Example sentences of "by more than a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This most frequently involved the use of ceilings : banks being told not to allow advances to expand by more than a certain percentage compared with the previous year . |
| 2 | Conservative backbenchers put pressure on the government to provide safeguards for households which would lose by more than a certain amount . |
| 3 | Training teams were not specifically mentioned by more than a small number of respondents although ‘ involvement in training ’ of all professional or supervisory staff , or all senior management , was more likely to be noted . |
| 4 | For a trait influenced by more than a small number of genes we can not work out the genotype by a Mendelian experiment . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Consent of the shareholders by ordinary resolution is required , unless the articles permit the board to sanction payments without shareholder approval , or provide that a resolution passed by more than a simple majority of shareholders must be obtained . |
| 7 | Perhaps Mr Heseltine 's sudden interest in television is motivated by more than a simple desire to boost British exports . |
| 8 | All too often , the antecedents of revolution are separated by more than a human lifespan from their fruition . |
| 9 | It is already clear that , for example , if the objective of the central government is to encourage local authority spending in some service , a matching grant will be preferred to a lump-sum grant , even though the lump-sum may increase the welfare of the local authority residents by more than a matching grant . |