Example sentences of "over a [noun sg] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Wallace made his study over a century before the discovery of the now totally accepted theory of plate tectonics . |
| 3 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that he personally was informed about British Steel 's decision to close Ravenscraig over a fortnight before the official announcement last week and that instead of trying to reverse the decision , he and the Secretary of State for Scotland took part in a conspiracy of silence ? |
| 4 | 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 ’ . ’ |
| 5 | Coleridge and Sara , in further disregard of the proprieties , first stayed at the cottage on about 20 August 1795 , over a month before their marriage . |
| 6 | It was a winter of doubt and uncertainty and the young Provencal only knew he had a ride just over a month before Suzuka . |