Example sentences of "more than [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Declared expenditure on defence and security is now more than double the expenditure on health . |
| 2 | The growth in occupational pension provision for women was even more marked with more than double the proportion of 60–69 year olds having them ( 32 per cent ) compared with the over-80s ( 15 per cent ) . |
| 3 | The Micom Communications Corp subsidiary of MB Communications Inc , Lawrence , Pennsylvania has announced a new model in its Marathon range of data and speech network servers which is claimed to more than double the performance of the previous products . |
| 4 | Thus , the benefit for a pensioner couple over 80 will rise from £88.45 a week to £96.15 a week — an increase of 8.7 per cent. , which is more than double the increase in the retail prices index . |
| 5 | Even before last week 's double blitz the Compensation Agency for Northern Ireland was facing record pay-outs this year — more than double the total for 1991–92 . |
| 6 | Prior to World War I , infant mortality rates in the workhouses were more than double the rate for the entire population . |
| 7 | On housing , I have increased Scottish Homes ' grant in aid next year by £27 million compared with 1991-92 planned expenditure — excluding repayments to the national loans fund — more than double the rate of inflation . |
| 8 | Even 17.8 per cent , however , was still more than double the growth of average earnings over that period . |
| 9 | Gordon Owen , the managing director in charge of Mercury , says the group is anxious not to more than double the network in a year as it is a case of ‘ how fast you can go without falling over ’ . |
| 10 | The CBI points out that UK corporate taxes , at more than 4% of GDP in 1989 , are more than double the amount of state aid to industry . |
| 11 | Trading profits in the communications division were more than double the figure for the first half year thanks to the cost control programme . |
| 12 | The total so far this year is 53,000 — more than double the number during the same period in 1991 . |
| 13 | A task force set up two years ago to raise extra money from international business has enabled it to more than double the number of support staff to five ( last year it raised £300,000 ) . |
| 14 | They comprise some 21 per cent of rural housing stock on average , and Shucksmith ( 1981 ) indicates that , during 1968–73 in England and Wales there were usually more than double the number of local authority houses being built per 1,000 population in urban than in rural districts . |
| 15 | In doing this , they make it easier to understand why some form of local government continues to survive as more than simply a creature of the centre . |
| 16 | As a sociolinguist Stubbs sees reading , for instance , as more than simply a mechanism for decoding written into spoken words : he prefers to concern himself with understanding meaning , pointing out that ‘ we do not normally read meaningless material ’ ( ibid. p. 15 ) . |
| 17 | Resource-based learning therefore turns out to involve much more than simply a method of revitalizing and individualizing learning . |
| 18 | In almost every other respect , certainly , the Celtic Church appears to have been something more than simply a repository for Nazarean thought — as Nestorian Christianity was , for example . |
| 19 | The very fact that philip Augustus made no serious attempt to invade or attack Gascon ) , in the campaigns of 1202–4 may be more than simply a comment upon the military limitations of the French crown . |
| 20 | When , for example , the BBC began in 1922 , a great deal more than simply the use of the new technology had to be established . |
| 21 | The meanings of certain types of phrases have come to mean more than simply the combination of words from which they are composed ( sometimes they bear no relation to their constituents ) . |
| 22 | JUNE 's CD Review will feature ZUBIN MEHTA ; more than simply the conductor of the ‘ Three Tenors ’ concert , Mehta 's work in Romantic opera remains a significant undercurrent in his career . |
| 23 | Section 2 to read : The Coordinator as part of his/her responsibility is part Area Secretary for a geographical area with no more than approximately a quarter of a million population . |
| 24 | Your eurocheque card is much more than just a support for your eurocheques . |
| 25 | Perhaps now , in the same way , Judith Cowan 's new range or work can also be effective in a climate which desperately seeks more than just a checklist of intention . |
| 26 | This disagreement between the different schools of thought is more than just a storm in an academic teacup . |
| 27 | But it 's more than just a question of who the patients prefer to be treated by . |
| 28 | Mirth is close to creativity for to see the absurd in something is to twist reality around in a way creative thought is fashioned — a good jest is a delight and should be regarded as much more than just a bit of frivolity . |
| 29 | The full story of the WM & CR is more than just a recalling of the day-to-day running of a railway . |
| 30 | The crews are mostly ‘ medical assistants , ’ which means possessing more than just a knowledge of first aid . |