Over half of the tax revenues in the January – August 2008 time period were generated from value-added taxes ( VAT ).

Over half of the Afghan army would either desert or join the insurrection.

Over the last half of the 20th century, historical and archaeological research has increasingly supported the theory that the remnants of the Celtic Boii were absorbed into the Roman Empire and later intermingled with other Germanic peoples who chose to stay ( or were stationed by the Romans ) in the area.

Over half of the registered voting population of Chile has opted for a change away from center-left politics by electing a right-wing candidate, Sebastián Piñera

" Over half of Columbians possess a bachelor's degree and over a quarter hold graduate degrees, making it the thirteenth most highly educated municipality in the United States.

In the United States in 1995, the Glass Ceiling Commission, a government-funded group, stated: " Over half of all Master ’ s degrees are now awarded to women, yet 95 % of senior-level managers, of the top Fortune 1000 industrial and 500 service companies are men.

Over half of Japanese empresses and many emperors abdicated once a suitable male descendant was considered to be old enough to rule ( just past toddlerhood, in some cases ).

Over the next century, half of the estimated 200, 000 Spanish Jews converted to Christianity ( becoming " conversos ").

Over half of the Afghan army would either desert or join the insurrection.

Over half the 500 or so killed were civilians caught in the crossfire.

Over half of all European immigrants to Colonial America during the 17th and 18th centuries arrived as indentured servants.

Over half of Finland's population are registered borrowers.

Over half the survivors died.

Over half of the Yorubas are Christian and about a quarter are Muslim, with the remainder hold traditional Yoruba views.

Over half the crew, including DeLong, were lost.

Over half of all farm households in Poland produce only for their own needs with little, if any, commercial sales.

Over half of the supply of palladium and its congener platinum goes into catalytic converters, which convert up to 90 % of harmful gases from auto exhaust ( hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide ) into less-harmful substances ( nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water vapor ).

Over half of all known flatworm species are parasitic, and some do enormous harm to humans and their livestock.

Over 1, 000 specimens have been identified, though less than half are complete enough to give researchers good information on the anatomy of the animal.

Over half the Russian losses were prisoners as a proportion of those captured, wounded or killed.

Over half of the adult population is literate, but no more than 5 % have received secondary education.

Over half of all European immigrants to Colonial America during the 17th and 18th centuries arrived as indentured servants.

Over the coming two decades of almost constant warfare it is estimated that somewhere in the vicinity of five million died — probably about half of them civilians — and France alone counted nearly a million ( by some sources in excess of a million ) deaths.

Over half of Ukrainians polled by the Razumkov Center in early October 2010 ( 56. 6 %) believed political censorship existed in Ukraine.

* " Motion to Invoke and Execute Rule 15 — Retroactive Note: The Court's School Days are Over "

Over this period, February 29 falls on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday 13 times each ; 14 times each on Friday and Saturday ; and 15 times each on Monday and Wednesday.

Over 15 penguins stand on the berg ; most of them are on the edge nearest the whales, and are looking towards them.

* " U. S. Starts Air Inspections Over Russian, Belarus Military Objects " MosNews. com June 15, 2005

Over 15, 000 perished during the war.

Over the next 15 years, an uneasy peace was broken by occasional conflicts between Alaric and the powerful Germanic generals who commanded the Roman armies in the east and west, wielding the real power of the empire.

Over 15, 000 conscripts went to Europe, though only a few hundred saw combat.

* August 20 – Over 60 are killed, 15 kidnapped in the Souhane massacre in Algeria ;.

Over half of all living vertebrate species ( about 32, 000 species ) are fishes ( non-tetrapod craniates ), a diverse set of lineages that inhabit all the world's aquatic ecosystems, from snow minnows ( Cypriniformes ) in Himalayan lakes at elevations over 4, 600 metres ( 15, 000 feet ) to flatfishes ( order Pleuronectiformes ) in the Challenger Deep, the deepest ocean trench at about 11, 000 metres ( 36, 000 feet ).

Over the next two years, the Belarus National Republic prepared a national uprising, ceasing the preparations only when the League of Nations recognized the Soviet Union's western borders on March 15, 1923.

In 2001 he directed a 15 minute film for Gene's song " Is It Over " which is taken from the album Libertine.

Over the next 15 years he held the portfolios of Social Services, Primary Industry and Labour and National Service, and he was also Vice-President of the Executive Council.

Over 1, 100 former American slaves from Nova Scotia sailed in 15 ships and arrived in St. George Bay between February 26-March 9.

Over 80 percent of its operating budget was spent on its programs in 2008-2009, 15 percent on fundraising, and four percent on management and general operations.

Over its eight years of repeats on GSN, the network only aired episodes from February 21, 1984 to November 15, 1985, with a few skips due to tape glitches.

Over the next 15 years, he studied the last two challengers to the NFL's dominance of pro football — the AFL and the World Football League.

Over the course of two years, output fell by more than 15 %, the Argentine peso lost three-quarters of its value, and registered unemployment exceeded 25 %.

Over the next 15 years, he worked as a medical researcher at Stanford University, the National Cancer Institute, Tufts University and Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.

Over the team's 15 seasons, it was the Triple-A Minor League affiliate of the Montreal Expos ( 1993 – 2002 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 2003 – 2006 ), and Philadelphia Phillies ( 2007 ).

Over the next 15 years many improvements were made but in 1849 a railway was opened from Dublin to Limerick and the number of passengers fell dramatically.

Over 15, 000 passengers use the station every weekday.

Over 15 years, New Zealand's economy and social capital faced a steady decline: the youth suicide rate grew sharply into one of the highest in the developed world ; the proliferation of food banks increased dramatically ; marked increases in violent and other crime were observed ; the number of New Zealanders estimated to be living in poverty grew by at least 35 % between 1989 and 1992 ; and health care was especially hard-hit, leading to a significant deterioration in health standards among working and middle-class people.

Over 15, 000 spectators each year come to watch the parade's greatest asset, a dragon long.

Over the next 15 years, scattered houses on Main Street disappeared and were replaced by commercial buildings.