Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] of [num] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plans for the better distribution of population and employment were still needed , but one academic observer reported in 1957 : After 13 years the Conservatives lost office ; in the general election of October 1964 Harold Wilson won power with a slender majority of four over the other parties . |
| 2 | But the sad experiences of thousands over the past three years show that home ownership is not always a path to happiness and contentment . |
| 3 | NEW ZEALAND off-spinner Dipak Patel captured a Test best 6–113 as the Kiwis took a first-innings lead of 106 over Zimbabwe , bowled out for 219 in Bulawayo . |
| 4 | It was only a minimal drop of 242 over last year , but 3,580 fewer than 1989 . |
| 5 | In 1992/93 each single person was , for example , given an allowance of 3,445 ; married couples were given an additional allowance of 1,720 over and above the single allowance and pensioners were given even higher allowances . |
| 6 | On Feb. 26 , 1991 , the Anglo-Dutch food and cleaning products company , Unilever , announced that it would be cutting 5,500 jobs from a total workforce of 110,000 over the next three years . |
| 7 | A Super Bowl winner with the Chicago Bears seven years ago , McMahon 's won-lost record of 58–25 over his 11-year career is bettered only by Joe Montana and Mark Rypien . |
| 8 | Her winning time of 19:55 over the 5600m course , ensured the 19-year-old Parkside runner a place in the six-woman team at the World Cross-Country Championships in Antwerp . |
| 9 | The crime rate was reported on July 6 , 1990 , to have risen by 11.9 per cent over the previous year , and on Oct. 25 , 1991 , to have risen by 10.9 per cent in the first nine months of 1991 over the same period in 1990 . |
| 10 | A Home Office statistical bulletin said nationally police recorded an 11pc increase in offences in the last quarter of 1991 over the same period in 1990 . |
| 11 | Commodore sold a staggering amount of 64s over the Christmas/January sales period , the majority of which being the Terminator 2 packs ( which came with a T2 cart , but no cassette deck ) . |