Example sentences of "[vb pp] by over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not surprisingly , customer demands for lower charges and improved service were cited as the major source of competitive pressure in the industry ( reported by over 55 per cent of all operators ) . |
| 2 | The workforce has been slashed by over 200,000 in the last five years . |
| 3 | It has been succeeded by over ten Acts designed to protect other aspects of our natural and cultural heritage . |
| 4 | Our village has been attacked by over 500 well-equipped contras . |
| 5 | Our Anniversary Luncheon , with Malcolm Rifkind , Secretary of State for Transport , as principal speaker , was as well attended as ever ; even the Annual Ball in March was enjoyed by over 300 members and guests . |
| 6 | The Etruscans and Europe ’ , the major exhibition on both the Etruscan culture and its later influence on European art , was visited by over 330,000 people while at the Grand Palais from 19 September to 4 January . |
| 7 | The announcement that some routes in the area , which is visited by over 2,000 climbers a year , are to be equipped for ‘ environmental ’ reasons came in a press release that effectively throws down the gauntlet to the sport 's governing body . |
| 8 | The NPP gained 16 seats , but only Busia was successful from the Congress , beating his Cpp rival by nine votes ; Danquah was defeated by over 1100 votes . |
| 9 | Questions on health , self-care and education were all highly rated by over 70 per cent of respondents . |
| 10 | This regulation was exploited by over 1,000 pro-Indian individuals and organizations each applying for the opportunity to participate in the hearings and thereby assist Harper in delaying a vote . |
| 11 | An organic-rich silt lens at Tolsta Head , Lewis is overlain by over 2 m of glacial till . |
| 12 | Most , but not all , of the islanders retreated to the mainland , returning five months later to discover that their island had grown by over a square mile and that nearly half the town had been destroyed . |
| 13 | At least GEC 's real dividend has grown by over 10% a year since 1978 . |
| 14 | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) , with a more than three quarters of a million members , has grown by over 40 per cent since the end of last year . |
| 15 | After Mass , the parishioners and family gave a reception in honour of Father at Coniston Hall , Coniston , which was attended by over 100 people and was a superb setting for the occasion , situated on the bank of Coniston Water and being overshadowed by Coniston Old Man . |
| 16 | The WARC was attended by over 1,400 delegates from 127 countries and 31 international and regional organisations . |
| 17 | It has been attended by over 20,000 people in UK already . |
| 18 | At its first public meeting , attended by over 100 members , anger was voiced at the action of the socialist majority on the management committee in rushing the society into all the dangers of party politics ( SE 5 January 18 ) . |
| 19 | The Wembley show was attended by over 10,000 people thousands more on the following two Sundays when it was shown on TV . |
| 20 | It was attended by over 200 representatives of local community , tenants , unemployed , and political groups . |
| 21 | This conference was sponsored by the BCS Data Management and Expert Systems Specialist Groups , ESPRIT and DTI/ITD among others , and was attended by over 80 delegates from 15 countries . |
| 22 | Attended by over 100 delegates , the symposium attracted many from overseas plus students and research assistants . |
| 23 | A charity dance held on the night of the theft was attended by over 300 people . |
| 24 | In the Summer , the University was the venue for the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association , which was attended by over 250 researchers from throughout the UK and overseas . |
| 25 | The Society 's Careers and Recruitment Service ran a series of workshops , attended by over 350 candidates , giving advice on improving application forms , and interview techniques . |
| 26 | The rally was attended by over 3,000 deputies to soviets at all levels ( from rural soviets to the USSR Supreme Soviet ) , and these met subsequently to adopt overwhelmingly a declaration calling on the USSR Supreme Soviet to enter into negotiations " on the restoration of Estonian state independence " . |
| 27 | At a congress in Helsinki on April 29 , 1990 , attended by over 4,000 delegates , the country 's splintered communist and left-socialist forces formed a new party , the Left-Wing Alliance . |
| 28 | The FIS held a large election rally in Algiers on June 4 , attended by over 100,000 supporters , at which Madani warned the Army against attempting a coup . |
| 29 | The sixth international conference on AIDS ( acquired immune deficiency syndrome ) was attended by over 10,000 delegates on June 20-24 in San Francisco , United States [ for fifth conference in June 1989 see p. 36752 ] . |
| 30 | The forum , sponsored by the Vietnamese government and the UN Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO ) , was attended by over 600 delegates from 31 countries . |