Example sentences of "be [verb] by more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | All too often , the antecedents of revolution are separated by more than a human lifespan from their fruition . |
| 2 | Naïve unsophisticated statements such as these marked a regeneration which perhaps must be experienced by more than a handful of prisoners if we are to care enough about civilization to want to save it . |
| 3 | Jobs at BR 's Eastern Region headquarters in York would be cut by more than a quarter as work was contracted out and staffing levels cut back together with train services . |
| 4 | Both the economic efficiency and neo-Austrian schools of thought express concern about the views of a third school which either has some fairly broad concept of the public interest as its stated objective , or in practice is motivated by more than a concern for economic efficiency and/or competition . |
| 5 | Perhaps Mr Heseltine 's sudden interest in television is motivated by more than a simple desire to boost British exports . |
| 6 | As far as Ipswich is concerned , with the exception of the community psychiatric nurse , no one service was received by more than a minority of either sample . |