Effectively, they had drawn a line in the sand and told us that the overdraft facilities they had given us were on no account to be exceeded. |
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The chemicals that most often exceeded limits were naphthalene, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. |
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The increase meant the producers exceeded their official quotas by 8.7 percent, according to the report. |
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The non-party councillor got 1790 votes and was elected on the first count having exceeded the quota by 690 votes. |
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After all, he topped the poll and exceeded the quota by 2,440 votes in the last general election. |
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His line was the jocundly-sentimental Wardour Street brand of adventure, told in a style that exactly met, but never exceeded, every expectation. |
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Advance bookings exceeded all expectations and well over 1,000 anglers journeyed to the resort to compete. |
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Tournament skiers like David have long exceeded the 100-feet mark for the jump. |
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The festival is a training ground for aerialists, now in its third year, and has well exceeded expectations. |
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In restaurants and malls, however, caregiving by mothers exceeded that of fathers by a wide margin. |
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All branches of the military have exceeded their recruitment goals for the last three years. |
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Previously, a special permit was required if the mandatory workweek exceeded 48 hours. |
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The allegation was that he exceeded his powers by having the complainant's car towed away. |
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If your modified adjusted gross income exceeded the allowable limits, all or some of your contributions could have been non-deductible. |
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Since materials plastically deform as the yield stress is exceeded, a plastic zone will form near the crack tip. |
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At that stage the auctioneer announced the reserve price had been exceeded and the property was on the market. |
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The polyunsaturated fatty acid linoleate was incorporated into fat stores until the proportion in adipose tissue exceeded that in the diet. |
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Weldon maintained that the arbitrator exceeded his jurisdiction in arriving at this decision. |
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There remained French's Cavalry Division, with Hutton's Mounted Infantry, which could not have exceeded two thousand sabres and rifles. |
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I think we exceeded what we expected to do out here but you go out there and you want to win and there is a gutting feeling when you lose. |
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We exceeded all our expectations in getting to the final, but it was gutting to finish as losers. |
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Present malariological parameters have reached or even exceeded preintervention levels. |
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On the news this morning, the old bag was saying that the visitor figures for the fountain had far exceeded their predictions. |
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Producers should scout fields and determine if the action threshold has been exceeded. |
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Non-battle casualties exceeded 7,000, most of whom suffered from scrub typhus or an undiagnosed fever. |
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During this three-year study interval, peak sea star body temperatures likely reached or exceeded 24 deg C on only 9 dates. |
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In 1972 matriculation rates for men exceeded those of women by 53 to 46 percent. |
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If beetle counts are below this level, continue sampling until the threshold is exceeded or beetle activity stops. |
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Abit's ThermalGuard will immediately shutdown your computer when your CPU die has exceeded its threshold temperature. |
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Umpires can remove a bat from the game if a bat has exceeded the pine tar limitation. |
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Edmond bore up bravely and I think even enjoyed himself quite a bit, despite a tap-dancing scene which exceeded my tolerance as well. |
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In this case the I effect of the halomethyl group is not exceeded by a positive mesomeric effect as for instance in case of methyl vinyl ether. |
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The whole issue came to light recently when it emerged that Ireland had exceeded its European level of tonnage. |
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There could be Christmas bonuses only if the set income parameters were exceeded. |
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The levels in three samples exceeded the safety limit for the ASP toxin of 20 micrograms per gram. |
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Evidence that nitrate levels in water exceeded the limit of 50 milligrams per litre was incomplete. |
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A total of 161 developers failed in the tenders because their bids exceeded the upper limits. |
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In areas where the trusses exceeded maximum shippable weights, they were delivered with splices at the one-third points. |
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It exceeded the 4 x 6 inches allowed by the jail, so I was pleasantly surprised that it was not rejected by the trigger-happy mailroom. |
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The average occupancy rate of the hotels has exceeded 90 per cent, with significant recovery from an earlier slack business season. |
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In most hospitals the number of patients needing treatment far exceeded the number of cots available. |
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When the pain inflicted by his bullying schoolfellow exceeded the pain-pleasure ratio, he upped and ran away from Repton. |
