Example sentences of "[n mass] of [noun pl] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extrahepatic disorders unrelated to cirrhosis in portal hypertension occur with greater frequency in the elderly : in our experience more than 10% of patients over the age of 65 years with variceal haemorrhage have glucose intolerance requiring treatment with either insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents . |
| 2 | Secondary education , mainly in schools now known as grammar schools , was available nationally for 20% of children over the age of eleven , with pronounced regional variations . |
| 3 | Westergaard and Resler estimated that in 1970 only 7% of adults over the age of 25 owned shares . |
| 4 | 95% of drivers/riders over the legal limit are male . |
| 5 | That report from the Mayo clinic was mirrored to some extent by the study of Pescatori and Mattana who reported that 45% of patients over the age of 45 experienced faecal soiling , whereas only 24% of patients under 45 years of age did so . |
| 6 | This is not good news for Leeds who are coming upto a difficult series of games over the next month . |
| 7 | And it has suffered an extraordinary series of mishaps over the past decade . |
| 8 | Running through the history of literary criticism is a series of debates over the connection ( or contrast ) between literature and philosophy , and between the aesthetic imagination and science . |
| 9 | There has been a series of decisions over the past 50 years which , although they are said to be cases of estoppel are not really such . |
| 10 | In a remarkable series of investigations over the past four years , the MMC has examined the practices in beer , petroleum , and motor vehicle supply . |
| 11 | Staff will hold a series of meetings over the next few weeks to decide how to respond to the cuts plan . |
| 12 | There have been an enormous series of changes over the last ten or fifteen years , and maybe some school teachers would be glad if it slowed down a little bit to make their life a little easier , I do n't know . |
| 13 | Having cut his teeth at Disney Studios , Lasseter has developed a reputation with a series of shorts over the past five years which have brought together the very best aspects of hand and computer animation , creating something quite special in the process . |
| 14 | This is the latest in a series of conflicts over the Baltic environment , including an escape of effluent from the chemicals complex on the river Dvina which poisoned large numbers of fish . |
| 15 | Long experience suggests that magnetic disks have seen off a long series of challenges over the past 15 years — but a review of the survival and thriving of the technology gives a very partial and inadequate view . |
| 16 | CONSERVATION Volunteers , which has its training centre at Dendron Lodge in Bangor 's Clandeboye Estate , is running a series of courses over the next month or so at the Lodge . |
| 17 | This had led to a lengthy series of negotiations over the sort of contracts which should bind printers in his new plant . |
| 18 | Such a double-fisted attack has so far posed no extraordinary problems for librarians , but a series of events over the last few years illustrates that the issue of the law and censorship could become a major problem in the management of libraries . |
| 19 | This weekend 's meeting is the latest in a series of conferences over the past two weeks during which ministers , their advisers , vice-chancellors , polytechnic directors and senior officials have been thrashing out strategies for expanding the higher education system . |
| 20 | Though they admitted a whole series of assaults over the previous three years , they disputed their frequency , he said in his closing speech . |