Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] for over " in BNC.
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1 | But it appears to me that the whole trend of authority for over a century is clearly against permitting any such investigation . |
2 | Now that the shouting is over and the most homophobic piece of legislation for over a century is on the statute books , lesbians and gays are picking themselves up and asking if our involvement with local government was really worth the effort . |
3 | Mr Baker said the main area of concern for over the next few years was ‘ serious downturn ’ in the economies of export markets in Europe and Japan . |
4 | Trade with Russia might survive if the Muscovy Company went out of business , but it was not easy to imagine that trade with Hudson Bay ( with all that it did for London furriers and re-exporters ) could continue if the Company lost its trading rights , and the Royal African Company was believed to be necessary for the slave trade until the 1690s , and the East India Company kept its position in trade with India for over a century after that . |
5 | Madeleine had been in Paris for over a month , and was still ignorant of the fate of Jeanne . |
6 | A cyclist who 's been in prison in Nepal for over a month could be freed later this week . |
7 | At the end of December 1980 , the returns to the Committee on Jail Reform indicated that almost 7,000 ( 8 per cent ) of the 92,000 undertrials had been in gaol for over one year , and 2,500 of these had been held for more than two years . |
8 | To begin with , her assertion that the U.K. undergoes ‘ extreme political shifts ’ sounds most peculiar when one considers that the same party has been in power for over a decade . |
9 | 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 ) . |
10 | Creoles have been a focus of interest for linguists for over a century , because of their distinctive history . |