Example sentences of "well over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The elections , which involved well over a quarter of the electorate , were seen both as a dress rehearsal for the North-Rhine Westphalian Land elections in May next year and as a test of the political mood in the country . |
| 2 | Salami are usually air-dried at a constant temperature during which time they lose well over a quarter and up to a third of their original weight through evaporation of the water content . |
| 3 | In the same year , there were 91 courses on international affairs , international history , current social or economic problems , political theory or machinery of government — well over a quarter of the District 's total programme . |
| 4 | When it is complete , the slender glass and steel tube , standing well over a quarter of a mile high and with a base diameter of only 43 metres , will soar above and keep watch over the garden of fin de siècle delights at La Défense . |
| 5 | Well over a quarter are aged under 20 years , of whom nearly 30 per cent are still at school , and nearly a quarter of all those in the labour force who are under 20 are working on a temporary basis . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When you consider that these days we are running well over a second faster , your can see by how much British sprinting has advanced . |
| 8 | ‘ It took seven months to settle the claim for the car and well over a year to sort out compensation for both my injuries and for the inconvenience , ’ says Otis . |
| 9 | SWIRL ‘ Plumptuous ’ their first release since the EP ‘ A Matter Of Attitude ’ well over a year ago |
| 10 | Well over a year since ‘ Yerself Is Steam ’ was first released , the appeal of Mercury Rev — a reason why , dammit — is still as hard to pinpoint . |
| 11 | We 've never seen hilt nor hair of that man for well over a year now . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Well over a year ago now . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Rhoda 's pain and Mr Rowse battled it out for well over a year . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ It may take well over a year but I would hope to make a 95pc recovery . |
| 21 | Well over a year have n't you ? |
| 22 | In fairness to Tunstall , it should be noted that the 1991/92 accounts were signed on 7 December 1992 , well over a week before the UITF statement on the application of abstracts was published . |
| 23 | Not too far is about eight kilometres , a distance that takes us well over an hour , although time is irrelevant . |
| 24 | Perhaps the best indication is that the initial flight , which was scheduled for 20 minutes , lasted well over an hour . |
| 25 | It took well over an hour for the first 48 delegates — who included no Soviet bloc nation , nor India , nor Burma , nor either of the Chinas , nor a scattering of other countries who could not bring themselves to accept Japan 's word — to file up to the podium to sign . |
| 26 | Jackson shuffled his parables , both Biblical and homespun , and used the gospel preacher 's cadences to entrance the gathering for well over an hour . |
| 27 | We continued talking for well over an hour , duly keeping the next appointment waiting . |
| 28 | We even had our own bathroom , in whose tub we wallowed for well over an hour . |
| 29 | After well over an hour the race was abandoned as the fleet slowly drifted backwards out of the harbour . |
| 30 | Although I had tarried in the Happy Isles for well over an hour , the actual handjob was the work of a moment — forty-five seconds , I 'd say . |