Example sentences of "by more [subord] " in BNC.

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1 The flare ( terminal portion of the sideburn ) shall not exceed the width of the main portion of the sideburn by more than one-fourth on the unflared width .
2 Fokine wanted to make dance rhythm visible by more than just marking the beats .
3 This page Business failures : Business failures soared by more than a third in the second half of this year .
4 That is why figures produced by credit insurer Trade Indemnity , showing the rate of business failures soaring by more than a third in the second half of this year , are so worrying .
5 The show is dominated by more than life-size naked bronze men inspired by the majestic Hellenistic bronze warriors rescued from the sea off southern Italy in the 1970s .
6 Sales — mostly of properties in the North-west of England , so far one of the more resilient areas in the slump - fell by more than a third , from 502 homes to 316 .
7 Priests in the Tambov area , the centre of peasant revolt in 1921 , reported in 1922 that church attendance had dropped by more than half as compared with pre-1914 .
8 For all the talk of Prime Ministerial government , one must remember the unequal battle which any incumbent , when confronted by more than a score of powerful departments , faces .
9 The bus came and they boarded it , but to Erika it seemed less like the familiar old lumbering , lurching , yellow Berlin bus , and more a vehicle of romance , gliding through a night made mysterious by more than fog .
10 In financial terms the sale will be justified if private sector ownership improves efficiency by more than the huge point-of-sale loss to the Government plus the £175 million or so privatisation costs .
11 In financial terms the sale will be justified if private sector ownership improves efficiency by more than the huge point-of-sale loss to the Government plus the £175 million or so privatisation costs .
12 For official statistics have become tainted by more than disagreement : the charges being levelled against the service amount to the politicisation of knowledge , a form of intellectual corruption and a scandalous abuse of power .
13 ‘ The ferry operators undertook not to reduce services or increase fares by more than inflation during this period . ’
14 In an historic decision to break with Moscow , the Lithuanian Communist Party has voted by more than 5-1 to declare itself an independent party .
15 But the biggest loss will come if the giant Russian republic carries out its decision , taken last week , to cut its contribution to the central budget by more than four-fifths .
16 Between 1929 and 1933 America 's national income fell by more than half in money terms , and by more than a third in real terms .
17 Between 1929 and 1933 America 's national income fell by more than half in money terms , and by more than a third in real terms .
18 Société Générale , one of the country 's biggest banks , had to raise provisions against dud loans by more than half in the first six months of 1990 .
19 Singapore 's trouble is that as soon as its economy starts to grow by more than 6–7% , the labour market tends to get tight .
20 The real net incomes of beef and sheep farmers have fallen by more than half since 1984 , as have land prices in real terms .
21 Since last summer , revenues from , eg , M&A , property , issues of securities , and much corporate work have fallen by more than that .
22 The OECD , in its latest review of Ireland , forecasts that growth will fall by more than half this year , to 2.2% ; and it worries that the government 's hard-headed policies are going soft .
23 If a business takes on more debt , its calculations can be thrown out by two things : if the interest cost of servicing the debt rises by more than was expected ; and if the cash flow earned by the business falls by more than had been planned for .
24 If a business takes on more debt , its calculations can be thrown out by two things : if the interest cost of servicing the debt rises by more than was expected ; and if the cash flow earned by the business falls by more than had been planned for .
25 Lead emissions from British vehicles fell by more than half between 1975 and 1988 .
26 Calculating the changes under multilateral abandonment of protection requires some assumptions on world prices , in particular that they would rise by more than under unilateral action .
27 Thank the Goddess Zambia had had the sense to get out before some scuzzie had violated hir by more than just a beating .
28 Yet Mr Smith is not only proposing to raise tax in one go by more than anyone has ever dared to before but also concentrating the effect on a relatively small group .
29 Vacancies for chief executives and managing directors have risen by more than one-third in the last year , while senior managerial vacancies have increased by 17.4 p.c .
30 Investment in design and manufacturing technology was £11m in 1991 and new machining centres have increased productivity by more than half in some areas of the Glasgow operation .
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