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 half of the 15, 000 drinking establishments in London were gin shops.

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.

Over the show's nine-year run, the fortunes of the Ricardos mirror that of the archetypal 1950s American Dream.

Over time, this segment has expanded to include miniature skits and other devices to plug a product from one of the show's sponsors ( better known as " integrated commercials ", which are rarely repeated ).

Over a year after the show's cancellation, the FCC fined Fox a record $ 1. 2 million due to an episode which featured pixelated strippers and a woman licking whipped cream off a man's nipple during a bachelor party.

Sara was a cast member during the show's nine-year run from 1988 to 1997, for which she also wrote a fourth-season episode story ( the teleplay was written by the Guild Writers for the show ) called " Don't Make Me Over ".

Over the summer of 2007, the show's official name was changed again to At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, although the show's main title graphics continued to use the shortened name.

Over the course of the show's run, Bridges got more involved in the underwater stunt work, graduating from close-ups in the earliest episodes, to doing all but the most dangerous stunts by the end of the series ' run.

Although it was initially omitted from the London production of Beyond the Fringe ( due to One Over The Eight running concurrently at a nearby theatre ), it was reinstated for the show's transfer to Broadway.

To celebrate the show's 300th episode " Barting Over ", USA Today published a top 10 chosen by the webmaster of The Simpsons Archive, which had this episode at a ninth place.

Over the show's run, however, many of these friends prove themselves to be either corrupt or hiding dark secrets.

Over the course of the show's run, a number of segments with specific themes have been presented.

Over time, the show's format evolved to include more off-the-cuff discussion, while maintaining the topical nature.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

Over 2, 000 works of public art, including 600 by significant national and international artists, are located across campus in buildings, courtyards, open spaces and offices.

Over the course of World War I, the international labour movement proposed a comprehensive programme of protection for the working classes, conceived as compensation for labour's support of the war.

Over all, however, mercantilist policies had a positive impact on Britain helping turn it into the world's dominant trader, and an international superpower.

Over the course of recent years, however, offshore banking institutions and instruments have come under increasing scrunity by international bodies seeking to make international finance a more transparent system.

Over the years, RCA continued to operate international telecommunications services, under its subsidiary RCA Communications, Inc., and later the RCA Global Communications Company.

Over this time, it has worked together with numerous local and international organizations on projects that promote the protection, conservation and preservation of the Petra site.

Over the last 50 years, since its establishment as the capital of Bhutan, Thimphu city has witnessed expansion, initially at a slow pace and rapidly after the country was opened up to the outside world in 1974 during the Coronation of the fourth King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck when international media were present, and which marked Bhutan's " debut appearance on the world stage.

Over the years, attempts to broadcast international versions of TWC ( apart from Canada's The Weather Network / MétéoMédia and the Australian version of the Weather Channel ) failed.

" The album's singles — the Bruce Johnston-produced original " Bluebirds Over the Mountains " ( Billboard # 64 ) and the Carl Wilson-produced cover of The Ronettes ' " I Can Hear Music "— won lukewarm attention, with the latter reaching # 24 on the Billboard single chart in April 1969 ; the lead track, the Wilson / Love-authored " Do It Again ", an unabashed throwback to the band's earlier surf hits, had been an international hit in the summer of 1968, reaching # 20 in the US charts and # 1 the UK while also scoring well in other countries.

The group achieved international success in 1987 when they released the single " Don't Dream It's Over " written by Neil.

Over the years, unmanned satellites of every description and purpose, including international satellites, were placed in orbit from Vandenberg by a widening variety of boosters.

Over the next two years, Hay refined his idea, finally conceiving of an " international ... fraternal order " to serve as " a service and welfare organization devoted to the protection and improvement of Society's Androgynous Minority ".

Over the next two years, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy quietly became McLachlan's international breakthrough as well, scaling the charts in a number of countries.

Over the years he had occasional battles with some of his abbots about not being allowed out of the monastery despite his international reputation and voluminous correspondence with many well-known figures of the day.

Over time, HRT operators studied among US military, local, federal, and international tactical teams, and attended private courses to learn more about air assault tactics, rappelling, hand-to-hand combat, chemical agents, terrorist psychology, surveillance methods, sniping / counter-sniping, communications and more.

Over time, the rancimat method has become established, and it has been accepted into a number of national and international standards, for example AOCS Cd 12b-92 and ISO 6886.

Schenker recalled a standoff with Hertzka, where Hertzka, took a " pacifist attitude towards international relations, cosmopolitan, democratic beliefs, working toward compromises " Over time, Schenker's attitude toward Hertzka and Universal Edition increased from disagreement to hostility, charging the firm with not doing enough to promote his work and accused them of not paying him the proper amount.

Over the next four years, the committee planned, built, and organized the fair and its exhibits, with countries around the world taking part in creating the biggest international event since World War I.

Over the club's history, D. C. United has been considered to be the flagship franchise of MLS, having won 12 international and domestic titles or honors.

Over the past 30 years since 1976, and especially since the formation of the IDBF and its Continental Federations for Asia and Europe in the early 1990s, dragon boating as a sport with regularised rules and equipment has rapidly spread beyond Asia to Europe, North and South America, Australia and Africa, becoming a popular international sport for a growing global base of participants.

Over the years many local, as well as international artists have graced the stage there.

Over the years his ministry has focused on Christian apologetics, youth issues such as relationships and sexuality, and international humanitarian aid.