Sentence examples for be a surplus of from inspiring English sources

There used to be a surplus of allotments in Oxford: I took on five and became an urban smallholder.

Thanks to higher revenues, last year's public-sector deficit of 2.3% of GDP will be a surplus of better than 5% this year.

At the same time, there will be a surplus of up to 95 million low-skill workers globally, according to the study, conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute.

China's skewed birth ratio (118 boys to every 100 girls) means that there will be a surplus of about 24m bachelors by 2020.

The researchers note that for female-female pairing like this to occur, usually there has to be a surplus of females in the population.

Although China's skewed birth rate means there will be a surplus of about 24 million men in China by 2020, the majority of these bachelors will live in rural areas.

Well, big surprise, there was a surplus of guys there.

Until there is a surplus of good hospitals and GPs, such choice is an illusion.

There was a surplus of women, and they wanted to fight.

In certain subjects in Australia, there is a surplus of teachers.

In Brittany there is a surplus of artichokes and also sardines.