Example sentences of "more [conj] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The freeing of the five communists was more than balanced by the simultaneous release of four army colonels and 12 other officers who had been imprisoned for participating in coup attempts against the Aquino government . |
| 2 | The benefit of favourable exchange rates was more than offset by the adverse impact of weaker precious metal prices , particularly rhodium ( see page 21 ) . |
| 3 | The growing weakness of local government in terms of making decisions has been more than counterbalanced by the increasing weight of government departments and the influence of civil servants . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal , overruling the High Court judge , granted the injunction on the ground that in ‘ the balance of convenience ’ the wish to strike at this time was more than counterbalanced by the financial loss to the employers and the inconvenience to the public . |
| 5 | He points to several factors supporting this conclusion : first , the patient was incapable of making a rational decision ; second , in his clinical judgment , further treatment was called for ; and third , the minor harm of proceeding without consent was more than outweighed by the major benefit , in his view , which was gained from his treatment . |
| 6 | The emphasis is on Europe and in July their bookings were more than doubled on the same month last year . |
| 7 | Although , at 12% , the proportion of Catholics employed is still out of step with the Northern Ireland population , Short 's points out that it has more than doubled over the last 10 years , while the proportion of Catholic apprentices taken on has trebled to 20% . |
| 8 | The number of babies born to single women over 40 has more than doubled over the last 10 years with the North West top of the older mums ' baby league table . |
| 9 | The number of babies born to single women over 40 has more than doubled over the last 10 years , with the North West top of the older mums ' baby league table . |
| 10 | The total fines levied more than doubled over the previous year , from £428,000 to £1.05 million . |
| 11 | Moreover , both total exports and exports of manufactured goods increased more than GDP , which more than doubled over the whole period . |
| 12 | Using its restrictive definition of homelessness , the Department of the Environment estimates that the number of homeless families in England has more than doubled over the past decade to 146000 last year . |
| 13 | The emphasis is on teamwork and on productivity ; our productivity per employee has more than doubled over the past two years . |
| 14 | The number of companies incorporating environmental statements into their reports has more than doubled over the past year — but many of the statements provide little hard information . |
| 15 | Even after visits made in the extra two hours are excluded there has still been an increase of nearly 39% in night visits from 1989 to 1992 , and the number of night visits has more than doubled in the 10 years since 1982 . |
| 16 | The profit beat City expectations and the shares , which have more than doubled in the past year , rose 5 to 71p . |
| 17 | After visits during these extra two hours were excluded , claims increased by 38.7% from 1989 to 1992 and more than doubled in the past 10 years . |
| 18 | Prosecutions of water polluters in the UK more than doubled in the 12 months ending 30 March , compared with the previous year . |
| 19 | The number of crimes which result in charges before a court has more than doubled in the last 10 years . |
| 20 | THE use of cheques and payment cards has more than doubled in the last 13 years . |
| 21 | Cases of malignant melanoma have more than doubled in the last 10 years in countries with a fair-skinned population . |
| 22 | Shares in News Corp and its UK arm News International have enjoyed a dramatic recovery and more than doubled in the last year . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , house prices and rents were reported to have more than doubled in the last 12 months . |
| 24 | O D A funding of British N G O activities has more than doubled in the last three years . |
| 25 | The number of Darlington firms going bust has more than doubled in the last two years . ’ |
| 26 | At the Battle of Stirling Bridge , he took the field against Wallace but , when he saw how the battle was proceeding , changed sides once more and shared in the Scottish victory . |