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Within a day I had exceeded my free upload limit and needed to buy a larger account. |
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The water level exceeded 60 cm in some places, the Bulgarian news agency reported. |
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Mrs Beeton considered that Southdowns had a better flavour, and noted that, for these, demand exceeded supply. |
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A quick glance at her speedometer told her she exceeded the speed limit by at least fifteen miles per hour, but she didn't care. |
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They have exceeded all expectations and have achieved a level of perfection rarely seen by a vigneron. |
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The museum has exceeded expected visitor numbers and hit its 300,000 annual target within its first six months. |
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In fact, the number of candidates for election to the board exceeded the number of posts to be filled. |
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Health chiefs say that the level of cholesterol lowering drugs, statins, prescribed by GPs, has exceeded predicted levels. |
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The results showed that cumulative OP exposure from about two-dozen foods often exceeded a child's acceptable Reference Dose. |
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While the winds were not as high, the storm surge actually exceeded Camille considerably. |
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The two oldest individuals at Caffey Hill both contained decayed heartwood, so stand maximum ages exceeded these values. |
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A total of eight Orkney chairs featured in the sale catalogue, and exceeded their estimates, according to Bonham organisers. |
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Again, branched catenoids can exist only if an upper limit for the distance of neighbouring nets is not exceeded. |
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The extent of this strewn field is still being determined, but it has already exceeded 200 sq. km. |
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The concentration of the samples exceeded the capacity of the osmometer and therefore were diluted with distilled water prior to the measurement. |
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As a fun-loving lad, I didn't pay much attention to the fact that my outgoings exceeded my income by some considerable margin. |
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In fact, of the 13 states that exceeded the federal minimum wage in 2003, seven outperformed the rest of the country in job creation. |
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We are hitting the ground running, and so far everything has exceeded our high expectations. |
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The consumption of the previous evening, prodigious by any standards, was exceeded nay, dwarfed by that which was to follow. |
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Second, performance collapses very rapidly once the tipping threshold is exceeded. |
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She was dismissed because she exceeded the number of days off which could be taken on the grounds of ill health. |
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Paying each petitioner 75 cents for their signature, the group has exceeded its target. |
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The depth of pits in the local collieries frequently exceeded 600 m underground. |
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He suggests that the ideological damage done by the missionaries exceeded the material damage inflicted by the colonialists. |
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They head back to that very base this summer after a year that has comfortably exceeded any aspirations they held before the season's start. |
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The preliminary inquiry judge exceeded her jurisdiction in committing him to trial for the more serious charge. |
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I majored in both comparative literature and religious studies, which meant that I far exceeded the daily recommended allowance of theory. |
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I haven't passed on a meal for 40 years, but this one I must say exceeded my giddiest expectations of inedibility. |
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Dove's goal was to condense the operas so that none of them exceeded three hours of performance time. |
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When a bridge or water supply conduit has exceeded its carrying capacity for vehicles or flow, the system either breaks or malfunctions. |
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Capsules derived from mussels and garlic have exceeded the legal food limit for arsenic, traditionally used by poisoners. |
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The rise in isolations in our series exceeded the rise in submitted blood cultures. |
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Except for calcium and folacin intakes, mean nutrient intakes from food sources met or exceeded recommended levels. |
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The Ofsted report was highly critical of the school, and said its weaknesses far exceeded its strengths. |
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On the other hand, if the frequency exceeded a certain critical value, there would be enough energy for the electron to be able to get away. |
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They might have lost Spain, but the Ottoman conquests in Europe had far exceeded anything the crusaders had gained in the East. |
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No unit of the United States Army has ever exceeded the First Minnesota for gallantry and courage. |
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At R370 a month in 1993, and R470 in 1998, the pension kept its real value and exceeded the poverty datum line. |
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Then without even giving a proper bill of charges, they went ahead and deactivated my connection since I had allegedly exceeded my calling value. |
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An app on my iPhone allowed me to track him, as well as send me a message if he has exceeded the geo-fence the app creates. |
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If a maximum permissible residual gas pressure is exceeded, the electron source is automatically shut down and a gettering process is activated. |
