Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] over the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Librarians point out that for their part they receive fewer volumes for their money , since the prices of books over the same period have risen distinctly faster than retail prices as a whole . |
| 2 | Such compromises and concessions , necessary for maintaining consensual politics , exacerbated the economic pressures ; for example , the growth of social provision and the socialization of the losses of large sectors of private capital through nationalization ( see chapter 3 ) was reflected in a rapid rise in public expenditure from 25.0 per cent of GDP in 1975 to 35.4 per cent in 1982 ( Donges 1984 : 111 ) ; the public sector deficit rose from zero to 5.9 per cent of GDP over the same period . |
| 3 | Investing instead in a similarly-sized firm that was already traded in the market generated , on average , a profit of 30% over the same period . |
| 4 | Although DLOs have survived , Stoker ( 1988 , p. 186 ) notes that there was a 22.5 per cent fall in numbers employed between 1980 and 1985 and a 17.7 per cent fall in value of output over the same period . |
| 5 | I am aware , however , that surveying techniques of the last 150 years have been to standards of accuracy of centimetres over the same sort of distance and landscape . |
| 6 | But both could be ( confusingly ) described as average number of competitors over the same region as the intended word . |
| 7 | Sir Antony commented : ‘ The fact that these actions have not prevented the substantial fall in profitability over the same period is a reflection of the length and severity of the recession . ’ |
| 8 | The company reported a 10pc increase in profits over the same period with figures up from £253m to £278m . |
| 9 | In addition there have been significant decreases in fertility over the same period . |
| 10 | All the seven pastels were executed in Bath between the mid 1760s and 1770s and all seven sitters were also painted in oils over the same period . |
| 11 | For the regional banks the ratio increased from 64% to 68% over the same period . |
| 12 | Based on inflation over the same period , my £10 is now worth only Pounds 6.50 . |
| 13 | In an earlier article in this Journal , I dealt with the county representation to Westminster over the same period and showed the abuses to which the elections by the Freeholders gave rise . |
| 14 | This represents a difference or rather gross profit of 65p per dozen or £14.98 per bird over the same period . |
| 15 | Absolute losses also fell in Outer London , from 26,000 to only 3,000 per year over the same period . |