Example sentences of "[vb base] more than [det] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basic provision of shelter , heat and light often consume more than half the total income of unemployed claimants . |
| 2 | THE Government is set to overrule the Queen and axe more than half the royal hangers-on from the Civil List . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |