Example sentences of "more than [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Port Solent offers berth holders more than just the first class yacht sales and repair facilities of the south coast 's most prestigious marina , it also offers 24 hour access 365 days a year . |
| 2 | From the helicopter of Wiltshire Police a stolen Porsche Carrera was filmed travelling along the M4 at speeds more than double the legal limit . |
| 3 | Grim as events might seem , Britain could not contemplate a ‘ massive new immigration commitment ’ which could ‘ more than double the ethnic minority population of the United Kingdom ’ . |
| 4 | A second runway would more than double the present number of take-offs and landings . |
| 5 | In 1999 , the average daily number of remand prisoners ( including those detained in police cells ) was 10,470 , more than double the 1976 figure of 5,090 ( Home Office , 1977b , 1990f ) . |
| 6 | According to Dr John Topping , of Washington 's Climate Institute , subsidence could more than double the local sea level rise expected as a result of thermal expansion due to the greenhouse effect . |
| 7 | Recurrent spending for 1990/91 was targeted at TSh160,000 million , a 35 per cent rise ( although inflation stood at 30 per cent for 1989 ) ; development spending , at TSh46,000 million was more than double the previous year 's level of TSh22,000 million . |
| 8 | It follows the publication of medical research which says men who 've worked for the Atomic Energy Authority and may have been exposed to certain radioactive materials have more than twice the normal risk of developing prostate cancer . |
| 9 | Police stopped Kelly , of Chelmsford , and a breath test showed him to be more than twice the legal alcohol limit . |
| 10 | A policeman stopped her in Chawton , where the alcohol in her breath was found to be more than twice the legal limit . |
| 11 | But , in order to buy rather than rent their own homes , Britain 's nine million home buyers now have to borrow an average of £37,000 — more than twice the average income — whereas 10 years ago the average loan of £11,800 worked out at 1.7 times income . |
| 12 | The higher rate of payment was set at more than twice the previous fee for night visits . |
| 13 | A private collector paid more than twice the expected price at the Sotheby 's sale . |
| 14 | Of the seats where Labour is second , there are 31 where it is behind by 5 per cent or less and a further 11 where the Liberal Democrat vote is more than twice the Tory majority and a differential split in Labour 's favour would produce a Labour gain . |
| 15 | Their rate of natural increase is more than twice the national average , and their numbers increased by 214 per cent between 1971 and 1981 . |
| 16 | Across Kent crime rose by fifteen percent in nineteen ninety two that 's more than twice the national average . |
| 17 | Some of the worst figures are to be found in Gloucestershire where police say they 're up by more than twice the national average . |
| 18 | So you are very unlikely to be able to tell your story ( and , once again , telling a story is what you are doing fundamentally ) without abandoning more than once the angel-on-the-shoulder viewpoint of whatever chief characters you have chosen . |