Example sentences of "as more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apply one coat only , as more than one coat encourages flaking . |
| 2 | What is now home to the rare hen harrier , the short-eared owl and 170 species of birds , will shortly become the habitat of mechanical gorrillas , robot sharks and cheap imitations of nature as more than 70 per cent of the the 1200 acres are developed with prime riverside housing , studios and hotels . |
| 3 | It seemed that most villagers had turned out to welcome their hero as more than 100 cars filled the field adjacent to Gaselee 's Saxon Lodge Stables . |
| 4 | It was n't clear who was pedalling whose bike as more than a hundred mountain cyclists advanced in a humming phalanx of brightly coloured jerseys from the tiny square in Llanwrtyd Wells , smallest town in Britain . |
| 5 | The vacated space was then re-occupied as more than 600 runners jostled for a starting position . |
| 6 | On the Thursday nearest November 5 the Carnival comes to town when Guy Fawkes is celebrated in a riot of colour and music as more than 80 huge illuminated floats process through the town . |
| 7 | It is not ever so contagious , so as more than one of your fish was affected I would put it down to your water conditions . |
| 8 | The attack came from Labour leader John Smith as more than 17,000 jobs cuts were announced by the Post Office and the Royal Ordnance , while Ford unions claimed 3,000 workers are to go . |
| 9 | The computer craze started by the Nintendo character reached fever pitch as more than 15,000 people waited for up to three hours to get into London 's Earls Court . |
| 10 | A man might be more virtuous if more selfish , after all , as more than one eighteenth-century moralist proposed , and more generous if he had more to be generous with . |
| 11 | Over the last few years the number of public television groups within the PBAA has grown steadily , and extensive technical expertise has been developed as more than twenty test broadcasts across Australia have taken place . |
| 12 | With a membership recorded by the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies as more than 71,000 , at least two-thirds of eligible British born seamen were organised by the union and national negotiating machinery seemed within reach . |
| 13 | These include relative isolation , taken as more than 20 km from urban areas ; social class , defined as the proportion of the population in the registrar general 's classes I and II ; density of children , taken crudely as the number of enumeration districts in a given sector having 100 or more children ( postcode sectors are fairly large , and acreages of enumeration districts are not available ) ; and increases from 1971 to 1981 in the numbers of men working away from home in the construction and energy industries ( ‘ recent oil impact measure ’ ) . |
| 14 | ‘ ABTA requires an operator to bond total turnover whether it falls within the scope of the Directive or not , ’ says Highlife 's Hilton Pyle , ‘ and we do n't dabble in client insurance , as more than 80 per cent of sales are from travel agents , and we do n't want to take away their premiums . |
| 15 | As more than two weeks have passed , I presume you received my letter , Mademoiselle Bryant ? ’ |
| 16 | It was easy to see that he was the Princess 's father : her likeness to him was astonishing , as more than one person commented . |
| 17 | Candidates included 63 non-communists and seven members of the clergy , as well as more than 100 former assembly members . |
| 18 | Over the next twenty years its hosiery products and other goods were utilising around twenty wagon services to Bristol , Birmingham , Northampton , Stamford and Cambridge as well as more than 200 serving surrounding districts . |
| 19 | Symptoms included weight loss ( defined as an unintended decrease of body weight of more than 5% in six months ) , diarrhoea ( defined as more than three loose bowel movements a day ) , epigastric and abdominal pain , nausea , vomiting , dysphagia , and fever of unknown origin . |
| 20 | Wroughton airfield near Swindon was the busiest in the world this weekend , as more than fifteen hundred aircraft flew in for the largest rally of its kind outside the United States . |
| 21 | The rate could decrease further this year as more than 100 local safety schemes are set up along roads in the region . |