Over a billion years, the Thrintun food yeast evolved into the different life forms in Known Space.

Over $ 14 billion was spent or loaned during the postwar period through the end of 1947, and is not counted as part of the Marshall Plan.

Over 14 billion pencils are manufactured worldwide annually.

Over a million people lined the streets and 2. 5 billion watched around the world on television.

Over 430 companies ( including many listed on TAIEX ) employing over 130, 000 people are located within the park, and paid in capital totaled US $ 36. 10 billion in 2008.

World Population: Over 1 billion

Over one billion people rely on fish as their primary source of animal protein.

Over the last 3. 6 billion years, nature has gone through a process of trial and error to refine the living organisms, processes, and materials on planet Earth.

Over the past twenty years lobbying in Australia has grown from a small industry of a few hundred employees to a multi billion dollar a year industry.

Over the very long term the energy output of the sun has gradually increased, on the order of 5 % per billion ( 10 < sup > 9 </ sup >) years, and will continue to do so until it reaches the end of its current phase of stellar evolution.

Over $ 4 billion was spent on highway, road, and street projects ; more than $ 1 billion on public buildings, including the iconic Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, and the Timberline Lodge on Oregon's Mt.

* Mega-cap: Over $ 200 billion

* Large-cap: Over $ 10 billion

Over 1 billion tires are manufactured annually, making the tire industry the major consumer of natural rubber.

Over 3 billion base pairs were sequenced in collaboration with the 454 Life Sciences Corporation.

Over 1 billion people in Asia and 65 % of the public water sources in Europe source 100 % of their water from groundwater.

Over $ 2 billion ( US ) worth of fruits and vegetables are produced and shipped annually across the U. S. and abroad.

Over $ 4 billion was spent on the modifications to the complex and construction of associated infrastructure.

Over six billion knots and links have been tabulated since the beginnings of knot theory in the 19th century.

Over $ 8. 5 billion was out on loan, more than the entire amount of currency circulating in the U. S. at the time.

Over 55 million Americans over the age of 16 feed wild birds and spend more than $ 3 billion a year on bird food, and $ 800 million a year on bird feeders, bird baths, bird houses and other bird feeding accessories.

Over the 30 years since its founding, the company's revenue increased from $ 2, 672 in its first year, to $ 20. 8 billion in 1997.

Over 2 billion more people used improved drinking water sources in 2010 than did in 1990.

Over US $ 65 billion worth of Iraqi oil was sold on the world market.

Over 100, 000 tons of iron per year were produced.

* Over 100, 000 tons of debris have been removed from the World Trade Center site.

Over 6, 849 sorties were flown over targets from Verona to the Brenner Pass with 10, 267 tons of bombs dropped.

Over 60 % of cassava production in China is concentrated in a single province, Guangxi, averaging over seven million tons annually.

Over the 100 days following D-Day more than 1, 000, 000 tons of supplies, 100, 000 vehicles and 600, 000 men were landed, and 93, 000 casualties were evacuated, via Omaha Beach.

Over 10. 5 million tons of oil products and non-oil commodities were transited via land ( 91 % via road and 9 % via railroad ) and marine borders.

Over 150 million tons are produced annually throughout the state.

Over the next two years, missile launch and control facilities began to appear as tons of concrete and steel transformed the landscape.

Over seventeen million gross tons of ore went out from 1885 to 1961.

Over six million tons of stockpile ore went under the name NORTH MIKADO.

Over 2, 000 railcars transported 3, 000 short tons of equipment which were then shipped to theater on eighteen vessels.

Over 1, 000 sorties had been made, and 4, 500 tons of supplies were flown in and 1, 113 people, mainly children, evacuated.

Over three million tons of ore were removed and refined into 14, 500 tons of copper and 20, 000 tons of nickel.

Over the life of Carleton ’ s turbine, it is estimated that the College will reduce CO2 by 1. 5 million tons.

Over 12, 000 tons of oil spilled into the Arabian Sea in what is considered by some to be the largest environmental disaster in Pakistan's history.

Over 18, 000 tons of munitions were transferred to the battlefield from his Tampa command without any accidents.

Over the course of the novel, Gris finds himself in possession of twelve tons of pure gold, which he tries to launder through a Swiss bank account in order to keep it all for himself ; he becomes a prisoner of two man-hating lesbians ( who end up marrying Gris after he rapes them and thereby " cures " them of their lesbianism, but not before various ingenious tortures, one of which involve a cheese grater and chili powder ); he repeatedly finds himself losing large amounts of money, becoming broke, and having to concoct wild schemes to save himself from his creditors ; he has an affair with a young nymphomaniac teenage girl whom he cannot escape ; he hires a hit man to kill Heller's fiancé, only to stumble through the affair and end up being a target for the hit man himself ; he embarks on a long cruise through the Mediterranean ( mirroring Hubbard's own voyages through the area in the 1970s ); and finally, Gris becomes the target after Heller realizes that he is behind the operation to disrupt his mission.

Over 500 Italian troops were killed while Swehli's troops captured over 5, 000 rifles, various types of machine guns and artillery and several tons of ammunition.

Over the all development period a total of 2, 086 well clusters ( containing more than 17, 000 wells ) have been built and about 2. 6 billion tons of oil has been produced.

Over 600 tons of jade stones which were unearthed from Lone-Khin area in Hpakan aka Pha-Khant Township in Kachine State had been displayed in Myanmar Naypyidaw to be sold out in November 2011.

Over 1 million tons of cargo, fuel, building materials, and seafood products pass through the locks each year.

Over 200 tons of explosives, 80 landmines attached to parachutes and 800 firebomb canisters were dropped.