Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] than [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And house burglaries and car thefts account for more than half all crimes reported . |
| 2 | This matters to more than just those smooth scions of the British upper class who work in this singular insurance market , or to those who pledge their wealth , as ‘ names ’ , to back the market 's underwriting syndicates . |
| 3 | However , the value of a company is based on more than just short-term profitability . |
| 4 | You ca n't move at more than about fifteen miles an hour maximum down Hurst Road anyway can you ? |
| 5 | Education accounts for more than half most county 's budgets . |
| 6 | If the incipient spin has progressed for more than about half a turn because the pilot has kept the stick back , applying the full opposite rudder must be a good thing because it helps to stop the rotation and to even up the stalling of the wings . |
| 7 | You will have noted the additional appointment of at least one wine waiter : the fact that the total wages bill has n't increased by more than about 2.2 per cent suggests that there have been some compensating reductions , probably in the part-time staff , and almost certainly in view of the decline in trade . |
| 8 | and I mean I then I 'd only just had my operation an and to actually drive for longer than about twenty minute journeys was killing so |
| 9 | If left for more than about 20 minutes after a run , it takes several turns of the starter before it fires . |
| 10 | It is not using the 33MHz and 40MHz silicon Texas Instruments just announced ( UX No 384 ) , but will come in higher than both those rates . |
| 11 | The Z88 will send the XON character when the receive buffer has been cleared to less than half full . |
| 12 | But neither of these is fully regulated which means that teachers may perhaps find themselves working for less than fully professional organisations . |
| 13 | However , theoretical and experimental studies of the accretional processes show that it is unlikely that a body with the low mass of the Moon could have accreted in less than about 10 Ma . |
| 14 | It is not possible to forecast in more than very general terms what the job opportunities will be in three or four years ' time . |