Example sentences of "[n mass] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 25th FAO conference in Rome in November 1989 adopted a regular budget of US$569,000,000 for 1990/91 , an increase of $77,000,000 over the previous biennium [ see p. 36957 ] . |
| 2 | Because of the migration of mackerel over the notional dividing line between eastern and western zones , British fishermen had been faced with dwindling numbers of a healthy species . |
| 3 | In the past financial year companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ( TSE ) raised a staggering ¥25 trillion through various forms of equity financing — up 65% over the previous year . |
| 4 | In fact , in 1932–33 , without all the goals of the FFYP having been achieved , 6.7 million workers and employees were working in Soviet factories , an increase of more than 110% over that of 1928 , and of 65% over the planned number of workers ! |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Some PCs these days can already offer this type of performance or may offer a one megabyte graphics card as an optional extra for as little as £20 over the price of a 512K card . |
| 7 | The European Communities ( EC ) announced grant aid for Ethiopia worth $387,000,000 over the next five years , to be directed towards rural development and small-scale industry and agriculture , with the emphasis on the private sector . |
| 8 | The maximum number of new shares which may be issued under the schemes is restricted to 5% of the issued ordinary share capital over the first five years ending in 1991 and thereafter 3% over any three year period . |
| 9 | Gas demand is likely to increase by 25% over the remainder of the century with saturation being achieved in domestic markets and increased penetration occurring in industrial and commercial markets . |
| 10 | The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has gone up by 25% over the past 150 years . |
| 11 | Intel Corp 's storming first quarter figures ( see page seven ) have not gone down well everywhere , and Hancock Institutional Equity Services analyst Eli Sayegh reckons that there is not much more to go for in the stock : he yesterday downgraded Intel to sell from hold , saying he thinks the company is near peak operating margins at just over 40% , double the historical norm ; he said the company 's margins have been driven largely by a shift from the 80386 chip to the 80486 chip ‘ and this can not go on for too long ; ’ he reckons that Advanced Micro Devices Inc will immediately take 10% of the 80486 market with its planned clone , and could take as much as 25% over time ; his damper wiped $1.75 off Intel shares at $115.75 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It expects the 78% share of desktops currently running by MS-DOS to fall to 29% by 1997 , the Apple Macintosh to retain a 10% share over the period , Windows to rise from last year 's 7% to 28% , Unix to grow from 4% to 10% , OS/2 to rise from 1% to 8% and Windows NT to grow from nowhere to 14% over the five years . |
| 14 | The Commission approved on Dec. 17 , 1989 , for the third framework programme , its key technology research and development initiative , a budget of 5,700 million ECU over a five-year period of which one-third was to be for research into information technology . |
| 15 | On Nov. 7 the Joint European Torus ( JET ) , based near Oxford in the UK ( see p. 36052 ) , had issued an appeal for an additional 400,000,000 ECU over the period to 1996 , to enable it to continue its research into nuclear fusion . |
| 16 | A pilot scheme , using one welfare rights worker , indicated the potential of a specialist approach to welfare rights which concentrated solely on the needs of people with learning difficulties : it raised an extra £20,000 over and above existing benefits . |
| 17 | Audrey Hamilton , 35 , of Barnett Crescent , Kirkcaldy , and John Watson , of Simpson Court , Crail , each sued Fife Health Board for £20,000 over the death of their son , David , in 1976 . |
| 18 | Audrey Hamilton , 35 , of Barnett Crescent , Kirkcaldy , and John Watson , of Simpson Court , Crail , each sued Fife Health Board for £20,000 over the death of their son , David , in 1976 . |
| 19 | I pay my men sixpence over the , the rate . |
| 20 | Under the plan , L&H 's 629 former partners are being asked to pay back over $40m over the next 10 years , with some partners ' personal assessments totalling as much as $400,000. 475 partners are thought to have approved the plan , but the remainder have either expressed their intention to appeal or have declared themselves personally bankrupt . |
| 21 | A breath hydrogen concentration 20 ppm over the baseline was taken as indicating the arrival of lactulose and/or malabsorbed carbohydrate into the caecum . |
| 22 | MCTT was therefore defined as the interval between finishing the meal and the first of two sequential increases in breath hydrogen concentration 20 ppm over the base line . |
| 23 | Carbohydrate malabsorption was defined as an increase of breath H 2 concentration 20 ppm over the base line . |
| 24 | The value of the shares in a hypothetical portfolio of acquired banks rose by 420% over the period studied , against a 160% increase for a portfolio of wallflower banks . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | What happened first was that the CIVC told the growers to harvest an extra 10% over the official 13,000 kilograms limit for that year , but to store it separately until the situation clarified . |
| 27 | They are also paying top officials 10% over the normal pay scales . |
| 28 | Iran is already 10% over quota , Kuwait 35% and the UAE nearly 50% . |
| 29 | The death rate for bleeding peptic ulcers has averaged between 6% and 10% over the past 30 years . |
| 30 | A stability test involves the accumulation of a substantial amount of data over a prolonged period of time and may require the production of reports at several stages of the test . |