Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] more [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What evidence there is on sett size suggest that it does n't necessarily increase with group size , and certainly the four individuals in the Brighton group would hardly seem to need a complex consisting of more than a kilometre of tunnels . |
| 2 | At this time of year there was n't enough milk anywhere in the village to borrow for more than a few days . |
| 3 | Following Roemer 's rejection of the bill , on June 18 both houses of the state legislature voted by more than the required two-thirds majority to override the veto . |
| 4 | If there is a need for screening , it is in identifying the types of congenital malformations , such as anencephalus , which will not permit the child to live for more than a few weeks . |
| 5 | For a trait influenced by more than a small number of genes we can not work out the genotype by a Mendelian experiment . |
| 6 | It may be that like the other NCT groups people do not feel the need to attend for more than a few months ( ca n't stay a New Mum for ever ! ! ! ) and at the moment no one needs the MiE group I do not know and I would like to find out . |
| 7 | But after a week of total failure to concentrate for more than a minute he had to acknowledge to himself that nothing was going right . |
| 8 | This is not necessarily so : the US used roughly the same amount of energy each year from 1973 to 1985 , while its gross domestic product grew by more than a third . |
| 9 | We now have a unique chance to build on more than a decade of solid progress , bringing further benefits and new successes to a nation that is , at last , getting used to real achievement . |
| 10 | MEDICS and police last night worked for more than an hour to rescue a teenage girl who fell 30ft down a railway embankment . |
| 11 | The ideal counted for more than the reality . |
| 12 | THE shipping minister , Lord Caithness , yesterday dismissed calls for a sheriff 's inquiry into the Braer oilspill in spite of a petition signed by more than a third of Shetland 's adults being handed over in London . |
| 13 | The IRA statement of responsibility had incorrectly named another man , the brother of a well-known Belfast republican , as the victim of the shooting , accusing him of having a bizarre paramilitary career stretching for more than a decade . |
| 14 | As Provincial Editor I handled correspondents ’ news reports from more than a score of outlying communities and our Times-Herald ‘ reporter ’ for the Briercrest area was a Mrs Edna Jacques . |
| 15 | He dragged the 18-year-old girl to a nearby common and forced her into humiliating sex acts for more than an hour while the three-month-old baby she had been caring for lay alone in the house . |
| 16 | In real terms , gross investment in manufacturing fell by more than a third between 1979 and its lowest point in 1983 . |
| 17 | Germany 's biggest tyre company and the second largest in Europe , Continental has for more than a century been world leaders in tyre design and technology |
| 18 | Runciman had sympathisers within the Federation in favour of a more liberal approach which , he believed , would bring a ready response from Wilson , but they were in a minority to those dominated by the formidable George A. and Cuthbert Laws , father and son , whose implacable anti-union line prevailed for more than a quarter of a century . |
| 19 | In the South Western Board , for example , it was decided to centralise accounting functions , reducing billing costs by more than a quarter in the first eighteen months , and there were further economies subsequently through mechanisation and centralisation on their Plymouth accounting office . |
| 20 | The budget for the bureau rises by more than the grant . |
| 21 | Consent of the shareholders by ordinary resolution is required , unless the articles permit the board to sanction payments without shareholder approval , or provide that a resolution passed by more than a simple majority of shareholders must be obtained . |
| 22 | If the report runs to more than a few pages , there should always be a list of the various sections and headings to be found in the report . |
| 23 | Crime recorded in the Central South region last year rose by more than the national average . |
| 24 | Speechreading is an uncertain art ; successful speechreading depends on more than the skill of the individual : it also depends on the circumstances and the speaker . |
| 25 | Trainee dealers put on debt collecting for more than a day or two at a stretch would often walk out of Harvard from sheer boredom and frustration . |
| 26 | The rise of the ‘ casual ’ — the smartly-dressed stand supporter with a penchant for calling cards , scrap books and well-organised mega-violence spiced with more than a hint of racist overtones — seems a perfect symbol for the times . |
| 27 | He listened to the ringing tone repeated for more than a minute before he gave up . |
| 28 | Grapes and sunflowers flourished in southern England but the real winners were suppliers of insecticides : sales to agriculture and horticulture rose by more than a third in 1989 . |
| 29 | The civilization flourished for more than a millennium until , about 1400 BC , the comparatively nearby volcanic island of Thera erupted in a fashion that makes the 1883 Krakatoa event look like a mere squib . |
| 30 | However , even if the price of the house rises by more than the rate of inflation ( ie a real capital gain has been made ) capital gains tax ( CGT ) is not levied . |