Example sentences of "the [noun sg] of over " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is one reason why the proportion of over 65s has risen , but it also means that many more old people will grow very old , with much higher chances of becoming very dependent and physically feeble . |
| 2 | Like all small-town rivalries in Scottish football , whether it be Airdrie and Hamilton or Ayr and Kilmarnock , the animosity between Dundee and St Johnstone is buried in decades of local disputes , some real , some imagined , and some steeped in the venom of over familiarity . |
| 3 | In the past metalpoints were sold , rather like vintage fountain pens , in the form of over elaborate styluses , often adorned with fancy decoration . |
| 4 | The organisation of the exhibition , however , immediately poses questions , answers to which run the risk of over simplification simply because of the enormous time-span involved . |
| 5 | The introduction of the idea of over spill raises issues of change . |
| 6 | It is overlain with a more detailed pattern reflecting the location of over spill estates , which will be described in Chapter 6 . |