Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] by more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following Roemer 's rejection of the bill , on June 18 both houses of the state legislature voted by more than the required two-thirds majority to override the veto . |
| 2 | For a trait influenced by more than a small number of genes we can not work out the genotype by a Mendelian experiment . |
| 3 | Between 1982 — when Mexico threatened default — and the end of 1985 , the dividends declared by the big nine banks increased by more than a third . |
| 4 | THE shipping minister , Lord Caithness , yesterday dismissed calls for a sheriff 's inquiry into the Braer oilspill in spite of a petition signed by more than a third of Shetland 's adults being handed over in London . |
| 5 | Consent of the shareholders by ordinary resolution is required , unless the articles permit the board to sanction payments without shareholder approval , or provide that a resolution passed by more than a simple majority of shareholders must be obtained . |