Example sentences of "[adv] over a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can transfer your pension scheme at any time , provided you do so over a year before you retire . |
| 2 | The good news is that we are already over a quarter of the way towards our target , having raised the sum of £34,055 in the six weeks since the trial . |
| 3 | The project is already over a year into its three-year life . |
| 4 | The ruling National Front coalition , with only just over a quarter of the seats in the lower house of parliament , the Lok Sabha , was supported by the rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist-led Left Front . |
| 5 | Typically , roughly half the proceeds were invested ; just over a quarter spent on buying another property or improving one ; and the remaining quarter spent as part of the family budget . |
| 6 | Forty-one farms , just over a quarter , had developed a specialised product but it was apparent that the remainder did not envisage identifying or exploiting such products in the future . |
| 7 | In-house work , which included scientific support projects as well as research , accounted for just over a quarter of the expenditure . |
| 8 | Thus just over a quarter of libraries were carrying out two-thirds of the formal management training noted by our sample , constituting an inequitable distribution of available expertise . |
| 9 | As Table 11 indicates , a fifth of the sample expected to spend under £500 during 1984/5 , just over another fifth between £500 and £1,500 , just over a quarter between £1,500 and £3,000 and approximately a further quarter over £3,000 . |
| 10 | In terms of current government spending , the most important item is social security , which accounts for just over a quarter of all public expenditure . |
| 11 | In 1950 the gross personal incomes of those living in the five Pacific states amounted to just over a quarter of those living in the 18 Atlantic states ; by 1982 it had risen to very nearly half . |
| 12 | Its own research had shown that at a random check in 1940 just over a quarter of its audience had listened to ‘ Lord Haw-Haw ’ on the previous day . |
| 13 | When they did produce statements about the curriculum , about a half used general categories of knowledge , experience and skills ( not related to particular subjects ) , and just over a quarter listed school subjects . |
| 14 | Just over a quarter of them ( 26 per cent ) had left their last jobs for this reason , and only just over one third ( 35 per cent ) because of redundancy or dismissal . |
| 15 | And twenty six , that 's just over a quarter of this hundred smoke now . |
| 16 | Contrary to popular belief , income tax provides only just over a quarter of all tax revenue . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | For example , in October 1974 the Labour Government secured the support of 39.2 per cent of those who voted and just over a quarter of the electorate ; in 1979 the Conservatives gained 43.9 per cent of the vote and the support of around a third of the electorate ; and in 1983 , the Conservative landslide of seats ( their parliamentary majority trebled ) was based on just 42.4 per cent of the vote — less than they got when they lost in 1964 , less than they got in 1979 , the fifth-lowest Conservative vote since the war , and the lowest vote-count by a government with a secure majority since 1922 . |
| 19 | The radial shields are triangular to tear-drop shaped , just over a quarter the disk radius in length . |
| 20 | Q2 losses $9.5m lower at $15.4m produced deficit down just over a quarter from $56.9m to $41.9m . |
| 21 | Just over a quarter of the survey respondents reported having attended these . |
| 22 | By then the population of Indians , about a million , was just over a quarter what it had been at the time of the European colonizations of the sixteenth century . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Were you surprised how soon you got into the RSC — and that you have now ended up after only just over a year and a half in the profession playing Juliet and Hermia ? |
| 25 | Just over a year later , at a ‘ Career Appraisal Interview ’ with the chief constable , I was asked : ‘ tell me , how did you find the law course at the polytechnic ? ’ |
| 26 | Toleafoa had been a promising junior when she joined the circuit full time , just over a year ago . |
| 27 | Mark Clayton joined Eastwell Manor as head chef just over a year ago . |
| 28 | Just over a year since their financial crisis following cut-backs at Brent Council , the Oxford Kilburn club 's target of increased financial aid of £18,000 has been ‘ handsomely exceeded ’ during the year . |
| 29 | Unusually for Italy , Verri owed nothing to political connections for his appointment from the private sector only just over a year ago . |
| 30 | It is the co-production with Opera North first seen in Leeds just over a year ago . |