Example sentences of "[noun] for [adv] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he engaged in some pastoral work in the years after his ordination , preaching and hearing confessions , his time was spent almost entirely in the papal civil service and , until the appointment to Germany for just over a decade , almost entirely in Rome . |
| 2 | They know what it 's like to stand on both sides of the competitive fence and have now been involved with the sport for well over a decade , first as top international competitions and then as manager and coach of the national team . |
| 3 | In the United Kingdom the attitude to testing has been more ambivalent , although examinations and tests have played an important part in British education for well over a century . |
| 4 | This riles the anthropologists because theorizing about the rules governing mating between close kin has been a major anthropological preoccupation for well over a century . |
| 5 | FOR good or ill , D'Oyly Carte has meant Gilbert and Sullivan for well over a century . |
| 6 | The brewery is unique in many respects , especially as a result of the outstanding beauty of its buildings , pond and meticulously maintained surroundings , this being due in no small part to the fact that it has remained in the hands of the Arkell family for well over a century . |