Example sentences of "more [subord] [adv] [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the mid-1960s the growth rate of Eurodeposits has been more than double that of the world money supply and London has emerged as the major centre for Eurocurrency business . |
| 2 | The early estimate — more than twice that for the Europa bomb blast — was predicted today as dozens of traders prepared hefty damage claims . |
| 3 | Hong Kong 's inflation rate , around 14% in the year to April , is more than twice that of the United States . |
| 4 | If the last column is more than twice that of the first , then the company 's profit trend will be enhanced ( positive measurement distortion ) . |
| 5 | It was fairly clear that there was going to be some smuggling as well but , even allowing for the often-repeated story that other ships lay over the horizon and sent boats in to add to the stock on board the single ship , the net profits from the ship could hardly have been much more than twice those of the slave-trading . |
| 6 | But that 's something Labour and the Liberal Democrats — who arguably need advertising more because so many of the popular papers support the Conservatives — ca n't afford to do . |