Example sentences of "[det] than [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year , 45 per cent of recorded crime was cleared up — more than double the average rate in the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | By 2031 the average number of homes passed on each year , excluding bequests to spouses , could be 343,000 — more than double the current average ( see chart ) . |
| 3 | Cargo forecasts suggest that a growth rate of 11.4 percent for Europe-Far East trade over the next 20 years will be more than double the expected increase across the North Atlantic . |
| 4 | Of the 383 state production plans , 148 had been unable to meet their target — more than double the previous figure of 65 . |
| 5 | The word ‘ habitat ’ implies more than simply the physical environment of an animal . |
| 6 | It 's more than even the 150th anniversary three years ago.The entry includes South Africans and Russians . |
| 7 | Because of the connection with prostitutes , pornography means more than just the graphic depiction in words or pictures of sexual activity . |
| 8 | The number of individual schools developing their own non-sexist and anti-sexist initiatives is increasing continuously , and most tackle far more than just the official curriculum , aiming to provide verbal and physical ‘ space ’ for girls , to tackle careers and option choices and to involve parents . |
| 9 | ‘ More than just the next trip . |
| 10 | Consideration of these facts should be enough to alert us to the possibility that the totality of our being may be much more than just the physical body , and that we may not be in any sense only machines . |
| 11 | In the case of local politics , should this mean more than just the local implementation of national policy ? |
| 12 | But it is more than just the lucky shot that has defeated the Great White Shark . |
| 13 | that the load is more than just the initial action of my division |
| 14 | Up to the autumn of 1960 the underlying divergences between himself and Debré had not prevented the two of them from working together closely ; after de Gaulle 's speech in November 1960 , the policy became less collaborative and more than ever the exclusive domain of the presidency . |
| 15 | The ie became more than ever the pre-eminent entity in society . |
| 16 | In Drenthe , feeling more than ever the despised outcast , he found consolation in a human resting place . |