When exposed to an external field only those electrons close to the Fermi level will respond and a small surplus of one type of spins will result.

A surplus of new dental hygiene graduates in recent years has resulted in a decrease in wages in some regions.

The surplus resulted largely from falling imports and a decline in overseas travel.

Any overall surplus of exports over imports would result from an excess of saving and a lack of consumption and investment within the economy.

Large surpluses of grain, taxable by the state, resulted.

The Mets' surplus of pitchers resulted in his spending much of the year at Norfolk.

A massive surplus of housing, combined with the late-2000s recession, resulted in a large number of estates being abandoned, unoccupied or uncompleted.

In contrast, from FY 1997-2001, gross revenues exceeded expenditures and a surplus resulted.

This surplus might result in the Commission and the European Central Bank setting the kroon-euro rate at too high a level.

This surplus has resulted in lower prices, which are devastating to small-scale tobacco farmers.