Example sentences of "over [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over 300lbs of oscillating blubber held modestly together by a taffeta jock-strap which serves to keep one cheek from slapping the other — the whole lot topped by a hairstyle which looks like a Sainsbury 's Catherine Wheel . |
| 2 | It 's a big guitar , 16″ wide across the body and just over 4¾″ deep at the bottom bout , and with handsome-looking wood and satin-finished lacquer throughout it makes an immediate impression . |
| 3 | It will be over 23ins tall and be about 9ins in diameter ! |
| 4 | Drivers warned over break-ins |
| 5 | I had always pictured snow as clean and beautiful , stretched out over acres of fairyland . |
| 6 | and swinging over acres , I am still |
| 7 | When I purchased the Emperor it was 1½″ long but has now grown to over 3″ . |
| 8 | Down party took conger to over 19lbs , ling to 10lbs , good pollack , coalies , whiting , pouting and wrasse . |
| 9 | Boots were nailed and usually over 4lbs , and we wore plimsolls for dry rock . |
| 10 | It 's estimated we each eat over 100lbs of sugar a year — that 's not-so-sweet calories ! |
| 11 | Peter and Glyn Lyons ' dog , Merlin was found weighing just over 100lbs ; less than three quarters of its normal weight . |
| 12 | The body is remarkably slight , measuring only 11¾″ at its widest point and just a smidge over 14½″ from strap peg to neckplate . |
| 13 | River Shrimp will be taken by most fish over 4″ long . |
| 14 | The Red Baron stands just over 4″ tall and comes complete with a hand-turned mahogany base , limited edition certificate , biography of the ‘ hero ’ and numbered and dated by the sculptor . |
| 15 | This is a species capable of growing to well over 12″ in length in double-quick time , under the right conditions . |
| 16 | This should be kept in shoals , too , and can grow large in the wild ( to over 12″ ) . |
| 17 | Any tank over 18″ long should be in thicker than 4mm glass . |
| 18 | If the aquarium is over 36″ long , place a piece of wood under the centre of the base to avoid any sagging . |
| 19 | Kylie Ann Minogue weighed in at just over 6lbs and was immediately established as the darling not only for the Minogues and their friends , but of mum Carol 's network of relatives who had emigrated with her from Wales to Australia . |
| 20 | The Lanx , a rectangular dish , 48 x 38 cm and weighing over 10lbs , was discovered by chance in February 1734 or 5 in the bank of the River Tyne at Corbridge in Northumberland by the daughter of the local cobbler , from whom it passed into the hands of the Dukes of Northumberland . |
| 21 | Although the current arms control negotiating agenda would not directly encompass defensive aircraft , it was argued that the current climate of detente made the project an unjustifiable expense ( of over dollars 35,000 million for some 800 EFAs to come into service in 1997 ) . |
| 22 | Significant increases were announced in August 1989 in the price of bread , sugar , flour , semolina and cooking oil ; projected subsidies of these foodstuffs in 1989 totalled over dollars 400,000,000-an increase of more than one-third over 1988 . |
| 23 | As a result in part of these factors , and also of firm demand , spot petroleum prices on the world market as characterized by the marker ( North Sea ) Brent crude , which had risen from a low of about dollars 12 in September 1988 ( see p. 36573 ) to dollars 16-dollars 17 around the turn of 1988-89 ( see p. 36411 ) and to over dollars 18 by mid-March 1989 ( see p. 36573 ) , increased further to over dollars 21 by mid-April . |
| 24 | As a result in part of these factors , and also of firm demand , spot petroleum prices on the world market as characterized by the marker ( North Sea ) Brent crude , which had risen from a low of about dollars 12 in September 1988 ( see p. 36573 ) to dollars 16-dollars 17 around the turn of 1988-89 ( see p. 36411 ) and to over dollars 18 by mid-March 1989 ( see p. 36573 ) , increased further to over dollars 21 by mid-April . |
| 25 | Thereafter prices evened out around the dollars 18 level ( the " minimum " reference price for OPEC oil confirmed in November 1989-see p. 37053 ) , but in December the world market was again temporarily affected ( this time by exceptionally cold weather in North America and by the US military operation in Panama-see pp. 37112-13 ) and in the latter part of that month the Brent crude price rose to over dollars 20 . |
| 26 | In my long experience of this species , I have noticed that as long as you have only a few juveniles over 1″ , these seem to stop growing at around 1.25″ , until an adult dies , whereupon a young fish will fill the gap and grow on to adult size at a remarkable rate . |
| 27 | An oily mixture thrown from the back of a boat can draw hundreds of fulmars and petrels over kilometres of featureless ocean . |
| 28 | At over 10½″ in diameter , this large plate gives a sense of spaciousness to Shepherd 's sensitive portrayal of this most noble of animals . |
| 29 | An eagle planed over miles of country without a single flapping of its wings , curving and rising on the air currents generated by the warmed mass of Schiehallion . |
| 30 | Here one was met by a bench — and indeed , by a most marvellous view over miles of the surrounding countryside . |