Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [prep] [det] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big problem with today 's chips , which squeeze more than 120000 transistors into less than a square centimetre of silicon , is heat . |
| 2 | SCUNTHORPE , down to 10 men for more than an hour , equalised , forced extra time and then held out for a second replay . |
| 3 | Some sufferers , again particularly the juveniles and also those suffering severely from eating disorders — compulsive over-eating , anorexia or bulimia — may require long-term ( from a minimum of three months to more than a year ) support in a half-way house . |
| 4 | The number of patients waiting at the end of last year rose to 990 and the average waiting time had risen from 35 weeks to more than a year . |
| 5 | The number of patients waiting at the end of last year rose to 990 and the average waiting time had risen from 35 weeks to more than a year . |
| 6 | After this , Burke went on to win 3 out of 4 fights in less than a year , and in 1828 was matched with William Fitzmaurice at Harpenden which went 106 rounds and lasted 3 hours . |
| 7 | Craigleith have produced a perfect card , winning all nine matches by more than the 2 per cent required — a very rare achievement , especially at the highest level . ‘ |
| 8 | It is unusual for a major organisation to change its chief executive four times in less than a decade and the fact that they chose Roche each time — in a highly competitive market — is an impressive record in the headhunting world . |
| 9 | BAD : The only serious wobble of the campaign followed the appearance of Simon Hughes , the party 's environment spokesman , on BBC television 's Election Call programme when he appeared to contradict or amend party policy no fewer than four times in less than an hour . |
| 10 | There was no room in either of the two books for more than a suggestion of the way a woman might be changed by a complicated political and personal dilemma . |
| 11 | Two doubles in less than an hour . |