Example sentences of "[noun] [be] more than [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the seats where Labour is second , there are 31 where it is behind by 5 per cent or less and a further 11 where the Liberal Democrat vote is more than twice the Tory majority and a differential split in Labour 's favour would produce a Labour gain . |
| 2 | But Birtwistle 's work is more than twice the length of Mason 's , and he more than justifies his larger span . |
| 3 | The tube was more than twice the length of an adult macaque 's arms . |
| 4 | The French can supply perfect walnuts , but charge dear ; at £5000 a tonne the price is more than twice the price of California bits , and the reason is that the process is totally unmechanised . |
| 5 | A DRIVER who caused the death of a 16-year-old jogger while his blood alcohol was more than twice the limit was jailed for 18 months yesterday . |
| 6 | The total cost is more than twice the amount we spend on wine . |
| 7 | Their rate of natural increase is more than twice the national average , and their numbers increased by 214 per cent between 1971 and 1981 . |
| 8 | Investment activity by unit was more than double the percentage of North Side units contained by the neighbourhood . |
| 9 | The government conceded that the projected 1991 deficit was more than double the DKr16,100 million originally planned ; the growth , it said , was due to a rapid rise in unemployment which had swelled the cost of social transfers while reducing tax revenues . |