Example sentences of "over [adj] [coord] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Churchill 's complement was 137 standing and 109 ad hoc over three and a half years , representing a substantial economy among the GEN groups .
2 His empire now stretched over one and a half million square miles of war-shattered Asia , with a population of some 128 million , many of them starving or , at least , severely undernourished .
3 Over one and a half million cubic metres of ash were swept out of what remained of the town .
4 Over one and a half million pensioners ( 15% ) , claimed the means tested top up Income Support in 1989–90 , and it is estimated that a further 0.9 million were eligible , but did not claim .
5 It was just over one and a half minutes before that hour .
6 In a country of around 800 million , with over one and a half million police officers and nearly 1,200 gaols ( not to mention a Draconian penal code drafted by the British in 1860 ) , only about 60,000 people are serving sentences of imprisonment at any one time .
7 The details of the story of this major theory change , a change that took place over one and a half centuries , do not lend support to the methodologies advocated by the inductivists and falsificationists , and indicate a need for a different , more complexly structured account of science and its growth .
8 Foreign Extra Stout continues to do well : in Jamaica sales volume has doubled since 1990 to over one and a half million cases .
9 Foreign Extra Stout ( FES ) retains its pre-eminent position within the Guinness beer portfolio Brewed in Dublin , the consistent quality and unique taste of FES ensures its success with consumers the world over In Jamaica , for example , sales volume has doubled since 1990 to over one and a half million cases .
10 At the start of this year over one and a half million council-built homes had been sold to tenants under a scheme which let tenants of more than two years buy their homes at a discount .
11 These new measures will actively encourage unscrupulous employers to further exploit over two and a half million low paid in this country , mostly of them women .
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