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Should an accident occur on the track in which a critical G-force threshold is exceeded, the LEDs will flash several time. |
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On the second sowing date, simulated yields using these optimistic projections exceeded the yields using the current weather data. |
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Their propensity for misalignment and poor passing was only exceeded by their ability to kick good ball away. |
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Last week's protest far exceeded the expectations of the organisers, who had predicted 100,000 would attend. |
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After the subjects were detrained, they were infused with a dextran solution to expand their blood volume until it exceeded their trained level. |
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During times of increased rainfall, the sea exceeded its natural boundaries and encroached on land. |
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His neck ached still, but the pain was very dull and was exceeded threefold by his leg. |
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Annual costs to the nation in lost productivity and health expenses exceeded sixty billion dollars. |
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The report shows that Norway also exceeded its quota when trade statistics are used as the measuring parameter. |
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Thus, it was decided to compare average size of faculty with programs whose faculty exceeded the average. |
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Travelling at approximately 8mph, he had exceeded the 2mph speed limit for towns. |
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If they had done so, they would have gone beyond the necessity of war and exceeded the previously prescribed limits. |
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The noise levels are monitored, he said, and the range never exceeded the limits allowed in the Noise Pollution Regulations. |
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Having now exceeded her own wildest expectations, she's less inclined to impose limits on other aspects of her life. |
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Year after year, economic and income growth exceeded prevailing, modest expectations. |
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With less than two years left in the initial testing phase, their expectations are being exceeded at almost every level. |
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Marine officials at a post-battle briefing said the speed of the fight exceeded their wildest expectations. |
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Afterwards, Conradt spoke of her team that had exceeded everybody's expectations except its own. |
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Like it or not, the rapid growth in Internet use has meant domain name registrations have far exceeded anyone's expectations. |
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And in October of the same year, he started writing this book and the book exceeded his wildest expectations. |
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The volume of gifts collected to date has far exceeded anyone's expectations. |
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And he enjoyed a level of success which exceeded everybody's expectations even his own! |
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The response from this group has exceeded my highest expectations, but there's still a lot of work to be done. |
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This is for the first time in close to a decade that that economic growth has exceeded the 8 per cent mark. |
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Even Barnett, who tends to avoid movie-industry hype, cautiously admits that expectations have been exceeded. |
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It includes the kid who never even made it to college and the one who exceeded everyone's expectations. |
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Only being equipped with basic knowledge of the doggy-paddle, Del didn't dare test her swimming strength in water that exceeded her height. |
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That figure exceeded the combined total from all previous years, and for the first time one of the expellees was a bishop. |
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When her initial six-month agreement expired, she renewed and, by the end of the first year, had exceeded her targets. |
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It is the amount by which their expenditures exceeded their receipts. |
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The current morphology of the coastal terraces suggests that oblique-slip thrust movements have recently exceeded oblique-slip normal fault movements. |
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Only one meat sample from a baleen whale exceeded the allowable mercury concentration, the researchers report in the June 15 Environmental Science and Technology. |
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He agrees that Elgin exceeded the terms of his firman, but points out that there were two additional firmans from the Sultan sanctioning the export of the marbles. |
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Survey results also show social sharing of photos far exceeded the rate of backing them up, suggesting that consumers are careless when it comes to their personal multimedia. |
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The number of counts and measurements for any character usually exceeded 30, and the frequency bar graph associated with this sample number always produced a normal curve. |
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The formal gardens she commissioned exceeded her father's in flamboyance. |
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In cases of severe intravascular hemolysis, the binding capacity of haptoglobin is exceeded rapidly, and free hemoglobin is filtered by the glomeruli. |
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One could say that his reach exceeded his grasp, for Rothko was not a professional philosopher or historian of art, nor indeed a professional cultural comparatist. |
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Theoretical models based on current injection membranes predict that excitation will occur for currents of all strengths once a threshold is exceeded. |
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In each case the insured defendant failed to defeat the claim and in each his liability to the plaintiff exceeded the limit of the indemnity provided. |
