Example sentences of "than a [adj] amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ensures that the manager seeks the artist 's permission before spending more than a certain amount of money . |
| 2 | If there is less than a certain amount , the gravitational force will be insufficient to stop a never-ending expansion . |
| 3 | If there is more than a certain amount , gravity will in due course draw the galaxies back together . |
| 4 | Conservative backbenchers put pressure on the government to provide safeguards for households which would lose by more than a certain amount . |
| 5 | Most countries allow their citizens to bring home articles without an import licence , providing they cost less than a certain amount , without paying excess duty . |
| 6 | When this last measure failed to force some authorities sufficiently into line , the Conservative government , in 1984 , introduced a measure called rate capping that made it illegal for authorities designated by the Secretary of State to levy more than a certain amount in rates , their only form of independent finance . |
| 7 | It was difficult for our branch of the bank , which was not allowed to keep more than a certain amount of money in the safe , and often had to send documents and money to the head branch in Parma . |
| 8 | ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’ |
| 9 | The last time they were in office Labour said the same thing , those earning less than a certain amount would not pay tax , however , in reality everybody paid out more and remember Harold Wilson 's pound in your pocket speech ? |
| 10 | Precisely what is meant by ‘ any substantial finding of contributory negligence ’ is open to some dispute at present , the view having been expressed by one judge that any contributory negligence greater than a minimal amount , must be substantial and hence prevent any interim payment . |
| 11 | — Wood , paper , natural fibre , cloth , or products thereof , containing no more than a negligible amount of plastics in the product or packaging . |
| 12 | Although his commitments and the size of his salary only allow him to pay the £15 monthly premium rather than a higher amount , he regards DOUBLE PAYMENT as a very low-cost way to both save the future and guarantee a large cash sum for his family if they have to claim . |
| 13 | Until 1975 , for each week during which you earned more than a minimum amount , a stamp went on your national insurance card . |
| 14 | The reason creditors agree to such arrangements is to give their debtor time to sell assets , usually his stock , without the pressure of a forced sale and so realise a maximum rather than a minimum amount for the benefit of all involved . |
| 15 | Where an excess applies on the basis of a percentage of the value of the claim rather than a fixed amount , the application of the clause will be determined by the actual amount of the excess to be applied when the cost of damage has been assessed . |
| 16 | Normally you will want to use full side-slip for a few seconds rather than a small amount of slip for a much longer time . |
| 17 | But that 's not such a bad deal for customers because the law does n't allow any pack to be underweight by more than a small amount . |
| 18 | One thing you must not do , however , is add more than a small amount of paint to control surfaces . |
| 19 | IF it 's more than a small amount that you 're drinking and also a regular thing then booze may not be quite as harmless as you think . |
| 20 | Kazakhstan conceded the issue of federal taxation in June , however , and on July 25 the Russian Federation agreed that a fixed percentage of taxes raised from enterprises by the RSFSR government ( rather than a predetermined amount as earlier demanded ) would go to the union budget . |
| 21 | They are not capable of enjoying more than a limited amount of leisure . |
| 22 | Grant was withheld as a penalty if local authorities spent more than a specified amount and this involved detailed assessments of each authority 's needs for expenditure . |
| 23 | All cases against individuals involving less than a specified amount ( £25,000 , for example ) should be enforced through the County Court . |
| 24 | Example 3:7 Landlord 's power to break ( 1 ) The landlord shall be entitled to determine this tenancy by not less than six months ' notice in writing expiring on or after [ date ] if he intends at the expiry of such notice either : ( a ) to demolish or reconstruct the demised property or a substantial part of it or to carry out substantial work of construction on the demised property or part of it ; or ( b ) to occupy the demised property for the purposes or partly for the purposes of a business to be carried on by him ( 2 ) The service of a notice under s25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 shall be sufficient notice and good service for the purposes of the preceding subclause Example 3:8 Tenant 's power to break on refusal of planning permission The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy by not less than three nor more than six months ' notice in writing served not more than one month after the happening of any of the following events : ( 1 ) the refusal or deemed refusal by the local planning authority to renew the planning permission dated [ date ] permitting the use of the demised property for ; ( 2 ) the dismissal by the Secretary of State or an appointed person of any appeal against any such refusal ; ( 3 ) the expiry of the said planning permission Example 3:9 Tenant 's right to break preventing exercise of rights under Landlord and Tenant Act The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy on … by giving not less than thirteen months ' previous notice to that effect Example 3:10 Tenant 's conditional right to break The tenant shall be entitled to determine this tenancy on … if : ( 1 ) he gives thirteen months ' written notice to that effect ; and ( 2 ) both at the date of the notice and at the date of its expiry there are neither any outstanding arrears of rent nor any subsisting breach of covenant by the tenant for which the landlord would be entitled to recover damages of more than a nominal amount |
| 25 | After that I might do some washing — I 'd rather do a little each day than a large amount at once . |