Example sentences of "[prep] more than [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The likely truth lies in those still-sealed files on chemical warfare experiments — but the riddle of Shingle Street refuses to be buried after more than half a century . |
| 2 | A CITY-IMPOSED curfew is forcing the Hollywood Palladium to shut down after more than half a century of entertainment ranging from Lawrence Welk to the Rolling Stones , officials said yesterday . |
| 3 | And it was a symbol of more than that . |
| 4 | He did n't think there was chance of more than that . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the Fiat group announced a drop in operating profits of more than half , to 2.1 trillion lire ( $1.7 billion ) . |
| 6 | It is clear that Robert de Sigillo did not write all the royal writs himself , although there is no reason to believe that a twelfth-century English king needed a permanent staff of more than half a dozen clerks , sometimes perhaps even less . |
| 7 | A feminist perspective consists of keeping in the forefront of one 's mind the life-styles , activities and interests of more than half of humanity — women . |
| 8 | The Brazilian Star of the South , originally of 261.88 carats , suffered a reduction of more than half to emerge as a brilliant of 128.8 carats . |
| 9 | We expect to maintain into the next century our North Sea production of more than half a million boe/d . |
| 10 | During its years of power Constantinople was the largest city in Europe with a population of more than half a million . |
| 11 | The great city — say at this period a settlement of more than 200,000 , including a scattering of metropolitan towns of more than half a million — was not so much industrial ( though it might contain a good many factories ) as a centre of commerce , transport , administration and the multiplicity of services which a large concentration of people attracts and which in turn swell their number . |
| 12 | Taking account of ferry fares , petrol , road tolls and insurance , it should n't cost four more than £100 each — and many tour operators give discounts of more than this if you do n't take their flight . |
| 13 | The pity is that Waterhouse is capable of more than this . |
| 14 | Only those organisms of more than some value ( t ) of the trait are allowed to breed . |
| 15 | Private letters are like a conversation overheard , often more revealing than an autobiography , or than a diary which may have been written with more than half an intention of allowing it to be published . |
| 16 | Only three in 10 were diet ignorers compared with more than half the men . |
| 17 | An unidentified East German , arrested in a crackdown on corruption as he tried to flee with more than half a million marks ( about £180,0000 ) , has hanged himself in his cell . |
| 18 | An unidentified East German , arrested in a crackdown on corruption as he tried to flee with more than half a million marks ( about £180,000 ) has hanged himself in his cell . |
| 19 | Then it will be abolished , along with more than half the country 's other trains . |
| 20 | WITH more than half the British cement market , Blue Circle is in the front-line of the construction recession . |
| 21 | These produce higher frequencies of digestion , with more than half the teeth in their prey assemblages suffering damage ( Table 3.12 ) , but the degree of digestion is not as great as seen in the species of category 5 . |
| 22 | SAAB had estimated the costs and benefits of the line-out system and had calculated that the system would pay for itself within four years , with more than half of the savings coming from the increased production flexibility of the system and another 25 per cent coming from reduced labour turnover and absenteeism . |
| 23 | The survey revealed that 100,000 people had injected drugs in the past five years , with more than half sharing needles . |
| 24 | With more than half a million driversstopped and breathalysed last year , people are more aware than ever that detection is a real possibility . |
| 25 | Poland 's economy , with more than half its workforce in the private sector , is likely to weather the storm . |
| 26 | There was an 8% increase in launches to merchant vessels and tankers , with more than half being at night and 21% in winds over Force 7 . |
| 27 | In a recent Lake District survey , only 48 per cent of house purchasers were local , with more than half the purchases being for holiday accommodation , second homes or retirement ( Shucksmith 1981 ) . |
| 28 | In Europe , latest European Commission figures suggest a market worth about US$2 billion in 1988 with more than half generated by UK sales . |
| 29 | With more than half the world market , Boeing 's share is more than double that of its two biggest competitors : Airbus and McDonnell Douglas . |
| 30 | Rory told Jessica about his girlfriend Rosie , not a great deal but nothing too disloyal , while she for her part realised after some moments that she was not listening with more than half an ear , but wondering what she should tell him about Parr . |