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This application sends an e-mail alert when specified limits are exceeded. |
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He had ambitions and ideas that exceeded the superficiality of his industry. |
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He lost his driver's license because he exceeded the quota of traffic violations. |
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The real appeal of Stakhanovism was clearly a material one, for exceptionally high wages and special privileges rewarded workers who exceeded the established production norms. |
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Once we have this information we will prepare a quotation with the aim of trying to ensure your aims and expectations are exceeded whilst remaining within your budget. |
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If expenses incurred exceeded the value of the travel advance, approval from the Group Head is required prior to submitting the acquittance to your Interface Administrator. |
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There his mechanical and appallingly ill-informed Bach playing was exceeded only by the sugary sentimentality of his own, nouveau impressionist music. |
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His brief was therefore clear and well-defined but he exceeded it. |
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The number of surrenders has by far exceeded our expectations. |
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Through mixed-media promotion and couponing, the product holds the No.1 market share, with the average weekly unit sales goal exceeded by 10 percent. |
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In both he had not exceeded the limits by a wide time margin. |
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Asked to describe the novel in 70 words or less, he failed woefully, speaking for several minutes before being informed that he had exceeded his word limit. |
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The revolution troubled me because of the incredible dynamic vigour that penetrated you completely, exceeded your imagination, unfolded in your own inner world. |
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OverDrive said that downloads of digital material to the 8,500 libraries it supports exceeded 10 million items. |
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Such vertical facies changes indicate that water depth generally shoaled as sediment supply exceeded the formation of accommodation space, probably as global sea level fell. |
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In terms of the geographic scope of the landing area and the size of the invasion force, Operation Overlord far exceeded any amphibious operation in history. |
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As a result, the demand exceeded the supply and linhu tree fellers stripped the mountains of trees for the market faster than the limited cultivation could replace them. |
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But, his stay in Bhutan has exceeded a decade now, making him more of a local than a foreigner. |
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Rand Paul wants us to focus calmly on the issue of whether governmental authority has exceeded its legitimate scope. |
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The senior and junior Welsh teams exceeded all expectations by collecting eight gold medals, 15 silvers and seven bronzes at the Culinary World Cup. |
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Passengers said they were given boarding passes at around 3am but were later told the pilots had exceeded their flying time and they could not travel until Saturday afternoon. |
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Like Bush, he is widely regarded as a philistine and intellectually limited man, whose pomposity and sense of self-importance are exceeded only by his provincialism. |
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But throughout the Middle Ages the population of the towns probably never exceeded 10 per cent of the total population. |
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Thus, Roman money's utility as a unit of exchange consistently exceeded its intrinsic value as metal. |
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Future design plans are audited to ensure that these standards are met but not exceeded. |
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In many places, especially several of the choruses, it exceeded my expectation. |
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He passed the entrance exam, coming seventh out of the 26 candidates who exceeded the pass mark. |
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Founded in 1545 as a mining town, it soon produced fabulous wealth, and the population eventually exceeded 200,000 people. |
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By the 1870s, the British soda output of 200,000 tons annually exceeded that of all other nations in the world combined. |
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By 1870 the work done by steam engines exceeded that done by animal and human power. |
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Concrete's use in the modern world is exceeded only by that of naturally occurring water. |
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Its length has only been exceeded by two other canal tunnels, at Standedge in the Pennines and at Strood in Kent. |
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Locke avoided tunnels almost completely on the Grand Junction but exceeded the slope limit for six miles south of Crewe. |
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A new terminal opened in January 2008, replacing a much smaller building which had exceeded capacity. |
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Standard Oil's production increased so rapidly it soon exceeded US demand and the company began viewing export markets. |
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In the reign of Henry VIII Bradford exceeded Leeds as a manufacturing centre. |
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Waller, with Sir William Balfour, exceeded in horse, but were, upon the whole matter, equal in foot. |
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Soils of dry sand prairie communities lacked a dark A horizon, and the grasses, most of which were bunchgrasses, rarely exceeded 1 m in height. |
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As it is known, the Wankel rotary engine has exceeded the experimental phase. |
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The higher heating value of sunn hemp biomass exceeded that of switchgrass, Bermuda grass, reed canarygrass, and alfalfa. |
