Example sentences of "over half " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1971 , a new covenant was signed by over half a million men and women , committing protestants to a renewal of the covenant political ideal . |
| 2 | Cavaye recommends that caterers buy an extra 10% to 15% more than the number of covers on main items like knives , forks and spoons , double the number for teaspoons and a little over half for fish knives . |
| 3 | The battle took a little over half an hour . |
| 4 | As a consequence , the number of ministerial appointees with farming experience has increased by over half since 1980 so that farming interests now predominate among the ministerially appointed members , as well as among the members appointed by the councils . |
| 5 | To put these figures in perspective , the Sun 's angular diameter is 32 minutes of arc , a little over half a degree . |
| 6 | The start was delayed by over half an hour because one of the health visitors had been busy through the day , and things went downhill from there . |
| 7 | An RSPB survey shows the populations of lapwing and snipe have declined by over half , curlew by a third while ouzel numbers have crashed by 70% to just 18 pairs . |
| 8 | In 1984 a Company was formed , Steamport 1984 Ltd. , to acquire the site from British Rail , with the support of a large group of members , who took a deep breath , and dug into their pockets to help finance a substantial portion of the initial costs , and with the aid of a bank loan , which is now well over half way repaid , the premises became truly home to the exhibits , both privately and society owned . |
| 9 | However , Camping Gaz tell us that a small CV270 cartridge is to be introduced holding a little over half the gas of the larger cartridge currently available . |
| 10 | In a little over half a year 's time , the anniversary of the Reconciliation would be upon the Imajica . |
| 11 | Tim Noble finds the area just as captivating over half a century later |
| 12 | This explains very clearly why Matilda is far and away the most popular children 's book I have written and was bought by over half a million children in Britain alone in the first six months . |
| 13 | According to my sample of Hull University students , the dreams of Joseph , the Magi , and so on may have been literally true ( according to over half of those questioned ) , but it seems that it would be naive to conclude that they really believe that communications of this sort are still " possible " — that is , presumably they happened in the Bible by some unique divine intervention which will never be repeated . |
| 14 | So 156 MPs had some identifiable business interest , a little over half of the party , but for most of them some other interest seemed to predominate . |
| 15 | ‘ A little over half a million pounds . |
| 16 | One hundred and fifty nine states have signed UNCLOS , several significant western states have not , although , to date a little over half of the required ratifications have been deposited . |
| 17 | Those in favour of an executive presidency thus constituted about 40 per cent of the electorate ; to be accepted , the proposal had to be approved by over half of the total electorate . |
| 18 | England 's involvement in European wars fell into two broad periods , separated by over half a century . |
| 19 | Colour a little over half the fondant-about 575g ( 1¼lb ) — red . |