Example sentences of "[art] [adv] over [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A little over four hundred pounds . |
| 2 | The world 's population now stands at a little over four billion . |
| 3 | Following a three-year pilot Programme , the council of ESRC has awarded a little over 1 million for a programme in Information technology in Education , initially for three years , under its Human Behaviour and Development Research Group . |
| 4 | In the 1979 election the Labour and Conservative national party organizations are estimated to have each spent a little over 1 million pounds on the campaign , roughly the same amount expended in total by their candidates in the local campaigns . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's because the population of Denmark is a little over five million people and it has a coastline of nearly five thousand miles , so even in the tourist season our beaches do n't get packed ! ’ |
| 6 | The highest point on Vengsøya , a little over two thousand feet above the Ocean 's surface , suddenly turns pink . |
| 7 | Together they had a little over two thousand saved . |
| 8 | As yet it was a little over two hundred yards away . |
| 9 | The grant recognizes their ownership of a little over one million hectares in the Pastaza region , in the east of the country . |
| 10 | In 1980 , more than 46.5 million people lived in England , compared with a little over 5 million in Scotland , 3 million in Wales and 1.7 million in Northern Ireland . |
| 11 | Between 1981 and 1984 , the number of those for whom self-employment was the main employment rose by almost 0.5 million to a little over 2.5 million — a growth to 11.2 per cent of the total employment figures . |