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When I actually met her, she exceeded even my highest expectations. |
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For the first time, take-up in the decentralised office market exceeded that of the city centre. |
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The voting turnout was about 98 percent that exceeded the turnout records in most recent referenda. |
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Statistics shows that the number of schizophrene in China has exceeded 10 million by the end of 2013, and it is still rising year after year. |
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According to the operator, the estimated total expenditures in the license have now exceeded MUSD 12 and Tethys is now a paying partner. |
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Their egg consumption exceeded that of the mainly daytime-active pink spotted ladybeetle. |
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But by 1920, American per-capita GDP exceeded that of the British isles. |
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In 2009, the number of suicides exceeded 30,000 for the twelfth straight year. |
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Headspring grew 50 percent year over year for the past two years and in 2012 exceeded its unprecedented growth cycle. |
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Due to the various types of drugs that he used to take, including tramal and heroin, his treatment has exceeded the usual period. |
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Or obversely, why some ministries have exceeded their budgets without proper process and due diligence, according to the rules. |
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If capacity of the lung is exceeded, air emboli may pass through pulmonary capillaries and enter systemic circulation. |
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It adds that either way BSGR's profit exceeded the national budget of Guinea. |
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The amount of alcohol in his blood exceeded the legal limit. |
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Most people try to avoid overages due to the high per-minute cost of services when the pool plan's limit is exceeded. |
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I doubt if one of them was interested in any business the total capitalization of which exceeded a couple of hundred thousand dollars. |
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As the capacities of the large servers are exceeded, a new server is genned into the RAC cluster. |
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Literacy was highly valued in the Roman military, and literacy rates in the military far exceeded that of the Roman society as a whole. |
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The wealth of Edward's lands exceeded that of the greatest earls, but they were scattered among the southern earldoms. |
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By this point, Cromwell's power as an efficient administrator in a Council full of politicians exceeded what Wolsey had achieved. |
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Although physical imports exceeded exports, when invisible exports were accounted for the balance of payments was healthy. |
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Economic inequality within Birmingham is greater than in any other major English city, and is exceeded only by Glasgow in the United Kingdom. |
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The result was unexpected and exceeded even the party leadership's expectations, as most polls had predicted a hung parliament. |
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The US stock market peaked in October 2007, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average index exceeded 14,000 points. |
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His efforts were constantly directed towards giving the world at least one book that exceeded anything that had ever appeared. |
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This was achieved by Michael Rutter of team MotoCzysz in the 2012 race, and has been exceeded every year since. |
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Low taxes helped the Roman aristocracy increase their wealth, which equalled or exceeded the revenues of the central government. |
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About 515 million years ago, the number of species going extinct exceeded the number of new species appearing. |
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This was the first time during which production rates exceeded those of Rome. |
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Thus, the total cost of raising children barely exceeded their contribution to the household. |
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From 1992 through 2011, the number of deaths exceeded the number of births. |
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There are also key threshold factors which when exceeded can produce rapid change. |
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Pollution issues escalated as population growth far exceeded view ability of neighborhoods to handle their waste problem. |
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When this exceeded the capacity of the ships' magazines, cordite was stored in insecure places. |
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Since the Cambrian explosion five further major mass extinctions have significantly exceeded the background extinction rate. |
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Monthly global CO2 concentrations exceeded 400 ppm in March 2015, probably for the first time in several million years. |
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However, in that year working expenses had ballooned due to unspecified exceptional expenditure, and slightly exceeded the gross income. |
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Another idea is that the Viking population had exceeded the agricultural potential of their homeland. |
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According to Hans Frede Nielsen, it exceeded anything previously published on the topic. |
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The first edition of the DWB exceeded the expectations of the brothers and the publishers. |
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However, the British exceeded their original mandate, and took full military action to finally defeat the rebels and restore order. |
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Operating costs exceeded revenue, and the plant's owners tried to partner with the government to prevent closure. |
