Example sentences of "well over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modelled here by Adele Curry , a student at the Blackpool and Flyde College of Hair and Beauty , the amazing creation which took two weeks to complete and stands well over a foot high is in celebration of Blackpool Tower 's £13 million transformation into Tower World . |
| 2 | Whilst only just over a fifth of all workers work on a part-time basis , well over a half of temporary workers do so . |
| 3 | The third year saw a major initiative in this area , involving 545 teacher-days , while in the fourth year there was something of a reversal as the amount of time was cut back by well over a half . |
| 4 | The Cretaceous genus Inoceramus sometimes grew well over a metre in length ; fragments of this particular genus are frequently important components of the soft , white Cretaceous limestone known as chalk . |
| 5 | Some of these engines ran for well over a century before being discarded , and particularly fine and huge specimens can be found operating at the Kew steam engine museum . |
| 6 | They are Luddites well over a century before the term was coined . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For well over a century the design has been available whilst in 1909 the Science Museum , for example , acquired the example to be seen in the Computing Then and Now gallery , purchasing the cheaper of the two production models made by Messrs Newton and Co. and fully described in the firm 's literature Stratton 's brainchild differs from the Newton model only in having the second pendulum attached to the pen instead of hanging below the main pendulum under the table . |
| 9 | After 1560 , this new English church was engaged in the task of establishing its traditions and defining its boundaries , a process which lasted well over a century and was only effectively completed by the end of the seventeenth century . |
| 10 | It is this turn to ‘ passivity ’ which remains critical to this very day ; today 's tabloid press can only be reinforcing a process which began well over a century ago . |
| 11 | FOR good or ill , D'Oyly Carte has meant Gilbert and Sullivan for well over a century . |
| 12 | P Cygni , in the Swan , flared up from obscurity to magnitude 3 in 1600 , and then declined ; for well over a century now it has hovered around the fifth magnitude , easy to estimate with binoculars . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Government grants to local authorities have now been paid for well over a century . |
| 15 | Cotherstone cheese has been discreetly celebrated for well over a century . |
| 16 | Thus bird books today sometimes use pictures from John Gould , well over a century old , or from C. G. Finch Davies ( Birds of Southern Africa , ed . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Russian statesmen were therefore often badly informed about the politics of the outside world ; and though in 1672 there was an effort to compile for their guidance an official manual of the available information about foreign states this was not published for well over a century . |
| 19 | Such sentiments are indeed understandable in a country where for well over a century the operatic tradition had been dominated by foreigners . |
| 20 | John McLaughlin often felt that guitar controllers lacked spontaneous reaction to attack , something that Lampi does n't have to worry about ( though McLaughlin 's new Photon system seems to work quite well over a range of sounds ) . |
| 21 | For example , he identifies Debord as the source of Godard 's innovations : ‘ Indeed , well over a decade before Godard 's Vent d'Est , Debord was producing a revolutionary , materialist ‘ counter-cinema ’ . ’ |
| 22 | Sweden recognised the problem well over a decade ago and began legislation to limit the allowed dose ; it has the most advanced testing programme in Europe with well over 70000 homes measured and over 2000 remedied . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He quickly engineered the overthrow of the Conservative and Anglican majorities on the town council and the school board and put in place a political machine which carried all before it for well over a decade . |
| 25 | They got on exceptionally well over a bottle of whisky which the expatriate had brought as a gift . |
| 26 | And what in particular , is the meaning of a very remarkable gorge , well over a mile deep , running along the crest of the highest underwater range , the mid-Atlantic ridge ? |
| 27 | Giving away 6lbs , Reg Hollinshead 's colt lost nothing in defeat , only buckling in the shadow of the post , having been under heavy pressure from well over a furlong out . |
| 28 | I sent away for a video instruction tape over two months ago ; the cheque was cashed well over a month ago but as yet I have not received the tape . |
| 29 | This went on for well over a month , with the owls flying free in the barn , until we were sure they were confident and happy in their surroundings . |
| 30 | Well over a month , is n't it ? |