Example sentences of "for [adv] over a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ivashko , 58 , the Ukrainian President for little over a month [ see pp. 37539-40 ; for his resignation on July 18 see below ] , was described by Western commentators variously as a " cautious centrist " and a " pragmatic neo-conservative " , although all were agreed on his staunch support for Gorbachev since being named Ukrainian CP leader in September 1989 [ see p. 36884 ] . |
| 2 | Christine 's been married to Doc D for just over a year now . |
| 3 | The machine gave good service for just over a year and then I bought my next one on interest-free credit . |
| 4 | It is true that there were six different Ministers of Fuel and Power while he was chairman : Shinwell when the Central Authority was constituted , Gaitskell between 1947 and 1950 , then Philip Noel-Baker until Labour 's defeat in 1951 , and , under the Conservatives , Geoffrey Lloyd until 1955 , then Aubrey Jones for just over a year , followed by Lord Mills . |
| 5 | In municipal elections held on May 26 , 1990 , the opposition right-wing IP , one of the government coalition parties for just over a year after the 1987 general election [ see pp. 35138 ; 36430 ] , made gains , especially in Reykjavík , where the IP mayor , Davíd Oddsson , was re-elected by 60.4 per cent of the vote . |
| 6 | The centre-right coalition led by Jan P. Syse , in power for just over a year [ see pp. 36984-85 ] , had collapsed on Oct. 29 because of a deadlock over Norway 's policy towards European integration and the question of eventual membership of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 7 | Although the Funny Farm has been operating for just over a year it has had many bands through its doors already including The Proclaimers , The Silencers , Botany 5 , Kith ‘ n Kin , Avalon , Fini Tribe , Jools Holland and Nazareth . |
| 8 | Whether it 's petty cash , invoicing , or conference organising , 's your person ! has been at the maltings for just over a year and takes care of all those time consuming , but essential , administration services , appreciated by us all . |
| 9 | Marilyn has worked with Douglas Reyburn for just over a year as time keeper , but because of her clerical skills will also be helping out in the office when leave is taken by others . |
| 10 | Judy , who has been at the pub for just over a year , spent thousands of pounds refurbishing the Grey Horse and it had been a long-time ambition to run a pub of her own . |
| 11 | In-house work , which included scientific support projects as well as research , accounted for just over a quarter of the expenditure . |
| 12 | In terms of current government spending , the most important item is social security , which accounts for just over a quarter of all public expenditure . |
| 13 | Art came second , with more space devoted to it than either maths or language ; it accounted for just over a quarter of all curriculum-specific work areas for younger pupils , and a fifth of those for older pupils . |
| 14 | Of the 365 visitors who gave the location of their permanent home , slightly more than a third ( 38% ) were from in or near Edinburgh , while the next largest group , accounting for just over a quarter ( 27% ) of those who replied , did not come from elsewhere in Scotland , but from parts of the UK outside Scotland . |
| 15 | Especially when my own husband has only been dead for just over a week . |
| 16 | Thus , although material tailored to specific professional roles was delivered in only 16 per cent of courses , it accounted for well over a quarter of all the teacher-days devoted to primary INSET , a proportion of time exactly equal to that spent on all individual areas of the curriculum together . |
| 17 | We 've never seen hilt nor hair of that man for well over a year now . |
| 18 | In considering the right of the individual to know the law by simply looking at legislation , it is a fallacy to start from the position that all legislation is available in a readily understandable form in any event : the very large number of statutory instruments made every year are not available in an indexed form for well over a year after they have been passed . |
| 19 | I have stopped erm , I stopped once for well over a year and er , I went back to smoking shortly after the death of my mother , who incidentally , died of a smoking related disease . |
| 20 | Dong , because of his unusual height , had a clear view of the new arrivals above the heads of the crowd — and within a matter of seconds his startled eyes fell on two familiar faces that he had not seen for well over a year . |
| 21 | Soviet recognition was extended to the Castro government a few days after it had taken power , but this was not reciprocated , and it appears to have been the Cubans , concerned not to give Washington any pretext for claiming that Communism had arrived in the Caribbean , who were responsible for the fact that for well over a year after the revolution the two countries did not have diplomatic ties . |
| 22 | Rhoda 's pain and Mr Rowse battled it out for well over a year . |
| 23 | Its quite possible this was taken out of context by teletext — they often do — especially in this case where the press have been trying to stir up a rift for well over a year . |
| 24 | Yeah , well I know but er he had n't seen anyone , he reckons for well over a year and when phoned me up I agreed to have lunch with him and then he gave me an earful about all sorts of things including erm in Norwich issuing net fares on Norwich Amsterdam . |