Example sentences of "[prep] over [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accumulation rate for the ACCs peaked in 1970–1 at just over 5½ per cent — an increase of over 1 percentage point relative to the early sixties . |
| 2 | It stipulated that reductions would be made over five years ( taking 1990 as the base year ) instead of over 10 years backdated to 1986 as proposed by the EC [ see p. 37796 ] . |
| 3 | Some 2,500 out of over 8,000 workers began taking the masks when they went into the forest to cut wood , collect honey or fish . |
| 4 | At present a hotel has to have a peak demand of over one megawatt , a tall order , but in March 1994 — if not earlier — users with a 100kW demand will be given shopping freedom . |
| 5 | Problems begin to occur in journeys of over one hour . |
| 6 | Generally available at 30cm , this fish can reach a length of over one metre . |
| 7 | Whereas loss of signal in coaxial cable makes runs of over one kilometre disproportionately expensive , because of the need to amplify signals on the way , the low loss of fibres makes long runs cheap ; but fibres need conversion hardware at each end . |
| 8 | Oracle Corp says that its Oracle7 Co-operative Server database is now up on Apple Computer Inc 's Workgroup Server 95 running A/UX , Apple 's implementation of Unix , adding that the product is the result of over one year of joint development work between Oracle and Apple . |
| 9 | Oracle Corp says that its Oracle7 Co-operative Server database is now up on Apple Computer Inc 's Workgroup Server 95 running A/UX , Apple 's implementation of Unix , adding that the product is the result of over one year of joint development work between Oracle and Apple . |
| 10 | Second , the 1965 US " voluntary restraint programme " ( made mandatory in 1968 ) imposed limits on outward direct investment ( unless US multinationals could show offsetting balance of payments earnings ) , and discouraged loans by US banks of over one year to international borrowers including subsidiaries of US multinationals . |
| 11 | She put the money in her purse with a reverence shown only by people who rarely , if ever , had handled notes of over one pound denomination . |
| 12 | Those were the figures which he aggregated to produce a total of over one point two million pounds . |
| 13 | In front of over 22,000 fans Town got off to a great start , taking the lead after 34 minutes , Duncan Sheerer the scorer . |
| 14 | WHEN the final placing for the Head of the River Race last Saturday elevated Belfast Rowing Club 's senior eight to 37th place out of over 400 crews , no further confirmation was required of the tremendous revival in their prospects . |
| 15 | We are building two ourselves of our Severnside , Bristol , site — and already there is great interest in the concept , particularly from countries like India whose infrastructure restricts distribution of fertilizers from a plant to a radius of perhaps 150 kms ; large-scale plants can result in over-production in these situations , but our LCA ammonia process is just what we believe is needed , with a production rate of about 500 tonnes a day instead of over 1000 tonnes from a full-sized plant . |
| 16 | Well those of us who did our probationary year sort of over ten years ago . |
| 17 | They are irregular systems , and may be regarded as companions of our Galaxy , since both lie within 200000 light-years of us — as against over 2000000 light-years for the Andromeda Spiral . |
| 18 | Quite apart from over 200 manuscripts , many heraldic or about Devonshire and some medieval , he owned nearly 500 printed books , including about 130 each of ‘ theological ’ and ‘ historical ’ works , over seventy works of ‘ Poesy ’ and over forty of ‘ Morality ’ . |
| 19 | At the end of December 1980 , the returns to the Committee on Jail Reform indicated that almost 7,000 ( 8 per cent ) of the 92,000 undertrials had been in gaol for over one year , and 2,500 of these had been held for more than two years . |
| 20 | That adds up to over two weeks a year , or two years of your life . |
| 21 | The distance between the cusps on shingle beaches is usually of the order of 5 m ( 15 ft ) , but on sandy beaches may be much greater ranging up to over 60 m ( 200 ft ) ( Russell and Macmillan , 1952 ) . |
| 22 | Adjacent times one point one nine over one point one nine equals a hundred and twenty over over one point one nine . |