Example sentences of "[adv] over [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost of flood defence in the current financial year works out at just over £5 per community charge payer in the Thames region . |
| 2 | March usually has the heaviest rainfall , just over 100mm on average . |
| 3 | What it would do is close our collieries , place this country at the mercy of international coal traders , and give Britain an added trade deficit of about £900 million per annum , for a hypothetical saving of just over £1.25 per week for the average household . |
| 4 | The frets are quite fine at just over 2mm in width , and the quality of the fretwork and the fit of the nut is first class . |
| 5 | Just over 90% of university students are full-time ( DES , 1989b , Tables 1 and 4 ) . |
| 6 | It raised the money through the placing of two million ordinary shares at just over £3 per share . |
| 7 | It raised just over £2,000 for flood relief . |
| 8 | The price of crude oil stood at just over $20 per barrel at the beginning of February ( Brent light crude marker price for three-month delivery ) . |
| 9 | ‘ But an average of just over £2.50 per week , the regular giving of church-goers , even in these difficult times , suggests potential for further improvement . ’ |
| 10 | The purchase from Benchlane Developments shows an initial yield of just over 10pc with rent reviews within a year . |
| 11 | Accompanied by wonderful press release describing it as ‘ pound for pound the best value art book … high quality art publishing for just over 8p per page ’ . |
| 12 | For the remainder of this century the Canadian economy is likely to grow at approaching 3% per year with energy demand increasing at just over 2% per year . |
| 13 | The ceilidh dance we held — way back in February — was a huge success and we raised just over £450 in profit . |
| 14 | Fill it up with diesel , and it should reward you with a return of comfortably over miles per gallon on average . |
| 15 | Laurence del Brok began acquiring property on a small scale in 1236 , and over the course of his lifetime he spent well over £1,000 on property acquisitions . |
| 16 | This is a species capable of growing to well over 12″ in length in double-quick time , under the right conditions . |
| 17 | During the last year the firm sold well over £100,000,000 of quality flats and houses . |