Example sentences of "[num] more than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | A poll of voting intentions — published on May 21st , but taken before Mrs Cresson 's appointment — indicated that the two main right-wing parties would easily win a general election with 40% of the vote , giving them around 336 seats ( 47 more than an absolute majority ) . |
2 | The first day 's publication of the photos produced an incredible increase in sales of 482,118 more than the same day the week before . |
3 | The toll of serious accidents among young people in Darlington last year was 14 , three more than the previous year . |
4 | Lot 45 ( est. $20–25,000 ) a Tiffany mixed-metals pitcher , with copper and mokume gourds , brought a strong $37,000 , eleven thousand more than the same model brought at Christie 's last January . |
5 | In 1930 they scored 132 goals , five more than the first team in their record Championship year . |
6 | Once , he piled 66 milk crates on his head — 42 more than the previous record . |
7 | Nothing threatens the chances of Alton Bass finishing in touch with the top of Hampshire League division one more than a punishing programme of three matches a week they need to complete in order to catch up on their fixture backing . |
8 | Expenditure was set at £S61,875 million , £S4,875 million more than the 1989 figure . |
9 | The biggest single item was defence spending , at Rbs96,563 million , Rbs2,000 million less than originally proposed but still Rbs25,000 million more than the 1990 figure . |
10 | Again the same result — plenty of eggs but only eight young fish , two more than the first brood . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |