Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ Scottish Homes has had its budget for rent and ownership building programmes more than doubled for 1993/4 . |
| 2 | With its operations obliged to shut down on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays , the carrier losses more than 60 flying days a year . |
| 3 | Dictionary entries more than three letters long are divided into their 3-gram components . |
| 4 | It took ambulance crews more than half an hour to free them . |
| 5 | Some companies have an automatic deletion of all e-mail messages more than three months old with the proviso that any important messages can be taken out and incorporated into a formal , structured system ( for example , a word processing system or individual accounts ) if that message needs to be retained or is a key part of another , more important story . |
| 6 | But , if speed changes more than 5 knots then a power adjustment of 50 to 100 rpm must be made . |
| 7 | The time series tests showed that apart from the period 1931 39 , the high beta portfolios tended to earn less than expected and the low beta portfolios more than expected . |
| 8 | Five patients ' aminotransferase activities more than doubled during treatment . |
| 9 | The presentation seemed to affect the error patterns more than the success rates ( Table 4.17 ) : there were several ways in which the dimensions of the box were used to obtain an answer . |
| 10 | Ms Robinson , of Harmire Road , Barnard Castle , took over the campaign reins more than three years ago and regards her appointment as something of a coup for the north where she also hopes one day to stage a regional conference . |
| 11 | * The pattern of differences in relation to topics was very similar to that obtained in APU surveys : boys scored up to 17 percentage points more than girls on measures and scale reading items ; the largest difference , 19 points , was for an item in which angles were to be compared . |
| 12 | In fact , in so far as religion was involved , the contrary was probably the case , as the ideas of the Reformation affected the nobles and the town dwellers more than the peasants . |
| 13 | ‘ I would be very reluctant to see product managers more than five years in the same position , because most people run out of ideas for a particular product . |
| 14 | The distribution of the wreckage was such that from the position of the outer wing panels more than two kilometres from the main wreckage it was clear that there had been a structural failure of both wings in the air . |
| 15 | Police protection for members of the Royal Family living in Gloucestershire is costing council tax payers more than a million pounds a year . |
| 16 | I feel wonderful inside and out , it has been the most productive period in ages , and one day I 'll need my sound nerves more than ever … |
| 17 | It , it 's also a chain , from what you 're going on about , people regarding the service , I mean everyone 's had a bit , not just the erm , it , it 's the purchase managers more than the er , people who pay our premiums , they are just in time and we stood up to be shot at if we do n't pay the service , or put a big ones maybe , they 'll have half a carton of raw material left for that machine , so they 'll order an item for tomorrow morning , well they 're not to blame for the service , T N T's to blame for the service if we do n't get it erm , |
| 18 | Poland and Czechoslovakia will dominate the region in terms of output , although until 1995 western manufacturers will be limited by economic conditions and trade barriers to improving local models and establishing kit assembly operations more than building western brands . |
| 19 | Rankers have H , O or A surface horizons more than 10 centimetres thick which rest directly on hard noncalcareous rock or rubble derived from such rock . |
| 20 | Underwriting losses more than halved to £259 million and investment income rose by 20 per cent to £210 million . |
| 21 | In spite of all the work done by Ludwig Prandtl and his colleagues , it was a daring step to commit the resources of the mighty Germania yards , in early 1924 , to install two metal cylinders more than 12 m tall on the elegant schooner Buckau , so soon after the idea had ignited Flettner 's imagination in 1921 . |
| 22 | However , Egypt 's grain imports more than doubled between 1970 and 1986 , from under 4 million to almost 9 million tonnes ( about 180 kg per head ) , foreign debt increased twenty-five fold , to over $22 billion , and when the IMF forced the government to increase the price of bread , there were riots in the streets . |
| 23 | This quarterly professional investment service tracks more than 130 closed-end and open-end portfolios targeting fast-developing stock markets of Asia , Latin America and Europe : |
| 24 | I bought a pair of contact lenses more than two years ago , and from the start the left lens never felt comfortable in my eye ; it moved around a lot . |
| 25 | The event features more than 30 bands on three stages . |
| 26 | Are your monthly credit payments more than 15–20 per cent of your net income , excluding rent or mortgage ? |
| 27 | The year also saw the telegraph wires , which straddled the 3rd and 11th being put underground , thus removing a hazard which penalised the local ‘ phone subscribers more than the golfers for it , if the wires were hit dynamically , their ‘ phones were cut off ! |
| 28 | Port Solent offers berth holders more than just the first class yacht sales and repair facilities of the south coast 's most prestigious marina , it also offers 24 hour access 365 days a year . |
| 29 | It was also accused of being a regressive tax , in that the fixed charge per head tended to affect low income earners more than high income earners despite the existence of rebates for poor families . |
| 30 | Scamp had done thirteen months of a two-year stretch and he could 've got out in a coupla months more if he 'd kept his nose clean . |