Example sentences of "over 20 " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1985 , 26% of carers who devoted over 20 hours a week to caring were over 65 themselves . |
| 2 | The easiest way to make the journey , of just over 20 miles from Munich , is by the suburban railway ( S-Bahn ) , one of whose lines ends at Erding . |
| 3 | Although AMP has a significant stake , other British insurance companies own over 20 per cent of Pearl 's shares . |
| 4 | Some 18 per cent of managing directors secured pay increases of over 20 per cent in 1988-89 , compared with only 8 per cent of executives below board level . |
| 5 | Chub to 4 lb at Ross and matches won with over 20 lb of dace at Symonds Yat . |
| 6 | Such joist-ends will decay if their moisture content remains over 20 per cent for long periods . |
| 7 | As head of production for Gainsborough Pictures and , from 1932 , also for Gaumont-British , Michael Balcon had to make over 20 pictures a year . |
| 8 | Since only a part of the purchase price has to be put down now , this represents a likely return on capital of over 20 per cent in the first year . |
| 9 | In the year to the end of June , they showed pre-tax profits of $47million on sales of $385million : these figures suggest CSR has paid well over 20 times annual net earnings to buy the business . |
| 10 | Since only a part of the purchase price has to be put down now , this represents a likely return on capital of over 20 per cent in the first year . |
| 11 | Its VCS ( Video Computer System ) was the first colour home game system , and sold over 20 million . |
| 12 | Now over 20 per cent of American households have a Nintendo , and the Atari VCS is just a fond memory . |
| 13 | As Americans , and relatives from many other countries filed through the town , and walked over the surrounding countryside yesterday — over 20 nationalities were represented on the flight — Mr Joe Horgan , a spokesman for the American victims of Flight 103 , spoke of a bond between the US and Lockerbie . |
| 14 | Of course , having a good offensive line helps and the coach Marty Schottenheimer has inherited one of the NLF 's most underrated offensive units , averaging 6ft 5in and over 20 stone . |
| 15 | Over 20 years ago , Japanese scientists were reporting that over 10,000 porpoises were being killed in the North Pacific each year in the drift-nets of the Japanese salmon fishery , and since then the drift-net fleet has grown considerably . |
| 16 | Liquidations have reached their highest level for over 20 years , according to a survey by Peat Marwick McLintock , a firm of accountants . |
| 17 | The most radical new idea would allow resettled farmers to purchase title deeds , payable over 20 years . |
| 18 | Over 20 years the Lockheed-led group will develop and produce 648 aircraft . |
| 19 | His easy in the stressful world of live radio he puts down to over 20 years horticultural experience and his current position as tutor for commercial organic production at Otley College of Agriculture in Suffolk . |
| 20 | Charlton 0 , Plymouth 0 PETER SHILTON made his playing debut for the Plymouth side he now manages against the team he first played against over 20 years ago . |
| 21 | If New Yorkers notice it at all , few have any idea that it is 1,500 years old , and many would be deeply shocked if they knew , reckoning that anything over 20 years old must be dirty and out of date . |
| 22 | Sheila , who had been ringing for over 20 years , told me that her father and grandfather had both been ringers . |
| 23 | There is speculation about new political initiatives , each one a triumph of hope over 20 years ' experience . |
| 24 | Charles , meanwhile , had commenced his first campaign to subdue the Saxons , a task which was not concluded for over 20 years . |
| 25 | Cobalt is a high value , low volume commodity — just over 20 000 tonnes are mined each year — but is of high strategic importance . |
| 26 | Typically overheating by 1°C increases energy consumption by 7 per cent , and so heating a building to 22°C rather than the statutory maximum of 19°C increases the amount of energy used by over 20 per cent . |
| 27 | Although these basic management perspectives have been established for over 20 years , modern technology often ignores them . |
| 28 | I have used my 1957 SWB Series One for everyday use for over 20 years . |
| 29 | Its frontiers , over 20 years later , would become the borders of the independent Lebanese state . |
| 30 | By 1900 however , the birth rate was plunging as couples chose to have fewer children , just as improved health had also begun to have a marked impact ; and it is the combination in the twentieth century of a now almost stagnant population of small families with a new fall in death rates which explains the striking rise of over-sixty-year-olds to form over 20 per cent of our population today and why , more than in any previous generation , such a high proportion of them are without children . |