Example sentences of "be well over [num] " in BNC.
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1 | Its population at this time can hardly have been less than 50,000 and may easily have been well over 60,000 . |
2 | He must have been well over six feet tall because Jenna was not in any way small , but she felt it now . |
3 | There have been well over 300 scrutinies carried out since 1979 The scrutiny approach involves selecting targets for examination , typically over a 90-day time-scale . |
4 | There are well over 100 tour operators in the ski market , offering everything from true luxury to bare minimum price holidays . |
5 | Both Alpha and Beta are very distant , and are well over 5000 times as luminous as the Sun . |
6 | At the end of Day One there are well over 2,000 soldiers in Safra , all of whom have arrived by air transport . |
7 | This process is very fast ; on my 386 it finds the file in way under one second , and there are well over 1,000 files in the list . |
8 | if you were , if you add two thousand seven hundred and fifty hours at twenty pound an hour you 'd be well over eighteen thousand . |
9 | If it is , then it must be well over 200000 times as luminous as the Sun , much more powerful than Rigel or Deneb . |
10 | The interval between the start of county court proceedings and the trial of a contested case can be well over two years . |
11 | Eventually there may be well over 100 eggs in the nest . |
12 | There were well over 100 birds summering in 1976 . |
13 | In RENFE , basic pay has been supplemented by a plethora of bonuses and allowances ( in 1983 , there were well over 100 separate remunerative headings in addition to basic pay ) , and in contrast to BR , employees receive age-related increments at four-yearly intervals . |
14 | Mr has told us there were well over twenty people there was the article discussed then ? |
15 | Again , an estimate of numbers was difficult , but I am confident that there were well over 1,000 of the ‘ goldies ’ , and almost as many lapwing . |
16 | But she was just so bubbly and so vivacious , and she looked so young despite being well over eighteen , that there was something almost right for her in the part . |
17 | Yes , I mean that 's well over three tonnes a piece . |
18 | is well over six foot tall , |
19 | A normal distribution has a kurtosis measure of 3 , and a leptokurtic distribution occurs when the kurtosis is well over 3 . |
20 | The-total is well over 1,000,000 per year . |
21 | We see the U K certainly coming out of recession and we are something like twelve percent up on same time last year in the U K. Having said that , the E C is well over twenty percent down on same time last year . |
22 | In France the figure for local revenue is 8 per cent , but in federal nations like Canada and Switzerland it is well over 40 per cent , in the former West Germany and the United States over 30 per cent , and in Sweden over 25 per cent . |
23 | The village itself is well over 1000 years old ; in the middle ages it was a very important centre for pilgrims ; the white church still forms the focal point of the village . |
24 | It is well over 1000 light-years away , and it is at least 500 times as luminous as the Sun , but its surface is very cool for a normal star — hence the crimson colour . |
25 | After what seemed an eternity , and was well over two hours , I felt the marsh ground underfoot change to shingle and knew that I had reached the shore . |
26 | ‘ Honest to God , I do n't reckon I had one good night 's sleep until Kerry-Jane was well over two years old . |
27 | He continued to hunt and race till he was well over 83 , dying in 1826 at the age of 86 . |
28 | Terry Petherick was well over six foot . |
29 | She was a perfect size ten at five nine , perhaps a little too tall , but Adam was well over six feet . |
30 | He was well over six feet , his hair was black and his eyes gleamed amber from between luxuriant lashes . |