Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Temperature tolerance to higher temperatures by even the hardiest rockpool creatures is within such narrow limits that if the water warms up to over 2° above that in which the animal is naturally found for more than a few hours , the animal will surely die . |
| 2 | The attack took place on April 30th and was not reported for more than a month . |
| 3 | Although her satire on wedlock was not published for more than a century after her death , its composition elicited an immediate rebuke from her brother Samuel , who admonished her thus : Repent , renounce all wicked wit : … |
| 4 | Given the amount of matter in the vicinity of Sgr A , an outburst is not an unreasonable expectation , although since its discovery in 1974 , the luminosity has not changed by more than a factor of two . |
| 5 | ‘ I tell you this , Mr Millet , two or three years ago I would n't have had the time to sit down and chatter about a chap I have n't seen for more than a year . |
| 6 | He said quite , quote , in my experience people who have access to , or are offered this level of care , even if it 's even if it is started , it is rarely continued for more than a few months . |
| 7 | Policies were issued from the 1720s by both Royal Exchange Assurance and the London Assurance — the only two survivors of the South Sea Bubble — but these were few in number , rarely issued for more than a year at a time and based on uniform rather than on age-related premiums . |
| 8 | Mr Graham Warren , principal resources officer for the NRA 's Southern Region , said that groundwater levels were the lowest observed in more than a century . |
| 9 | The ‘ patchwork pieces ’ could never be economically viable because they took time to cut , arrange and bag , yet were never sold for more than a few pence . |
| 10 | Training teams were not specifically mentioned by more than a small number of respondents although ‘ involvement in training ’ of all professional or supervisory staff , or all senior management , was more likely to be noted . |