Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] over [art] " 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 | They 're one point eight G L Estate F reg , four thousand , two hundred , that 's A B C D E , five year 's difference , done four thousand , two hundred , two , eight hundred quid , well actually it 's , our cars worth over a grand if I 'd sprayed it up and put it on the market |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Plans are far from fixed , but the replacement could be be Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA RISC , since the Japanese firm has already reportedly pledged to buy $80m worth over the next three or four years . |
| 13 | Situated in an ideal position on the front a Bellagio , the Du Lac has been a favourite with our clients for over a decade . |
| 14 | The earl had successfully held minor raids near Carlisle , apparently launched to sound out the defences of the western march , and at Berwick the garrison , with the help of George Dunbar , that angry refugee from over the border , poacher turned forester , had decisively defeated a party of four hundred Scots . |
| 15 | The union fights for he says , and the union 's a but I 'm one of these employers who paying them , my men a plus rate , so I 'm paying men sixpence plus over the normal rate so there was no difficulty there . |
| 16 | Yeah , well he does get a bit of over the top |
| 17 | The Oldham-based firm , which manufactures a wide range of healthcare products , from swabs to saline solution and a variety of over the counter medicines and treatments , recently spent more than £1m on extending its Bootle pharmaceutical manufacturing facility , which trades under the name Seton Prebbles . |
| 18 | Like her earlier Stand We At Last , which told the story of over a century of Western feminism , Daddy 's Girls shows Zoë Fairbairns to be adept at recreating detail and charting the changes in character 's lives as years pass . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | These gothic ruins behind the council offices in Abingdon have been deceiving visitors for over a century . |
| 21 | The interest in nuclear processes has occupied tens of thousands of scientists and engineers for over a generation . |
| 22 | There is also a plan for over a 100 turbines in the Cambrian Mountains in Wales . |
| 23 | One in 12 people who took part in the survey was without the use of their machine for over a fortnight . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Leonard argued the case through the columns of Over the Hills for Spring 1930 , in reforming ignorance of the emerging Nazi appropriation of the Germanic pastoral dream : |
| 26 | After about forty minutes Van Gelder moved up into the bows with a portable six-inch searchlight which , on such a clear night , had an effective range of over a mile . |
| 27 | Might this , one wonders , be one of the names that Albert Gunther so helpfully supplied Gould with over a chop at the British Museum ? |
| 28 | When I am not convinced that those er the areas outside those boundaries which are in dire need of urban regeneration , could not accommodate a greater proportion over over the planned period . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The conference , the first general feminist-socialist conference for over a decade , attracted over 400 women from across the country . |