Example sentences of "[noun] show a [adj] [noun sg] over " in BNC.

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1 New commissions for housing and offices show a marked decline over previous quarters .
2 Cell yields in successful reaggregate cultures showed a 2–5-fold increase over the lymphoid cell number added at the start of the culture .
3 Data gathered from thousands of locations on land and sea by the Meteorological Office and the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University shows a steady rise over the last eight years , but according to scientists , it is too early to attribute this to the build up of greenhouse gases .
4 Subsequent ERCP showed a transverse clip over the mid CBD causing a total stop ( Fig 1 ) .
5 They represent a serious degree of inequality in the earned income of men and women and , while the 1984 figures show a marked improvement over the figures for 1970 , there still remains a serious gap in the earnings of men and women .
6 On the face of it gross profit rates showed a steady decline over the 1960s and a dramatic fall between 1970 and 1975 from 23 per cent to 13 percent ; if capital consumption is taken into account the fall was from 17 to 4 per cent .
7 Where the second baseline shows a significant improvement over the first it is safe to assume that all is well .
8 However the statistics are compiled , an examination of local government expenditure shows a steady increase over the years .
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