Example sentences of "a [n mass] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Figures from the Public Health Laboratory Service ( PHLS ) revealed 7,848 confirmed cases of salmonella during the first six months of this year , a 17% decrease over the same period last year . |
| 2 | It expects the 78% share of desktops currently running by MS-DOS to fall to 29% by 1997 , the Apple Macintosh to retain a 10% share over the period , Windows to rise from last year 's 7% to 28% , Unix to grow from 4% to 10% , OS/2 to rise from 1% to 8% and Windows NT to grow from nowhere to 14% over the five years . |
| 3 | The investment by 3i represented a 73% increase over the previous year , which ended at 31 March 1990 . |
| 4 | The amount represents a 73% increase over the ¥263 trillion spent on public works during the previous decade . |
| 5 | Among those aged over 65 years , 48% voted Conservative ( a 15% lead over the proportion voting Labour ) , whereas among those aged 18 to 22 years , 41% voted Conservative ( a 12% lead over Labour voters ) . |
| 6 | The company 's president and chief financial officer were fired , the FBI began an investigation and Phar-Mor announced a $350m write-off over the affair . |
| 7 | After the completion of a £5.5M development over the last two years , Douglas Reyburn is now firmly positioned as one of the most modern spinning mills in the business and the largest woollen carpet yarn spinners in the country . |
| 8 | Insignia has shown consistent profitability for the last five quarters and in calendar 1991 had sales of $14.5m — £8m , an 80% increase over the previous year . |
| 9 | It is now possible to study not only the direction but also the rate of shell evolution at an interspecies level over the entire history of the Earth ! |