Example sentences of "[noun] for over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be that as it may , Arnold 's and Van Praagh 's schools laid the foundations for over a century of controversy and the beginning of the end of sign-language-dominated educational systems . |
| 2 | Consider then this year 's winner , the Mayan Indian peace-worker , Rigoberta Menchu , who has campaigned for the rights of Guatemala 's oppressed indigenous majority for over a decade . |
| 3 | In fact the cost of physical imports has exceeded the value of exported products for over a century . |
| 4 | Its first head , I.M. Viskovaty , and his successors for over a century , were bureaucrats ( dyaki ) ; not until 1667 was it led by a boyar , a nobleman of the highest rank . |
| 5 | The poll-tax , a fixed annual levy placed on all tax-paying males regardless of age , together with the rent imposed on state peasants , formed the basis of state revenue for over a century . |
| 6 | Earlier Mr Justice Holland told her she was ‘ fundamentally wicked for plotting murder for over a month . |
| 7 | It struck me one day , walking through the busy market near her home , that I had n't thought about my weight for over a month , that I had been eating without really worrying about it , and that all sorts of desires were surfacing — that the protective layer of my obsession was peeling away . |
| 8 | Brown remained her adviser for over a decade , although she also sought occasional assistance from the painter ( Sir ) Edward Burne-Jones [ q.v . ] . |
| 9 | The spillover effect of safety demands on costs , coupled with an economic recession , had effectively resulted in no new nuclear stations being ordered in the United States for over a decade . |
| 10 | He might have told her that in the United States for over a decade now , the journals and magazines and guide-to-life books , aided and abetted by manufacturers , traders , and advertisers , had sung the song of the perfect home and the perfect homemaker . |
| 11 | Situated in an ideal position on the front a Bellagio , the Du Lac has been a favourite with our clients for over a decade . |
| 12 | For years , neglected in the centre of Oxford , it 's been a rest-spot for the weary taxi-driver for over a century and now 's lovingly restored and converted into a shop . |
| 13 | These gothic ruins behind the council offices in Abingdon have been deceiving visitors for over a century . |
| 14 | The interest in nuclear processes has occupied tens of thousands of scientists and engineers for over a generation . |
| 15 | There is also a plan for over a 100 turbines in the Cambrian Mountains in Wales . |
| 16 | One in 12 people who took part in the survey was without the use of their machine for over a fortnight . |
| 17 | The mill also housed a bakehouse on the lower floor , several bake-ovens set in the rear wall being largely intact , surviving as a reminder of what was once an important local trade , carried on at Aston mill for over a century . |
| 18 | from BNFL 's films , Video and Advertising section also collected an Award of Excellence at the awards for Over The Fells , a video which promotes the attractions of West Cumbria and the Sellafield Visitors Centre . |
| 19 | The conference , the first general feminist-socialist conference for over a decade , attracted over 400 women from across the country . |
| 20 | Because the company has been on its present site for over a century it recognises its responsibilities to the environment and to the local community . |
| 21 | The deputy commander of the first artillery battalion reported that all its cell members had been so busily engaged on operations amongst the civilian population that there had been no meeting for over a month ( they were probably occupied in some of the unsavoury tasks noted earlier by our peasant soldier and his mother ) . |
| 22 | She had been working every day for over a month , and had not received a penny for her labour . |
| 23 | The snowdrops at Painswick have been a popular attraction for over a century . |
| 24 | Its ten pavilions were to serve Paris for over a century and to take their place in the city 's folklore . |
| 25 | Madeleine had been in Paris for over a month , and was still ignorant of the fate of Jeanne . |
| 26 | Beccaria 's offer of a less radical alternative , says Jenkins , had the effect of postponing the positivist revolution for over a century . |
| 27 | The measure was primarily designed to raise an additional US$500,000,000 to finance pay increases for 260,000 teachers ( on strike for over a month for an 800 per cent pay rise ) and 85,000 health workers ( on strike for three months for a minimum wage increase of 200 per cent ) . |
| 28 | After all , if you can borrow ( or exchange your existing UK mortgage where you are paying rates at the highest level in real terms for over a century ) for a Swiss franc mortgage at around 9.5 per cent , a mark mortgage at just under 10 per cent , an Ecu mortgage ( Ecu is the European currency unit which is made up of a ‘ basket ’ of 10 currencies including sterling ) at about 10 per cent or a Japanese yen mortgage at just under 8 per cent , why not do so ? |
| 29 | On current spending education was essentially stabilised in real volume terms for over a decade , and the rates of growth in health and personal social services slowed down or ceased for some periods . |
| 30 | The Company did not send expeditions of its own into this area for over a century ; like the East India and the Royal Africa Companies it established trading posts and waited for the local inhabitants to come and trade at them . |