Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] of more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But between 1846 and 1850 an annual average of more than a quarter of a million left Europe , in the next five years an annual average of almost 350,000 ; in 1854 alone no less than 428,000 arrived in the United States . |
| 2 | A very sticky variety clings to each new copy for an average time of more than an hour before it finally breaks free and the process can begin again . |
| 3 | My village forest was not so large , about 100 hectares , but there were many big trees of more than a metre diameter . |
| 4 | Even at the seven year mark there would be very little expectation of more than a few weeks on parole licence in the community , instead of prison . |
| 5 | Equally , the court can not normally order the grant of a new tenancy of more than the holding . |