Example sentences of "excess [prep] [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a chance excess of boys in the regulated group . |
| 2 | A charge of £5.00 will be made for each unfilled place in excess of 15% of the final numbers for which accommodation and catering services have been confirmed . |
| 3 | If the driver claims this right and then fails to provide the specimen duly required under section 7(4) , the sanction for that failure will be the use in evidence against him of the breath specimen which , ex hypothesi , proves an excess of alcohol above the statutory limit and accordingly in such case there will be no need , though it may be theoretically possible , to prosecute for a failure to provide a specimen without reasonable excuse under section 7(6) . |
| 4 | In 1970 , blacks accounted for well in excess of 10% of the American population ( 22.5 million out of 203 million ) ; other nonwhite races accounted for nearly a further 3 million citizens . |
| 5 | A recent large randomised study in India found no such effect but rather an apparent slight excess of deaths in the supplemented group . |
| 6 | This does not prove that there is an excess of DVT in the treated patients , but it raises a justifiable concern . |
| 7 | Mr Cook added that Canada and other countries were rapidly moving toward merger agreements and that DRT would boast a fee income in excess of $3.3bn in the current year . |