Example sentences of "more [conj] [num] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the emergency regulations , currently affecting more than two-thirds of the country and 50 per cent of the population , all constitutional guarantees contained in Articles 7 , 9 and 10 of the Constitution were suspended and the army was placed in full control of internal order . |
| 2 | Oceans cover more than two-thirds of the earth 's surface , and in places reach a depth of eleven kilometres . |
| 3 | To pursue that vision Mr Levin is giving up a lot : after Toshiba , ITOCHU and US West , Time Warner is left with just 63% of TWE , which produces more than two-thirds of the group 's cash flow . |
| 4 | In 1951 more than two-thirds of the population lived in the river corridor ( this includes the middle-class Victorian and inter-war suburbs of Jesmond , Tynemouth and Cullercoats ) , whereas by 1981 this proportion had fallen to just over half of a smaller total . |
| 5 | For instance , between 1972 and 1982 I caught 35392 hoverflies of 89 species in the Malaise trap , but seven species accounted for more than two-thirds of the catch and 35 species were each represented by fewer than 10 individuals . |
| 6 | Rather than follow their British and American counterparts , who fed a property frenzy with mezzanine debt , deep-discount bonds and other financial wheezes , Germany 's more prudent bankers have consistently refused to lend more than two-thirds of the value of a development project . |
| 7 | The second half of the year witnessed a superficially arcane debate on vodka which touched on the whole question of government finances ( because more than one-third of the state 's revenue derived from its involvement in the vodka trade ) . |
| 8 | Senior scientists comprise more than one-third of the company and are dedicated to creating powerful advanced solutions in computer-aided molecular design . |
| 9 | It has been estimated that more than one-third of the land area of the United Kingdom is covered by these additional restraints . |
| 10 | One recent study ( Jowell and Airey , 1984 ) for example , found that rather more than one-third of the sample described themselves as racially prejudiced . |
| 11 | As in previous years the largest single items of expenditure were debt service , accounting for more than one-third of the budget , and defence spending , accounting for 20 per cent . |
| 12 | Despite the massive exodus from the major cities in the 1970s , in 1981 more than three-fifths ( 62.6 per cent ) of Britain 's 54.3 million people were still living in twenty ‘ metropolitan regions ’ which occupy little more than one-fifth of the country 's land area . |
| 13 | A person " connected " with a director is defined in s346 Companies Act 1985 and includes a body corporate in which the director and other persons connected with him are interested in at least one-fifth of the nominal value of the equity share capital or control more than one-fifth of the voting power of the company at any general meeting . |
| 14 | I at once seized my astrolabe and made a careful note of the time of full eclipse , which was a little more than three-quarters of an hour after the eleventh hour of the night . |
| 15 | Although more than three-quarters of the land surface is used for agriculture , very few people are employed in the agricultural industry . |
| 16 | By the end of this year ITV and Channel 4 plan to cover more than three-quarters of the country with predominantly stereo broadcasts . |
| 17 | Food is the most important item in the expenditure of most households in the Third World and can account for more than three-quarters of the budget of a poor urban family . |
| 18 | More than three-quarters of the office block is empty . |
| 19 | Each partnership authority has a different spending pattern , but overall expenditure on social projects such as recreation and personal social services accounts for rather more than two-fifths of the total ; that on economic projects , such as site works , accounts for about a third ; and that on environmental projects , such as restoration of derelict land and housing , for a quarter . |
| 20 | Cut off two , inch long pieces of gummed tape and , moistening no more than one-quarter of an inch on each strip , stick them on the top edge of your cartridge paper by holding the brown paper hinges and give it a good shake . |
| 21 | More Sinhalese Buddhists were hired ; by 1900 they made up more than one-quarter of the force . |