Example sentences of "the excess of [noun] over " in BNC.

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1 The excess of expenditure over income was £83,604 , and the TBC was obliged to rely on subventions from the government ; that continued reliance was to be a significant factor in decisions that were taken later .
2 This argument starts from a different point on the balance of payments circle , with the excess of imports over exports .
3 The excess of male over female cases found in this age group is consistent with epidemiological studies but is still not generally appreciated in either hospital or primary care .
4 Indeed GP referrals account for nearly all the excess of female over male referrals .
5 This case is illustrated in Fig. 7–2 , where it may be checked that the excess of revenue over variable costs ( the shaded area ) is equal to the fixed cost C , and that a rise in C would shift the equilibrium horizontally .
6 For i = 1 , … , m , we will write for the excess of requirements over stocks held at site i of some commodity .
7 Suppose first that T = 0 , so that the excess of interest over new debt is financed by a capital tax .
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