Example sentences of "[prep] more than [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The country 's political atmosphere had become embittered as a result of the creation of the DLP , in January 1990 , through a merger of the then minority governing party and two of the three main opposition groups , which gave the new formation control of more than two-thirds of the seats in the 299-member National Assembly . |
| 2 | THE scandal of more than one-third of a billion pounds worth of intervention food being held in cold storage in the Republic while millions of people are dying in Africa has angered TDs . |
| 3 | SAAB had estimated the costs and benefits of the line-out system and had calculated that the system would pay for itself within four years , with more than half of the savings coming from the increased production flexibility of the system and another 25 per cent coming from reduced labour turnover and absenteeism . |
| 4 | With more than half of the contract market in the industrial and commercial sectors already , these suppliers are now extending into the markets of over 73,267 kilowatt hours [ 2,500 therms ] per annum . |
| 5 | For instance , between 1972 and 1982 I caught 35392 hoverflies of 89 species in the Malaise trap , but seven species accounted for more than two-thirds of the catch and 35 species were each represented by fewer than 10 individuals . |
| 6 | But Aki Kaurismaki , who accounts , with his brother , for more than one-third of the Finnish film industry , makes a movie a year and has a stake in distribution , constitutes a national cinema , all by himself . |
| 7 | As in previous years the largest single items of expenditure were debt service , accounting for more than one-third of the budget , and defence spending , accounting for 20 per cent . |
| 8 | Food is the most important item in the expenditure of most households in the Third World and can account for more than three-quarters of the budget of a poor urban family . |
| 9 | THE public has applied for more than half of the £5.3billion water privatisation issue , with more than 1.4 million people signing cheques for an average of £2,000 . |
| 10 | THE public has applied for more than half of the £5.3billion water privatisation issue , with more than 1.4 million people signing cheques for an average of £2,000 . |
| 11 | Only three of the whole group had worked since redundancy , and only one of those did so for more than half of the time between redundancy and interview . |
| 12 | By 1973 , the overseas offices accounted for more than half of the fee income , but the firm found itself poorly represented in the USA with only two of its nine branches established there . |
| 13 | In each of these products , Europe accounted for more than half of the world 's output ; most of the rest came from the United States . |
| 14 | British equities account for more than half of the assets of British funds ; foreign equities are a further 20% . |
| 15 | Six branches , usually including South Shields , Cardiff and Barry , accounted for more than half of the union 's funds and year by year the phenomenon of the " non-paying " branch continued , nine out of thirty-two in the bad year 1906 , two out of twenty-nine in the good year 1899 . |
| 16 | This was the situation for more than half of the official primary season ! |
| 17 | For more than half of the years between 1689 and Waterloo in 1815 Britain was at war , mostly with the French . |
| 18 | In 1992 , achieved exports of £55.7m , accounting for more than half of the UK 's total malt exports . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , but in more than three-quarters of the murders committed in the UK , the murderer knew the victim already — and quite liked them . ’ |
| 20 | But I reckon the company has made CPP losses in more than half of the last 15 years . |
| 21 | In more than half of the years between 1713 and 1785 debt service took up more than 40 per cent of total revenue . |
| 22 | Despite a rise in Britain of 37,530 , the number of people out of work fell in more than half of the region 's local authorities . |
| 23 | Companies in which foreign capital amounted to more than half of the total capital constituted 63.1 per cent of all joint-stock companies . |
| 24 | Vacancies for chief executives and managing directors have risen by more than one-third in the last year , while senior managerial vacancies have increased by 17.4 p.c . |
| 25 | The flare ( terminal portion of the sideburn ) shall not exceed the width of the main portion of the sideburn by more than one-fourth on the unflared width . |
| 26 | Likewise the number of voters who think of themselves as being ‘ very strongly ’ committed to Labour has fallen by more than half over the same period to a mere 10 per cent of the electorate : of voters with of voters with Labour'very strong' Labour identificationidentification 19665024 19704721 19744516 19794211 19833711 19873613 19923711 |
| 27 | A report has recommended that logging in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest region of the USA be cut by more than half as a means of sustaining them in the long term and protecting their wildlife [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 28 | THE annual rate of inflation was reduced by more than half during the three Conservative administrations after May , 1979 , but unemployment more than doubled during that time . |
| 29 | Société Générale , one of the country 's biggest banks , had to raise provisions against dud loans by more than half in the first six months of 1990 . |