Example sentences of "[vb pp] by more [subord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eighth annual Directory of Regional Brewers , Pub Operations and Cider Makers , from Robert Fleming Securities , notes that ‘ in many instances , bar prices have simply risen by more than the consumer is prepared to spend ’ . |
| 2 | Naïve unsophisticated statements such as these marked a regeneration which perhaps must be experienced by more than a handful of prisoners if we are to care enough about civilization to want to save it . |
| 3 | Jobs at BR 's Eastern Region headquarters in York would be cut by more than a quarter as work was contracted out and staffing levels cut back together with train services . |
| 4 | Among other measures in the budget , excise duties on tobacco products , petrol and diesel fuel were increased by more than the level of inflation ; the rate of corporation tax was cut from 35 to 34 per cent for 1990-91 and further to 32 per cent for 1991-92 ; and increases were made in child benefit . |
| 5 | Both the economic efficiency and neo-Austrian schools of thought express concern about the views of a third school which either has some fairly broad concept of the public interest as its stated objective , or in practice is motivated by more than a concern for economic efficiency and/or competition . |
| 6 | As far as Ipswich is concerned , with the exception of the community psychiatric nurse , no one service was received by more than a minority of either sample . |
| 7 | Over the past twenty years , the number who look at papers has fallen by more than a quarter . |
| 8 | Given the amount of matter in the vicinity of Sgr A , an outburst is not an unreasonable expectation , although since its discovery in 1974 , the luminosity has not changed by more than a factor of two . |
| 9 | For all the talk of Prime Ministerial government , one must remember the unequal battle which any incumbent , when confronted by more than a score of powerful departments , faces . |