marriage for men between 1840 and 1870 was just over 29 years , a fact that had important consequences , especially with regard to the market for prostitution . |
| 12 | Tarvaras was just over twelve and a half thousand kilometres in diameter and the Simonova was orbiting approximately thirty-six thousand kilometres above the surface . |
| 13 | Penguin 's operating margin was just over 8% , compared with 6.7% in 1991 . |
| 14 | The average number of such combined roles , across all three phases and over the four years in question , was just over three . |
| 15 | This was just over 50 per cent above February 1990 , and five per cent more than in January . |
| 16 | And all that was just over a year ago . |
| 17 | The highest outcome was $95,000 ; the lowest $15,000 ; and the average was just over $47,000 ! |
| 18 | At £2,077 million it was just over 26 per cent up on April , and 52 per cent up on the corresponding month in 1992 . |
| 19 | Also had a spell on the motorway for about er I think it was just over a year . |
| 20 | The stone wall which was inserted in front of the existing rampart was just over 2 m ( 6½ ft ) in width and was constructed of Kentish ragstone faced with dressed blocks ; bonding courses of tile have been recorded in places . |
| 21 | Until some spoilsport thought to measure the 100-yard track — and found it was just over 70 yards . |
| 22 | Following losses in the second quarter down from $40.4m to $35.4m , the underwriting deficit at the half year in sterling terms was just over 9% lower at $74.1m ( 1992 : $81.6m loss ) , representing an overall improvement in the US operating ratio of almost one and three quarter points for the half year . |
| 23 | The number of students enrolling for one or more modules in 1987/88 was just over 154,000 — up 46% on the previous year . |
| 24 | Gross investment in plant and machinery in the last year in which the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne ( Mr. Sheldon ) had stewardship of these matters , at constant 1985 prices , was just over £17 billion . |
| 25 | Those who were compelled to use oil for heating and enjoyed a drink and a smoke received an income support entitlement that was just over half of what experts identified as necessary to meet their requirements . |
| 26 | was just over 2,553 . |
| 27 | The F T itself as it were profits were up erm about up to about fourteen million and erm Les Echo was just over four . |
| 28 | He was just over three hours late to meet his guide , locating him at last on the edge of a ruck of Army drivers , forlorn in Air Force blue . |
| 29 | In 1424–25 its share of these was just over 46 per cent of the national total , in 1474–75 ( though perhaps exaggerated by the absence of the Bristol and Newcastle returns ) nearly 72 per cent and in 1524–25 81.75 per cent . |
| 30 | The percentage of mature students in relation to the total undergraduate intake was just over 6% . |