Example sentences of "[art] [adv] over [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1991 the UK current account deficit was a little over £6 billion and is expected to double in size to £12 billion or more by the end of 1992 . |
| 2 | After shrinking slightly over the past few years , the gap grew to nearly $10 billion during the first four months of this year , up from a little over $6 billion for the same period in 1990 . |
| 3 | When development of supporting technology for guidance and control is counted in , these ballistic missile defence programmes accounted for about $2900 billion last year with a little over $500 million budgeted for this year . |
| 4 | This is clearly a result of the higher surface gravity on Mercury , a little over double that on the Moon . |
| 5 | James Grant , the editor of a New York newsletter , has pointed out that the value of outstanding contracts in the gold-futures market is a little over $1 billion . |