Example sentences of "[num] [noun] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duddy , a flyweight , was a 16–6 winner over the talented Ken Andrews of St Matthew 's but then came a shock in the division when Paddy Brown of Holy Trinity Belfast was beaten . |
| 2 | As widely predicted in the City , which has marked Costain shares down nearly 75 p.c. over the last year , there is no final dividend , leaving the interim of 43/4p the sole payout , compared with a total of 12¼p last time . |
| 3 | Yesterday Botham marched along the Paignton seafront clocking the incredible time of six hours and 12 minutes over the 26.4 miles . |
| 4 | The problem was that Barlaston sat above one of the richest coal mines in Europe and the whole village was expected to sink forty feet over the next twenty years . |
| 5 | The man was questioned by officers working on Operation Mountbatten — the police hunt for the so-called Horse Ripper who has carried out almost 30 attacks over the last 18 months in Hampshire and surrounding counties . |
| 6 | According to a report from the US Solar Energy Industries Association , sales of solar energy equipment have grown by more than 30 percent over the last two years , the vast majority being bought by developing countries . |
| 7 | Earnings per share are up er , more than forty percent over the same period last year and when the E P S is adjusted to take account of the non-operating items , the figure has increased by nearly ninety percent . |
| 8 | The proportion of rooms held back for this purpose is renegotiated annually : Winter has agreed to continue the 1985 arrangements over the following summer , i.e. 30 per cent over June-August and 15 per cent in May and September . |
| 9 | The top seed , who has missed out on just one final in 30 tournaments over the last two years , looked set for a shock defeat at 3–6 , 0–3 down midway through the second set . |
| 10 | In January 1989 the government said it expected a further 361,000 sales over the next three years . |
| 11 | He calculates that there are enough long-range connections for there to be two-way connections between any patch of 1 mm 2 and every other 1 mm 2 patch over the whole neocortex , which is quite impressive when you realise that the human neocortex has an area of more than 100,000 sq . |
| 12 | The stocking rate , for a fish only aquarium , is 1″ of fish for every 4 gallons nett ( 20″ in your case ) in the first six months , building up to 1″ for every 2 gallons over the next month ( 40″ for your tank ) . |
| 13 | He was started on intravenous amiodarone at a rate of 300 mg over the first hour followed by 900 mg over the next 24 hours . |
| 14 | The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague has returned about 700 works over the past six months . |
| 15 | The first of many specifications , the group plans to roll-out more than 30 specifications over the next two years covering areas such as massively parallel databases , systems evaluation , security , disaster recovery , report viewing and data sharing and delivery . |
| 16 | He had a fine time on the subcontinent , taking a total of 175 wickets over the two visits . |
| 17 | Yusupov had prepared an unusual opening variation : taking only six minutes over the first 14 moves , while Karpov used almost an hour . |
| 18 | Japanese and Polish scientists have studied samples of cod-liver oil taken from fish and found that levels of DDT had fallen from 25 micrograms per gram in 1974 to 3 micrograms in 1989 , and levels of PCBs had fallen from 18 to 7 micrograms over the same period . |
| 19 | Investigations by the Mid-Western Health Board found that grass samples showed readings six times over the maximum contamination levels allowed by EEC regulations , while Mrs Minogue 's vegetables had over twenty times the normal contamination level . |
| 20 | The annual report of the Forestry Commission — the state forestry body — notes that planting of broadleaved varieties of trees has increased by 10 times over the last decade . |
| 21 | That is likely to save 700 lives and more than 30,000 casualties over the next 30 years . |
| 22 | In contrast , books on education received 7 reviews over the same period , medicine 7 , chemistry , mathematics and physics , nil . |
| 23 | America has bought six machines over the last few years with two going to the Wellco Corporation and the remainder to Shaw Industries , the world 's largest carpet manufacturer with turnover in excess of $1.25 Billion . |
| 24 | If Barclays application to join the Switch network — started by Midland and Royal Bank of Scotland — is successful the electronic direct debit network will expand by at least 30,000 terminals over the next year and a half . |
| 25 | CIC is budgeting to sell 100 machines over the next three years . |
| 26 | BHC is having detailed discussions with four of these and hopes to sell 90–100 AP1-88s over the next decade . |
| 27 | NICKY MASON , ranked No.5 , showed during England 's outstanding 5-1 victory over the Soviet Union at Worthing on Thursday night that he is pushing for regular inclusion in the England team . |
| 28 | Walter Smith 's team have lost only six matches over the last 18 months , covering 74 league fixtures . |
| 29 | Richard Dunwoody , who suffered six falls over the three days at Aintree but ended as champion jockey , hopes to be back for Ascot on Wednesday , while Mark Pitman reportedly suffered no breaks in his final-race fall and has been allowed home . |
| 30 | This was repeated for 10 portfolios over the 420 months between 1931 and 1965 . |