Which preposition to use with surplus

of Occurrences 107%

Curb-chain undershirts have been suggested, but an objection to their use is that links of them are apt to be carried into the interior anatomy by pistol bullets, thus introducing a surplus of iron into the blood,an accession which is apt to steel the heart of the officer thus experimented on, and so render him deaf to the cries of innocence in distress.

for Occurrences 28%

When the bill was made out and figured up it left him a magnificent surplus for his private account; but at the last his heart failed him, and he made out another bill more modest in its extortions.

in Occurrences 26%

After the extinction of the public debt it is not probable that any adjustment of the tariff upon principles satisfactory to the people of the Union will until a remote period, if ever, leave the Government without a considerable surplus in the Treasury beyond what may be required for its current service.

over Occurrences 7%

Bulk production through the factory system was inevitable, the result being an enormous surplus over the normal and local demand.

to Occurrences 7%

When he left office in 1875, he had bequeathed a surplus to the treasury of nearly six millions; but this, besides the accumulation of over five millions more, had been spent in profitless and unnecessary wars.

from Occurrences 5%

The Democrats, they said, had destroyed the National Bank; they had then removed the United States money, and given it to "pet" state banks; they had then distributed the surplus, and by taking the surplus from the state banks had brought on the panic.

on Occurrences 4%

There was havoc in the clumps of ornamental treescrashing of pots blown down from balconies thunder of rent awnings and the splashing of countless cataracts where overloaded gutters spilled their surplus on mosaic pavement fifty or a hundred feet below.

at Occurrences 4%

Should Congress make new appropriations in conformity with the estimates which will be submitted from the proper Departments, amounting to about twenty-four millions, still the available surplus at the close of the next year, after deducting all unexpended appropriations, will probably not be less than six millions.

beyond Occurrences 3%

Would not, then, the surplus beyond the original 500 l., viz.

into Occurrences 3%

They ran their little business on a cooperative basis, paying for the meals and putting back any surplus into a reserve.

with Occurrences 2%

We strongly advise any one who may have more garden than they may want for vegetables, to plant the surplus with potatoes.

after Occurrences 2%

At the same time the condition of the manufacturing interest was such as to create an apprehension that the duties on imports could not without extensive mischief be reduced in season to prevent the accumulation of a considerable surplus after the payment of the national debt.

by Occurrences 1%

They had always been able to pay their debts and have a small surplus by the expedient of refusing to acknowledge a tenth part of the social obligations under which the rest of the faculty groaned and sweated with martyr's pride.

out Occurrences 1%

Thus the burden of toil is increased and the reward of industry is lessened for all who work; the surplus out of which life would be replenished is consumed, and the amount of life in the nation at large is lessened.

before Occurrences 1%

Pedro had been neglecting his prayers for some months back, but he afterward assured his father confessor that on this night he caught up on all arrears and had a goodly surplus before morning.

as Occurrences 1%

This way of looking at the matter has proved attractive to some thinkers, not in the least because of a desire to palliate the effects of landlordism, but because it fits in so well with our general sense of rent as a "surplus," and a surplus as something distinct from a necessary price.

above Occurrences 1%

Such enterprises indicate a considerable economic surplus above that required to take care of a growing population: the high degree of organization required to plan and assemble such enterprises, and the considerable engineering and technological capacity necessary for their execution.

Which preposition to use with  surplus