Example sentences of "[adv] [det] than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A haulier must register for VAT if there are reasonable grounds for believing that its contracts will bring in more than a certain sum per year . |
| 2 | Colleges reckon their spell in Division II has cost them about £25,000 in lost sponsorship , bar takings , gate receipts etc — Saturday 's crowd of over 2,500 brought in more than the combined total of the previous home league matches — and there 's little doubt that defeat against Musselburgh would have had a catastrophic impact on the club . |
| 3 | The organizational separateness and distinctiveness of the state makes it much more than a mere mirror of , or passive receptacle for , the demands of society . |
| 4 | Today likewise Piraeus ' importance makes it much more than a mere annex of Athens and it has its own political traditions , regularly voting communist . |
| 5 | Ami Pro 3.0 uses the mouse much more than the previous version . |
| 6 | ‘ But I walk a fine line of ambiguity because I 'm also reaching a straight audience who need the education much more than the gay audience . |
| 7 | A local farmer is , shall we say , somewhat less than a complete admirer of the railway . |
| 8 | Firstly , most of the competing hypotheses scored sufficiently less than the correct hypothesis and so could be eliminated by forwards pruning from the search on acoustic grounds ( see Fig. 9.2 , point B ) , thus preventing the growth of an increasingly large band of hypotheses . |
| 9 | Nominations must be in writing , signed by not fewer than the required number of signatories , and incorporate ( or be accompanied by ) a signed declaration by the nominee that he or she is willing to serve . |
| 10 | To grant these rights and judicial privileges to corporations ( and other organizations ) is simply to give them additional resources for a judicial battle in which many , particularly the transnationals , are already more than a fair match for national state regulatory agencies . |
| 11 | The degradation of many soils such as those in East Anglia , England , to the extent that they are scarcely more than a physical retention medium for chemical fertiliser and moisture ( Kirkby 1980 ) , does not have the same social and economic impact as degradation of soils where the land users do not have , and may be predicted not to have in the future , the resources to make good the degradation by the application of massive doses of fertiliser ( see also Heathcote 1980 , Rennie 1982 ) . |
| 12 | 4.6 The Company undertakes , notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Clause , to purchase in each year of the currency of this Agreement not less than the minimum amount of the Products ( by value ) set out for that year in Schedule 4 hereto . |
| 13 | ( 2 ) For the purposes of subsection ( 1 ) ( a ) a fishing vessel is British-owned if — ( a ) the legal title to the vessel is vested wholly in one or more qualified persons or companies ; and ( b ) the vessel is beneficially owned — ( i ) as to not less than the relevant percentage of the property in the vessel , by one or more qualified persons , or ( ii ) wholly by a qualified company or companies , or ( iii ) by one or more qualified companies and , as to not less than the relevant percentage of the remainder of the property in the vessel , by one or more qualified persons . |
| 14 | ( 2 ) For the purposes of subsection ( 1 ) ( a ) a fishing vessel is British-owned if — ( a ) the legal title to the vessel is vested wholly in one or more qualified persons or companies ; and ( b ) the vessel is beneficially owned — ( i ) as to not less than the relevant percentage of the property in the vessel , by one or more qualified persons , or ( ii ) wholly by a qualified company or companies , or ( iii ) by one or more qualified companies and , as to not less than the relevant percentage of the remainder of the property in the vessel , by one or more qualified persons . |
| 15 | The directors have considered the value of the remaining fixed assets and are satisfied that they are worth , in total , not less than the aggregate amount at which they are stated in the company 's accounts . |
| 16 | In the case of a public company , however , s. 11 requires the capital clause of the memorandum to state a figure which is not less than the authorized minimum . |
| 17 | However the weekend was just more than a low key steam event at the Centre at Derby Road for the Centre was also providing one half of the motive power , the two passenger coaches , and operating staff at Preston Docks in connection with the Steam Fair staged as part of the 1992 Preston Guild Celebrations . |
| 18 | An important feature was the establishment of specific aircraft performance requirements , that is to say the ability of an aircraft to be able to take off in given circumstances within a specified distance and also to come to a stop after landing in not more than a specified length of runway . |
| 19 | It is even difficult to say that a very rich person could be compensated in money terms ; thus , however heinous the libel , such a person should get not more than a nominal sum and his costs . |
| 20 | She used her face and hands much more than the average Englishman , though perhaps not more than the average Italian . |
| 21 | The American view of neutralisation in the Third World will continue to determine the efficacy of this concept for the resolution or limitation of conflict as much if not more than the Soviet view . |
| 22 | Since some proportion of interest recipients would not be liable for tax , the composite rate is always less than the standard rate . |
| 23 | It is , of course , vital to appreciate that the changes described occur at the expense of gain ; the closed-loop gain under negative feedback is always less than the open-loop gain . |
| 24 | There is ostensibly more than a passing similarity between Gedge and another famed Mancunian bedroom termite , Morrissey . |
| 25 | The moon was hardly more than a pale sliver , and surely not enough to see by . |
| 26 | Always more than a nepotistic afterthought , Brix had more musical input than The Fall could comfortably contain and now , after almost four years of intermittent solo action , she 's finally made her own album ( Spin This Web ) with her own group Adult Net . |
| 27 | In the case of the working class — possibly more than the middle class — the unemployment of families and the depressed economic conditions that prevailed during the inter-war years encouraged the reduction of family size , even though there were still many areas where the birth rate remained high or increased , almost oblivious of the economic conditions . |
| 28 | The Hungarian Reformed Church in Transylvania has about 800,000 members , slightly fewer than the Catholic community . |
| 29 | Very few people will have the time and desire to follow up more than a small number of the leads that are referenced ; and those who do will usually be aware of the older literature , in any case . |
| 30 | If the user decided on very large keys — and IBM allows up to 256 bytes , for example — the track index might take up more than a single track . |