Sentence examples for allowance of over from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "allowance of over" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts discussing allowances or limits, but it would need clarification or rephrasing for better understanding.
Example: "The allowance of over 10% in budget overruns is acceptable in this project."
Alternatives: "tolerance of exceeding" or "margin for overage".

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While he received an expense allowance of over $75,000, an amount larger than that of most senators since California was one of the most populous states, the money went to pay his staff of 12 and to cover the cost of stationery, telephone service, telegrams, and other office expenses.

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At present, for example, teachers in inner London get an allowance of just over £3,000 a year.

James P. Hoffa, the Teamsters' president, has fired his chief of staff, Carlow Scalf, after Mr. Scalf served a 60-day suspension on charges that he wrongfully took a housing allowance of $69,000 over three years, the union said.

Now, in a city where most asylum-seekers are housed in far-flung outer suburbs and forced to get by on a daily allowance of just over £5 if they are lucky, there has never been a more important time for her to learn.

He and his representation at the time (Tony Attanasio) also negotiated a total housing allowance of $78,000 over three seasons.

Paul Wheeler, a spokesman for Kellogg's, said: "A bowl of Rice Krispies gives you less than a tenth of your daily allowance of salt, and over the next couple of months we'll reduce that by a further 20 per cent.

"If you are a married couple or in a civil partnership and one of you does not receive income which fully utilises your personal allowance of £9,205 – or for the over-65s the higher age-related allowance – then you should look to transfer income between the two of you, either from savings, share holdings or pensions so that both your allowances are fully used".

Fold the seam allowance of the outer fabric over the lining piece around all edges.

The Daily Telegraph reported that Malik had run up the highest expenses claim of any MP, claiming second home allowances of £66,827 over three years on his house in London.

[The peppercorn rent aspect of this report was wrong - see footnote for correction.] The Daily Telegraph reported that Malik had run up the highest expenses claim of any MP, claiming second home allowances of £66,827 over three years on his house in London.

Gilbert is able to be more exact; American teenagers, he points out, now spend — apart from what their parents spend on them — some nine and a half billion dollars a year, a figure related to the fact that there are seventeen million American teenagers, with an average income, in the form of earnings and allowances, of something over ten dollars a week.

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