Example sentences of "that the [noun] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.

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1 It has been suggested that the lack of control over the system of payment by the Ministry of Health has created ‘ monumental distortions and fraud . ’
2 Suppose first that T = 0 , so that the excess of interest over new debt is financed by a capital tax .
3 This case is illustrated in Fig. 7–2 , where it may be checked that the excess of revenue over variable costs ( the shaded area ) is equal to the fixed cost C , and that a rise in C would shift the equilibrium horizontally .
4 Martin Patchen , in a study of 834 US government employees found that the factor of control over work methods consistently emerged as most closely associated with high job motivation .
5 The group says that the survival of evidence over a period of years defies expectations and improves the prospects for enforcement of the recently signed international Chemical Weapons Convention ( see Nature 361 , 105 ; 1993 ) .
6 Cmnd. 9058 estimated that the cost of implementation over the first two years would be some £35 million , which would cover staff costs , computer hardware and software , and consultancy .
7 Where it is unreasonable assume that sales in period t+1 will be the same as at time t ( the present ) , or that the increase/decrease in sales over period t to t+1 will be the same as during the period t-1 to t , a moving average may be calculated .
8 Recent evidence ( Johnstone et al. 1980 ) suggests that the superiority of ECT over placebo treatment might be short-lived , but supports its use for immediate relief of symptoms .
9 As the peso 's purchasing power lessened , its international exchange value did not depreciate correspondingly , with the result that the value of imports over the year outpaced exports .
10 As an example , suppose the nominal interest rate is 15 per cent per annum and that the rate of inflation over the past year has been 10 per cent .
11 There is no doubt that the effect of GATT over most of the postwar years has been to remove some of the protection afforded to national markets .
12 Its organization was similar in that it was controlled by persons of relatively high social status , that ransoming was a major source of profit , and that the transporting of animals over long distances was usual when a payment was not forthcoming .
13 It is intriguing , however , to find , in the appendix , evidence from Parkes ' study that the group of widows over the age of 65 showed a much smaller increase in sedative consumption after bereavement than those under 65 years old .
14 Chan , Chan and Karolyi ( 1991 ) found that the distribution of returns over five-minute intervals for S&P500 futures from 1984 to 1989 was leptokurtic with fat tails .
15 Taylor ( 1964 ) in particular noted that the distribution of GSRs over distance travelled corresponded very closely to the distribution of actual accident figures over the same distance .
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