Example sentences of "than [det] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were more than that number tied up in the harbour , although most of these were smaller , and all traders . |
| 2 | If you want a building or equipment for less than that number of years , it 's best to rent . |
| 3 | Although well-made clubs ought to last a lifetime , I have already owned 16 different sets and tried more than that number in a futile search for The Touch . |
| 4 | If more than that number is required , requests must be supported by good reasons , and will require to be counter-signed by C Will , G Lomas or R Pankhurst . |
| 5 | ( 5 ) If the partial offer could result in not less than 30 per cent but not more than 50 per cent of the voting rights being obtained , the offer must state the precise number of shares offered for and may not be declared unconditional as to acceptances unless acceptances are received for not less than that number ( Rule 36.4 ) . |
| 6 | But it is possible that more or less than this number may develop . |
| 7 | Of greater significance than this number count however , are the particular descriptions and character traits of those male and female characters who do appear . |
| 8 | Accountability or value for money is not the only reason for knowing what government is doing and having a say in it , but the consumer may have a more direct effect on policy and the producer than any number of democratic arguers . |
| 9 | As a piece of theatrical violence , a 100lb bomb blast in the heart of the City of London , 23 hours after the polling stations had closed , was a triumph of the terrorist 's craft — more eloquent a comment on the election than any number of Sinn Féin leaflets . |
| 10 | Cutting the price of essentials will do far more to help the people who are struggling than any number of £100 reductions on clothes that are out of reach for most of us . |
| 11 | But in cash-starved rural communities , where every extra pound of meat is a godsend , it can do more to win the active support of local people than any number of anti-poaching patrols . |
| 12 | A wide range of responses to this question was noted , and most of these involved combinations of two errors , i.e. not knowing the number of centimetres in a metre , and holding the view that " any number of millimetres is smaller than any number of centimetres " . |
| 13 | bigger than any number you can possibly think of , to plus infinity , with the tiniest change in X. That you could imagine . |