Example sentences of "[prep] more than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain , it would imply a pension of more than twice the current £54.15 . |
| 2 | L. Stettner quotes Sachs : She quotes also from other studies to show that these co-operatives are better able to survive under adversity than are conventionally organised plywood manufacturing firms , and why : in a phrase , higher productivity , so much higher as to result in some cases in value added per labour-hour of more than twice that of those firms . |
| 3 | But Robert Oppenheimer showed in 1939 that an old star of more than twice the mass of the sun would inevitably collapse when it had exhausted all its nuclear fuel . |
| 4 | Conversely , it has also been shown that in the absence of another meal , the previous one may be kept in the stomach for more than twice as long as usual ( Chitty , 1938 ) , presumably with a gradual increase in stomach acidity , and the bones in this instance are likely to be strongly modified or even totally destroyed . |
| 5 | The curriculum areas accorded the greatest number of teacher-days were maths , English and science , with English accounting for more than twice as many as science , and these two areas between them taking up about as many teacher-days as maths on its own . |
| 6 | At Great Dun Fell in Cumbria , which is under cloud for part of 250 days a year , cloud is on average four times as acid as rain at the same spot , with more than twice the ammonium , nitrate and sulphur . |
| 7 | Chanan 's argument is that with more than twice as many people who are non-working as are involved in manufacturing , their role in reinvigorating the community can , and should , be developed . |
| 8 | Incidentally , bitches may not be bred from more than once a year and strictly not when under the age of two years old and dogs of two years and under may not be used at stud . |
| 9 | Caletti 's admirable attempt at removing fear , ignorance , and stigma from sexual topics is tempered slightly by his view that prostitution is ‘ disgusting ’ and that masturbation is not harmful as long as it is not indulged in more than twice a month ( my italics ) . |
| 10 | The kidnapping of his friend 's son , the policy of intermittent , small-scale attacks , together with the persistent driving winds ( no hurricane had hit , but nevertheless the autumn gales had torn at the trees all night and blown his nerves to bits ) , and the impending birth of his child by the savage girl who 'd taken possession of him — all this harried Kit Everard in his sleep until more than once , he was ready to move on , find another island , preferably entirely uninhabited . |
| 11 | Direct Line Insurance , which first located in Glasgow in 1988 , purchased one of the new office developments in the central business district and expects to more than double its employment in the city . |
| 12 | The ideal which has been referred to more than once in earlier chapters is that heads , other teachers , governors , parents and non-teaching staff should combine their efforts in some form of corporate management . |
| 13 | Length of the carapace is 2½ cm , but the species grows to more than twice this size . |
| 14 | In years to come , we hope to extend the forest to more than twice its present size to increase the opportunities for the unique birds and rare mammals — including red squirrels , pine martens and wild cats — which live there . |
| 15 | A National Rivers Authority spokesman said the ‘ phenomenal ’ downpour was equivalent to more than twice the usual June rainfall for the area . |
| 16 | SMALL investors rushed for a slice of the stock market newcomer , Pizza Express , boosting the share price to more than twice the 40p institutions paid last month . |
| 17 | Minnesota Supercomputer Center Inc has bought an early model of ‘ the most advanced tape cartridge robotic system ever produced by Storage Technology Corp ’ , Louisville , Colorado for inclusion in an enhanced mass storage environment being developed by the centre : the newly-designed robotic mechanism , which is incorporated into StorageTek 's planned PowderHorn Automated Cartridge System , operates at more than twice the speed of previous models in automatically mounting and dismounting the tape cartridges ; the centre also plans to add a Cray Y-MP C90 system to its configuration . |
| 18 | The higher rate of payment was set at more than twice the previous fee for night visits . |
| 19 | CHOSEN Heritage , the pre-planned funeral specialists , have commissioned a comprehensive survey of funeral prices , showing that last year the amount spent on funerals increased by more than twice the rate of inflation . |
| 20 | Some of the worst figures are to be found in Gloucestershire where police say they 're up by more than twice the national average . |