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Since the 1970s, Germany's death rate has exceeded its birth rate. |
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The cost of building the railway had greatly exceeded the estimates. |
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Symbolically, however, the Reform Act exceeded expectations. |
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Audiences on both sides of the Atlantic had little money to spend on entertainment, and only a few stage shows anywhere exceeded a run of 500 performances during the decade. |
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As of March 2015, the Party had well exceeded the 100,000 membership mark. |
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The auction exceeded expectations, and was ten times higher than the existing Sotheby's record for a single artist sale, occurring as the financial markets plunged. |
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Copper sulfate at soil levels of up to 250 ppm had no effect on alfalfa growth, but alfalfa growth stopped when soil copper sulfate levels exceeded 500 ppm. |
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For many years, the total valuation of all companies listed on the Kuwaiti exchange far exceeded the value of those on any other GCC bourse, except Saudi Arabia. |
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Our sales growth has exceeded the capacity limits of our Sarasota plant, and the new facility will see the company through the next stage of its development. |
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Generally, available capital exceeded the amount needed by borrowers. |
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When Mary asked him whether subjects had a right to resist their ruler, he replied that if monarchs exceeded their lawful limits, they might be resisted, even by force. |
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More than 100 miles ahead of the eye of the storm, rain blew sideways and wind exceeded 45 mph in some spots this morning and rolling waves pounded piers and beaches. |
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It is one of the most sexually dimorphic in size of living bird species, only exceeded by the larger types of bustards and a select few members of the pheasant family. |
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Thus, the radar missile investment over that period far exceeded the value of enemy aircraft destroyed, and furthermore had very little of the intended BVR effectiveness. |
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Despite ambivalence concerning the war, the number of military volunteers routinely exceeded quota, and the city's manufacturing proved invaluable to the Union. |
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The coal now produced in Glamorgan far exceeded the interior demand, and in the later half of the 19th century the area became a mass exporter for its product. |
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For the Phaeacian women as far exceeded all other women in household arts as the mariners of that country did the rest of mankind in the management of ships. |
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A number of offers were soon made for the mountain, and the agent handling the sale suggested that the initial guide price could well be exceeded. |
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For carnivory, the trait could only evolve if the increase in nutrients from prey capture exceeded the cost of investment in carnivorous adaptations. |
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The Attorney General of England and Wales claimed that parts of the uninspiringly titled Local Government Byelaws Bill exceeded Wales' devolved powers. |
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Column strength never exceeded 72 men, and the results achieved were out of all proportion. In alone the Scouts notched up 1,257 kills, only 180 of them internal. |
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By the beginning of the 20th century, per capita income and industrial production in the United States exceeded that of any other country except Britain. |
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Lane County's percentage decline exceeded the state's, a 15 percent drop, but its 504 million board feet was still the largest harvest of any Oregon county last year. |
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In samples taken from the North Pacific Gyre in 1999 by the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the mass of plastic exceeded that of zooplankton by a factor of six. |
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Some YIPs have exceeded the 30 per cent crime reduction target. |
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An MOT pass certificate indicates that at the time of the test the vehicle met or exceeded the minimum safety standards determined by the DVSA guidelines. |
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Of 3,441 drivers checked, 643 had exceeded their hours while 90 had attempted to conceal this by using electromagnet to disengage their tachograph. |
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We knew, for instance, when we introduced our 9650 STS and 9750 STS combines that those machines offered capacity that exceeded the capabilities of our 900 Series Platforms. |
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In 2012, Switzerland's population slightly exceeded eight million. |
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To date, though, our growth has exceeded even our most optimistic projections, and we're thrilled to have partnered with OverDrive to expand our offering. |
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Interestingly, at the same time columbium was considered the material for the X-20 DYNA-SOAR, but the amount required exceeded the world's annual production of the element. |
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For the first time, our quarterly DVD sales exceeded our laserdisc sales. |
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Leading-edge capacity exceeded 90 percent periodically during 2002 and future improvements in end-user demand will map quickly into further capacity needs. |
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Such prooflessness exceeded all ideals, even those on covers. |
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For periods during the 19th century, the wealth of Liverpool exceeded that of London, and Liverpool's Custom House was the single largest contributor to the British Exchequer. |
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John would then be entitled to a make-up payment of the accumulated shortfalls in any year that the net income of the trust exceeded the unitrust amount. |
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