Example sentences of "[art] [n mass] [noun] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prospect of amalgamation led to a bitter battle amongst the aircraft contractors over the TSR 2 , in which only the fittest and most ruthless firms survived . |
| 2 | It expects the 78% share of desktops currently running by MS-DOS to fall to 29% by 1997 , the Apple Macintosh to retain a 10% share over the period , Windows to rise from last year 's 7% to 28% , Unix to grow from 4% to 10% , OS/2 to rise from 1% to 8% and Windows NT to grow from nowhere to 14% over the five years . |
| 3 | The amount represents a 73% increase over the ¥263 trillion spent on public works during the previous decade . |
| 4 | Among those aged over 65 years , 48% voted Conservative ( a 15% lead over the proportion voting Labour ) , whereas among those aged 18 to 22 years , 41% voted Conservative ( a 12% lead over Labour voters ) . |
| 5 | The company 's president and chief financial officer were fired , the FBI began an investigation and Phar-Mor announced a $350m write-off over the affair . |