Example sentences of "[num] more [conj] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The toll of serious accidents among young people in Darlington last year was 14 , three more than the previous year . |
| 2 | But in only 42 of these is the Tory majority less than 4,000 ( there are 11 more where the main challenger is a Liberal Democrat ) . |
| 3 | Once , he piled 66 milk crates on his head — 42 more than the previous record . |
| 4 | On April 6 the new 140-member People 's Assembly elected by 96 votes to 35 ( two more than the required minimum two-thirds of the Assembly ) Sali Berisha , president of the Democratic Party ( DP ) as his successor . |
| 5 | The known number of HIV positive cases was 11,218 at the end of September , 424 more than the cumulative total at the end of the previous quarter . |