Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] more [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hongkong Bank is inheriting a bank in better shape than it has been in for more than a decade . |
| 2 | In some areas public order and drunkenness offences are down by more than a third . |
| 3 | But since nineteen eighty seven , daily paper sales are down by more than a tenth . |
| 4 | Nicaragua was an American obsession and a dream , a proving-ground for ideology , and had been so for more than a century . |
| 5 | How has it been for yourself , obviously you 've been here with your children , your husband 's been away for more than a month , in Iraq , there must have been er terrible thoughts going through you mind at certain times ? |
| 6 | I had n't been there for more than a minute when the skipper bellowed : ‘ This is melanoma country , mate . |
| 7 | Those papers have been there for more than a century . |
| 8 | No war correspondent , however , could have described the gloom that pervaded the air , or the look of hopelessness ingrained on the faces of anyone who had been there for more than a few days . |
| 9 | Compared with 10 years ago , at the same point in the economic cycle , output is up by nearly a quarter , investment is up by a third , manufacturing productivity is up by more than a half and manufacturing exports are up by nearly three quarters . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman knows that if we compare the position now with that of 10 years ago — at the same stage of the economic cycle — we see that manufacturing output is up by a quarter , manufacturing investment is up by a third , manufacturing productivity is up by more than a half , and manufactured exports are up by almost three quarters . |
| 11 | The sculpture of Medardo Rosso is also worth more than a passing glance . |
| 12 | None of them was out by more than a few feet . |