Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [prep] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today a couple are on trial for cruelty to a dog , which starved to death after being left in a flat in gloucester for more than a week without food or water . |
| 2 | At Liben railway station in the northern outskirts of Prague , East Germans queued cheerfully in drizzle for more than an hour to enter the departure hall . |
| 3 | Once she was there it would require a tremendous effort of will to get her back to London — except that she could not leave Holly in charge for more than a day ; and except that she was avid for information about the murder inquiry ; and except that there were any number of good stories she wanted to pursue for the column and any amount of private gossip she wanted to hear . |
| 4 | A furniture shop which has been in business for more than a century is closing down . |
| 5 | Our knowledge of graded tests comes from modern languages , where tests have been in use for more than a decade ; from mathematics , where two sets of tests are currently in use ; from science ; and from the long-established Associated Board Examinations in music , dancing , and spoken English , or recitation . |
| 6 | Although experimental aesthetics has been an active field of research in psychology for more than a century , many interesting questions remain unanswered . |
| 7 | Do you think your collection will increase in value by more than the rate of inflation in the foreseeable future ? |
| 8 | Obviously , he sees Britain as the sweatshop of the world — he almost said as much — and , if we are unlucky enough to find him in office for more than a few more months , we may find ourselves taking the place previously occupied by the Soviet Union , as Upper Volta with rockets . |
| 9 | Meanwhile Sawyer announced the appointment of six Cabinet ministers to his interim administration and said that it did not intend to stay in power for more than a year . |