Example sentences of "excess [prep] [noun] over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faced with a persistent excess of expenditure over income , they may cut student numbers or they may increase income . |
| 2 | The financial year ending 31 July 1956 showed an alarming excess of expenditure over income in the general account of £2,238 . |
| 3 | If you could make a profit of approximately £2,500 per week for the fourteen or so unoccupied weeks ( a big if ! ) you would turn that excess of expenditure over income into an income surplus . |
| 4 | The excess of expenditure over income was £83,604 , and the TBC was obliged to rely on subventions from the government ; that continued reliance was to be a significant factor in decisions that were taken later . |
| 5 | The number has increased gradually from 1,087,000 in 1968 , though natural increase ( excess of births over death ) accounted for more than half the rise in 1979-1980 , the last year for which figures are available . |
| 6 | The scheme involves unwanted good quality furniture being offered to families or individuals in need and its continuing success means it is now operating self-sufficiently with a small excess of income over expenditure . |
| 7 | For thousands of years , poor drainage and an excess of rainfall over evapo-transpiration has favoured sphagnum peat growth . |
| 8 | What was detested was an excess of form over content , the gratuitous flamboyance of tail-fins on cars , extravagant use of cloth in clothing . |
| 9 | There is thus now an excess of supply over demand which augurs badly for the UK as its North Sea oil is relatively expensive to produce and this has put certain marginal oil fields out of production . |
| 10 | If , as seemed likely , one cause of unemployment was an excess of savings over investment , the equalisation of decisions to save and decisions to invest could be brought about by Labour 's plans for progressive taxation which would redistribute income to the poorer sections of society . |
| 11 | Measurements reveal a pronounced seasonal range in concentration at Mauna Loa of about 6–7 ppm , which reflects an excess of photosynthesis over respiration during the spring and summer , and the reverse during the autumn and winter . |