Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] over [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , let me just erm of the , of the change , the five million change it 's , it 's in accounts for over four and there is small odds and ends changes otherwise . |
| 2 | Once you 're infected the virus may destroy your natural defences for over 10 years without you realising . |
| 3 | Many of us here present today have worked for our employers for over two years so we have some protection under law . |
| 4 | The carnyx was found early last century , but its identity puzzled experts for over 100 years . |
| 5 | The bookshop profile , along with profiles for over 250 other businesses , have been prepared for Midland by Project North East , a local enterprise agency based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne . |
| 6 | For village teams like Evenwood , proud FA Cup contestants for over 60 years , the outlook is gloomy . |
| 7 | This model particularly set out to explain the consolidation of the Gaullist regime in France after the Fifth French Republic was established with a strong president in 1958 , a change which inaugurated an unbroken dominance of French national politics by right-wing parties for over two decades . |
| 8 | Ten schools joined the campaign and we were able to donate hampers to 130 families and buy presents for over 400 children . |
| 9 | I have frequented pool-rooms for over twenty years , and at one pool-room game , n three-cushion billiards , am considered a far better than average player . ’ |
| 10 | Zou said that the summer floods [ see p. 38339 ] had caused economic losses of over 80,000 million yuan ( US$14,850 million ) , and grain losses of 10,000 million jin ( 5,000,000 tonnes ) . |
| 11 | On to this exceptionally high tide were piled waves of over 6 m ( 20 ft ) amplitude so that wave attack was absolutely excessive ( a series of accounts of the damage is given in Geography , 1953 , pp. 132–89 ) . |
| 12 | Both contain details of over 550,000 in print titles , over 40,000 forthcoming titles annually and the names and addresses of over 20,000 publishers active in the UK and Continental Europe . |
| 13 | There are , however , wide variations , ranging from densities of over 200 persons per hectare in some inner wards in London to virtually uninhabited remote moorland areas in Scotland . |
| 14 | Even by the Tories own , this pay policy will remove some one point five billion pounds from the pay packets of over eight point six million public sector workers . |
| 15 | Weights of over 100 lbs . |
| 16 | At Knossos alone fragments of over 3000 Linear B tablets were recovered — nearly ten times the total number of Linear A inscriptions so far recorded . |
| 17 | Small panels of bold , simple very low relief are perhaps most easily carved by hand , but on other work time savings of over 90 per cent can be achieved ; 75 per cent is a reasonable average . |
| 18 | One of Britain 's top jump jockeys , he had ridden the winners of over 350 races in his career and was recognized as one of the toughest of a tough breed . |
| 19 | Mazda engineers listened to recordings of over 100 classic engine notes to perfect it . |
| 20 | Shucksmith ( 1981 ) found waiting lists of over 1,200 and a housing stock of only 2,169 in the Lake District National Park , while Phillips and Williams ( 1982a ) found a waiting list of about 1,000 and a stock of some 4,500 dwellings in South Hams , Devon . |
| 21 | The ISE is the foremost market in international equities with over 65 per cent of trades . |
| 22 | Manganese nodules with over 10 per cent Mn occur in Loch Fyne on the west coast of Scotland . |
| 23 | Manganese nodules with over 10 per cent Mn occur in Loch Fyne on the west coast of Scotland but resources are probably small . |
| 24 | The National Assembly on March 19 adopted the government 's amendments to the July 1989 electoral law [ ibid. ] , apparently tabled in view of the perceived strength of the FIS , which introduced proportional representation to increase the share of seats won by smaller parties , rather than allowing parties with over 50 per cent of the vote to take all the seats in that locality . |
| 25 | Outside London there was only a handful of districts with over 10 per cent of their population living in households with a NCWP-born head Luton and Slough in the South East , Birmingham , Sand well and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands , Blackburn in Lancashire , and the City of Leicester , being the highest at 21.7 per cent in 1981 . |
| 26 | These vary from ‘ big ’ nations with over 50 million people to ‘ offshore ’ nations with populations under one million . |
| 27 | all vessels with over 50 persons equipped with a wireless and emergency source of power |
| 28 | Direct benefits for participating firms will include referrals of new clients from over 3,000 Enterprise Agencies , Business Advice Centres and TECs as well as from national organisations like the Forum of Private Business and Federation of Small Businesses . |
| 29 | The scheme offers special membership benefits to participating firms , including referrals of new clients from over 3,000 business advice centres nationwide . |
| 30 | Altogether , therefore , over a quarter of a million candidates from over 800 centres became involved with SCOTVEC at a variety of levels during the session . |