Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [prep] [adj] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Halsey and his associates provide abundant evidence in support of this over the years . |
| 2 | However , the 1986 Social Security Act froze the reduced earnings allowance ( previously called the special hardship allowance ) on retirement and offset it against earnings-related pension , thereby reducing the compensation for the impact of disablement on those over retirement age . |
| 3 | The overall European Unix software market increased in size by 25% in 1991 over the previous year , according to the report , whilst the Unix hardware market was pegged at 15% . |
| 4 | The overall European Unix software market increased in size by 25% in 1991 over the previous year , according to the report , while the Unix hardware market was pegged at 15% . |
| 5 | The trend towards tighter state budgets could be exploited to reduce the number of students in some over populated subjects and also to cut back the resources of non-productive researchers . |
| 6 | The team continued to astound with their attacking flair and sound defence , treating the home crowd to wins of 5–1 over Plymouth , 10–1 over Croydon Common and 7–1 over New Brompton . |
| 7 | The Act limits the possession of crossbows to those over the age of 17 . |
| 8 | The Pensions Act which became law in August 1908 granted a pension of between 1s. and 5s. per week to those over the age of seventy with incomes of between £21 and £31 10s. p.a. , provided that they had not been imprisoned for any offence , including drunkenness , during the ten years preceding their claim , were not aliens or wives of aliens , and could satisfy the pension authority that they had not been guilty of ‘ habitual failure to work according to his ability , opportunity or need , for his own maintenance and that of his legal relatives ’ . |