Example sentences of "[noun] by [n mass] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darlington Borough Council spent six months preparing the brochure which Coun David Lyonette , development and planning applications subcommittee chairman , hopes will increase the number of visitors by 25pc over the next 18 months . |
| 2 | In Western Europe it is estimated that new cars will become , on average , 2% more fuel efficient per year to 1990 , Europe 's motor manufacturers having given the commitment to governments to improve the fuel efficiency of their 1985 models by 10% over the 1978 efficiency level . |
| 3 | NHS dentists ’ incomes have dropped in real terms by 40pc over the past ten years and the most recent savage cuts proposed , leave many practitioners worried about possible bankruptcy . ’ |
| 4 | The company has agreed to keep the average rise in domestic telephone charges to four percentage points below inflation , and to lower international rates by 12% over the next three years , starting with an 8% cut in the first year . |
| 5 | SunSoft has enhanced Solaris 2.0 to 2.2 ( though it 's not officially calling it that ) boosting symmetric multiprocessing performance by 60% over the previous version as measured on an eight-way system . |
| 6 | The Bristol-based Frenchay Healthcare Trust , said the 89 job losses were needed to help cut spending by £2.3m over the next year . |
| 7 | Coutts had considered Virgin 's request to exceed their overdraft by £200,000 over the next seven days . |
| 8 | The FE market was large and growing , and the recent Budget had allowed still further provision to expand it in line with government policy to increase student numbers by 25% over the next three academic years , Mr Whitnall said . |
| 9 | The number of properties repossessed rose by 74% over the 1990 figure to 75,540 in 1991 . |
| 10 | Now the company has 270 staff ( it started out with just 30 three years ago ) , has increased production by 20% over the past year and has a turnover of £l2m ( it expects that to rise to £l4m next year ) . |