Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [det] than [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Accordingly , if the business is hived up from Target to Newco at less than both its cost and market value , this will depress the value of Newco 's shares in Target , so that a subsequent disposal of Target would , in the absence of s32 TCGA , not realise a gain . |
2 | Devenish is to spend up to £180million to more than double its pub chain . |
3 | Meanwhile , Barclays has announced plans to more than double its network of wipe-through machines . |
4 | Minton , like Whistler , was attracted to the docks by more than just his sense of sight . |
5 | Max Pechstein 's painting ‘ Sunset ’ of 1929 provided a surprise success , selling to the USA for more than double its estimate at DM440,000 ( £176,000 ; $281,600 ) . |
6 | If the new approach were adopted , Britain would have to cut emissions by more than almost anyone else — 60 percent — in order for Europe to achieve an overall cut of 30 percent . |
7 | Dissatisfied with mainstream Christianity they were impressed by his apparent certainty , but he persuaded his potential British followers with more than just his Biblical knowledge . |