Example sentences of "[noun] more than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the electro-acoustic version of the SW213 and retails for £20 more than the standard model . |
| 2 | Kevin Drinkell , 29 , became Coventry City 's record signing yesterday when his transfer from Rangers cost £800,000 — £20,000 more than the fee paid in 1987 to Chelsea for David Speedie . |
| 3 | Many garden centres offer a great deal more than the stock range of houseplants , I have seen unusual specimens like daturas laden with superbly scented flowers , anthuriums ( aptly named the flamingo flower ) , streptocarpus , the new pot gerberas ( huge flowers in fabulous colours ) and the much improved New Guinea hybrid impatiens . |
| 4 | Yesterday 's denoument will also turn out to be good for Edwards , who will be able to sell his stake for a good deal more than the £10m on offer . |
| 5 | Economic globalization implies a great deal more than the development of extensive trade links . |
| 6 | It was an age of militarism , though not yet of popular militarism ; its wars and battles were a good deal more than the courtly and rather ineffective rituals which some historians have tended to imagine . |
| 7 | Here was this young creature , beautiful and restless , married to a man almost old enough to be her grandfather , and apparently setting out to make the very best of it , too , with no signs of regret or self-pity ; but the prospect of having a girl of her own age in the house , even for a few days , might well matter to her a great deal more than the extension and acceptance of a mere conventional politeness . |
| 8 | THE sum of the parts is sometimes worth a good deal more than the whole . |
| 9 | A suggested admissions policy for the next four years is that new first year students should be admitted each October to bring the total student numbers to 10% more than the previous October . |
| 10 | Nothing has broken the isolation more than the light aircraft . |
| 11 | For £25 , £1 more than the new charge for MoT test for cars , a qualified driving instructor will give the driver an hour-long skills appraisal which will include at least 45 minutes of driving . |
| 12 | Jo and Tina were chauffeured every day to a small exclusive private school for the cosseted daughters of those Bel Air families who valued high moral standards and hard work more than the pretence of being regular folks . |
| 13 | It is £100,000 more than the estimated cost the council had put on the work , and more than £32,000 more than the second highest bid . |
| 14 | He eventually offered Richard £10 more than the asking price . |
| 15 | For example , supposing your estate is worth £10,000 more than the tax threshold . |
| 16 | Indeed in the first two months after opening the new Traverse made £10,000 more than the old venue 's income for the whole of the previous year . |
| 17 | And the number of visitors has grown dramatically , from 4m in 1987 to 5.1m in 1990 to 6.3m in 1992 — astonishingly , nearly 2m more than the Met . |
| 18 | Gilman Mr vice chairman could be the real reason … when building the East Stand the contract went to GMI who bid 2m more than the lowest bidder . |
| 19 | The findings indicated there was probably no major savings in efficiency to be made which would produce a commercial charge more than the present public authority cost . |
| 20 | BRAINTREE District Council 's former direct labour organisation has put in a bid to reroof 27 houses which is £150,000 more than the lowest tender . |
| 21 | No , you could con twenty percent more than the barn that was existing |
| 22 | Thirty percent more than the other party ? |
| 23 | The playgroup leasers support this petition and say that they would have a valuable role preparing the children for nursery education , feeling that the children at four plus need more than the s playgroup can offer . |
| 24 | They need about £500,000 more than the £1.35m the council has offered . |
| 25 | Thus the heading now being held is 5° less , or 5° more than the heading required to hold the centre line ( the track ) . |
| 26 | Cavaye recommends that caterers buy an extra 10% to 15% more than the number of covers on main items like knives , forks and spoons , double the number for teaspoons and a little over half for fish knives . |
| 27 | MIPS can also not depend on its high-end Unix vendors like Concurrent Computer Corp , Control Data Systems Inc , NCR Corp , Pyramid Technology Corp and Tandem Computers Inc , to absorb more than 15% more than the 60,000 units they do already . |
| 28 | Forty one per head more than the average of all comparable Authorities . |
| 29 | was wanting each other more than the rest |
| 30 | Scots spend £7.40 a week on tobacco , more than 50pc more than the lowest region , the south-east of England , which spends just £4.50 . |