Example sentences of "[adv] more than [det] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) Damage arising from a direct collision between vehicles insured by the parties to this Agreement and the Policy issued by one of those parties being a fleet insurance or part of a fleet insurance as defined hereunder a ) and not granting indemnity against such damage to the insured vehicle or b ) being subject to an excess of more than $100 in respect of such damage , that party shall pay a ) one half of the loss of the other party in respect of the damage to their Insured 's vehicle or b ) not more than half the excess save and except that if the amount recoverable is $50 or less this clause will be inoperative . |
| 2 | That lease stipulates that the building occupy not more than half the lot , but the garden-topped garage brings the footprint to 90% . |
| 3 | In Jamaica , which has enormous political problems because of its adverse balance of payments , imported energy makes up more than half the cost even of a bag of cement produced locally . |
| 4 | In the southern cone countries of Argentina , Chile and Uruguay , which are highly urbanised and have advanced industrial complexes , the formal proletariat makes up more than half the EAP . |
| 5 | Firstly , only slightly more than half the electorate voted , when other turn-outs for referendums have been around two-thirds ; and despite considerable pressure from the clergy , only one-third of the total electorate actually voted for the measure . |
| 6 | Rather more than half the wealth of Coventry belonged to men whose assessments reached three figures in 1522 ; in Exeter just under half . |
| 7 | They really should have outpointed the New Zealand XV in the first match at Hamilton for they outplayed the New Zealanders for rather more than half the game . |
| 8 | Quattro Coronati , the largest churches built in Rome in the ninth century ( a great age of papal building ) , were a little more than half the size of San Vincenzo Maggiore . |
| 9 | The happy combination of engineer and producer was often more than half the battle in the smooth production of a good show . |
| 10 | ( 3 ) But because Newco has paid only £900 instead of £1,000 for Target , and because the managers have put up only half the cost but acquired a controlling interest in , and consequently more than half the value of , Newco , can management be liable for Schedule E income tax on the difference between what they have paid ( £450 ) and the value of what they have acquired ( £600 ) ? |
| 11 | The idealism of the Albanian youths carries a lot of weight in Kosovo where more than half the population is under 15 years-old . |
| 12 | We realize that the spiritual life matters infinitely more than all the material possessions or human status we once may have enjoyed . |