Example sentences of "[adj] man over [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her father , a hale old man over seventy , with a fresh colour and benignant expression , was sitting at the table finishing his meal . |
| 2 | The guv'nor , the mastersmith , were an old man over eighty . |
| 3 | As a married man over 75 and on a modest income , you are allowed the first £6,875 free of tax . |
| 4 | By 1965 it appeared that 48 per cent of retired men over 65 , but only 24 per cent of single women over 60 and 11 per cent of widows over pensionable age had employers ' pensions , younger women predominating among those women who had a pension in their own right ( Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance , 1966 , p. 154 ) . |
| 5 | There is also a tendency to prefer married men ( single men over 30 are considered somewhat suspect ) , and wives are often asked to appear before selection committees . |