Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far more of our 18 and over population will have access to degrees . |
| 2 | My first taste of oppression was not that of being a woman or Black but over homosexuality ! |
| 3 | Push needles into hold position , hang neckline with right side uppermost and over machine ( in about ¼ to ½ inch ) . |
| 4 | Over the past two decades the resident population in Scottish mental hospitals fell by 20% but the proportion of residents aged 65 or over rose from 45% in 1970 to 66% by 1988 . |
| 5 | In 1983 , the 65 and over age-group represented 15 per cent of the population , compared with 5 per cent in 1901 . |
| 6 | Although the peak age for caring is 45–64 , with one fifth of adults in this age group providing informal care , the 65 and over age group proportionately spend more time caring . |
| 7 | Their commitment to the nationalisation programme of Let us Face the Future was fully demonstrated when they revealed their opposition to any attempts to ‘ water down ’ the principle of public ownership , as over civil aviation in 1945–46 and over iron and steel in 1947 . |
| 8 | Learning disability and mental disorder , among other adverse conditions , have also been associated with mother 's age of birth of child , the affected more often having mothers who were under age 20 or over age 39 at their birth . |
| 9 | But the evidence available confirms that the women most susceptible to maternal morbidity and mortality and who are most likely to experience loss of an infant or a child under age five belong to groups among whom contraception is relatively less frequently practised , i.e. under age 20 and over age 39 ( in some countries , over age 34 ) , with one or no children or many children , a rural resident , and/or with primary school education or less . |