Example sentences of "over a century [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cornerstone of over a century of Russian diplomacy was laid with the signing of a formal alliance with Austria in 1726 . |
| 2 | Like her earlier Stand We At Last , which told the story of over a century of Western feminism , Daddy 's Girls shows Zoë Fairbairns to be adept at recreating detail and charting the changes in character 's lives as years pass . |
| 3 | In more recent times it was important for over a century for one reason : it was supported by Sir Isaac Newton . |
| 4 | Trade with Russia might survive if the Muscovy Company went out of business , but it was not easy to imagine that trade with Hudson Bay ( with all that it did for London furriers and re-exporters ) could continue if the Company lost its trading rights , and the Royal African Company was believed to be necessary for the slave trade until the 1690s , and the East India Company kept its position in trade with India for over a century after that . |
| 5 | The internal economic geography of the UK has been reworked over a century by fundamental change in the nature and orientation of exports , which has reflected the success of individual industries and their factories . |