Example sentences of "[vb base] more [conj] half " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some polls say more than half the Scots want independence . |
| 2 | If you put more than half a stone on |
| 3 | Basic provision of shelter , heat and light often consume more than half the total income of unemployed claimants . |
| 4 | When David Walker led the poll tax rebels of West Oxfordshire out of the tory fold many pundits expected the new Independents would be replaced by more compliant conservatives at the first electoral opportunity … but two years on independents still hold more than half the council wards . |
| 5 | Cameron Mackintosh 's production of Les Miserables which is scheduled for September , is expected to run in Edinburgh for about five months and attract more than half of its audience from outside Lothian Region . |
| 6 | Beer drinkers predict more than half of the town 's 28 John Smith landlords will be out of their pubs by the end of the year . |
| 7 | Tell her we all do the breast-stroke , refuse at water jumps , hit the bullseye once in a blue moon and get blisters when we run more than half a mile . |
| 8 | THE Government is set to overrule the Queen and axe more than half the royal hangers-on from the Civil List . |
| 9 | Thomson , Airtours and Owners Abroad control more than half the entire British package-holiday market and all own or have links with chains of high street travel agents . |
| 10 | Thomson , Airtours and Owners Abroad control more than half the entire British package-holiday market and all own or have links with chains of high street travel agents . |
| 11 | It will be clear that all of the Scottish universities offering geology doctorates concentrate more than half of their research effort on local geology , as evidenced by successful Ph D theses . |
| 12 | Together these men produce more than half of all Britain 's coal . |
| 13 | The job losses , which affect more than half the workforce , are being made across the board affecting shopfloor workers , office staff and management . |
| 14 | To this category belong more than half the plants universally popular among aquarists . |
| 15 | Rent , electricity and gas take more than half — £35.28 . |
| 16 | In South Hams , for example , the towns of Totnes , Kingsbridge , Ivybridge and Dartmouth have not been designated ‘ rural ’ , and they contain more than half the council 's stock , with many houses located not on large estates but in pleasant settings . |
| 17 | Goods and services produced according to global strategies now comprise more than half the total output , while by 1985 between a quarter and half of world trade ( varying according to economic sector ) was intrafirm , that is between buyer and seller within a single enterprise ( Strange , 1991 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ I think , ’ she went on , ‘ now that we have more than half the land — and most of the best part — you must come out into the open . |
| 19 | As a single group the pieds noirs represent more than half the number of farmers in France ! |