Example sentences of "[adv] more [conj] [det] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Top cosmetic surgeon Anthony Erian says he turns away more than half the people who walk into his Harley Street consulting rooms looking for a new image . |
| 2 | Possibly more than half the soils in the semi-arid regions are subject to severe erosion . |
| 3 | Firstly , only slightly more than half the electorate voted , when other turn-outs for referendums have been around two-thirds ; and despite considerable pressure from the clergy , only one-third of the total electorate actually voted for the measure . |
| 4 | Until that Friday night slightly more than half the planes actually up in the sky , flying between the cities with runways that can handle wide-bodied jets , were doing so — across the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 5 | A typical value might be eight bytes , leading to an index size of rather more than half a track ( the number of entries in the index depends on the number of tracks or buckets , while the size of the track depends on the device ) . |
| 6 | Rather more than half the wealth of Coventry belonged to men whose assessments reached three figures in 1522 ; in Exeter just under half . |
| 7 | They really should have outpointed the New Zealand XV in the first match at Hamilton for they outplayed the New Zealanders for rather more than half the game . |
| 8 | It is said to have been the biggest women 's gathering since suffrage days , a little more than half a century before … |
| 9 | A little more than half a mile away , on the other side of the Isle of Dogs , Ebenezer 's sister Ruth was also awake . |
| 10 | Quattro Coronati , the largest churches built in Rome in the ninth century ( a great age of papal building ) , were a little more than half the size of San Vincenzo Maggiore . |
| 11 | The happy combination of engineer and producer was often more than half the battle in the smooth production of a good show . |
| 12 | By 1415 he showed himself willing to accept a good deal less : he would settle for the legal and territorial terms agreed at Brétigny , now more than half a century earlier , and a smaller dowry . |
| 13 | Surprisingly more than half the girls — even though they were aware of their right to confidentiality — would be to embarrassed to talk to a doctor about sex or contraception . |
| 14 | ( 3 ) But because Newco has paid only £900 instead of £1,000 for Target , and because the managers have put up only half the cost but acquired a controlling interest in , and consequently more than half the value of , Newco , can management be liable for Schedule E income tax on the difference between what they have paid ( £450 ) and the value of what they have acquired ( £600 ) ? |
| 15 | Barely more than half an hour before , he 'd driven into the village on an errand for the Venetz sisters and although he saw almost no one along the way , he 'd been able to sense a tension in the air ; it was a faint background buzz like that of power lines in the rain . |
| 16 | We realize that the spiritual life matters infinitely more than all the material possessions or human status we once may have enjoyed . |
| 17 | You love him , he 's kind to animals , and is never more than half an hour late , but is that a good basis on which to plan your lives together ? |