Example sentences of "be over " in BNC.
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| 1 | To qualify , entrants must be over 18 and able to prove their identity if necessary . |
| 2 | The Hawaii Ironman is the original and ultimate triathlon , where the swim is through 2.4 miles of ocean , and is immediately followed by a 112-mile cycle ride up on the black lava fields , where by mid-morning the temperature will be over 100 degrees . |
| 3 | Entrants should be over 16 , although younger experienced walkers accompanied by adults will be considered . |
| 4 | It is expected that this trend will continue at least until the turn of the century : indeed forecasts suggest that between now and the year 2000 , the 70 year old ex-Service population will nearly double , while by the end of that period some 500,000 ex-RAF personnel will be over 80 years old . |
| 5 | It is expected that this trend will continue at least until the turn of the century ; indeed forecasts suggest that between now and the year 2000 , the 70 year old ex-Service population will nearly double , while by the end of that period some 500,000 ex-RAF personnel will be over 80 years old . |
| 6 | A private firm is also trying to start a luxury train — the Occident Express , I suppose — but if it happens the fare will be over 1500 pounds . |
| 7 | There are also likely to be provisions against losses on swap deals with local councils , which may be over £50million . |
| 8 | Often bulbs can be over 45cm ( 18in ) long when established . |
| 9 | The earth is now thought to be over 5,000 million years old , and the oldest fossils are over 3,000 million years old . |
| 10 | Pakistan should be even better as a five-day team than they proved they could be over 50 overs . |
| 11 | To hire a motorhome you need to hold a full U.K. driving licence and be over 25 , although some operators will accept drivers over 21 at premium prices . |
| 12 | It will be over a quarter of that for the entire EC , more than twice West Germany 's and equivalent to those of France , Belgium , Denmark , Luxembourg , Greece , Ireland and Portugal added together . |
| 13 | ( It must be remembered it was still another nine years before women were franchised to vote in Government Elections , and then had to be over 30 ) . |
| 14 | Lone parents themselves are likely to be over 25 years of age — on average less than 10 per cent were younger . |
| 15 | John Ryan MP claimed to have seen a policeman remove a woman 's glasses and then strike her on the head ; she had appeared , to him , to be over sixty years of age and a bystander . |
| 16 | Its precondition was that the surf at Waimea Bay should be over twenty feet for the entire duration of the day in which the contest would be surfed . |
| 17 | But at Pipeline on a non-competition day there might be over twenty in a scrum around the peak as if they were shooting Marilyn Monroe . |
| 18 | Even with oil accounting for only 35% of total demand , net imports of oil will still be over 400 million tonnes per year by the end of the century and including coal and gas imports the actual amount of energy imports will rise between 1983 and the year 2000 by some 200 million tonnes to represent 45% of consumption . |
| 19 | The fee for Blackman was said to be over £1,000 , and only £300 less than the existing Leeds record . |
| 20 | When I am fishing on my own I only weigh them straight away if they appear to be over 9lb , and leave the weighing until I pack in if they appear to be less . |
| 21 | Even at Main-Professional-Grade level , the difference in costs between obtaining an experienced teacher of proven worth or a probationer straight out of college can be over £6000 . |
| 22 | This indicates the sandstones can be over 30 m thick and are separated by well-defined shale beds . |
| 23 | Groups bonded through interests or situations rather than the fact that members happen to be over 60 may be far more suitable . |
| 24 | It was clear to everyone that most of the patients taking the new drug would be over 65 , and that elderly people have greater difficulty in eliminating drugs from their bodies than younger ones . |
| 25 | But no details are yet available of the cash to be made available , except that it ‘ may be over £1 million ’ . |
| 26 | Alerce is one of the longest lived trees in the southern hemisphere with some specimens believed to be over 4000 years old . |
| 27 | The marathon will be over 6km ( 4km for under 18s ) and the slalom course will be wide but interesting . |
| 28 | We know the approximate age of eight English bishops who were in possession of their sees in 1153 : all of them seem to have lived to be over seventy . |
| 29 | They predict that if no controls are placed on CFC and halon emissions there will be over 150 million extra cases of skin cancer in white US citizens born before 2075 . |
| 30 | The global demand is now estimated to be over 1000 million tonnes . |