Example sentences of "[noun] would [verb] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind has warned any offensive ground action would involve more than 100,000 men and lead to heavy casualties . |
| 2 | Such a programme would involve more than one local authority department ; in this case the social services department and the housing department . |
| 3 | According to the Theory of Relativity , time passes more slowly for objects moving very swiftly ; thus a spacecraft moving at close to the speed of light would take more than 100,000 years to cross our Galaxy , as observed by the rest of us , but only a few years so far as its crew were concerned . |
| 4 | ‘ Venables laughed and said that the deal was worth over £4m to Lineker but no one could be expected to believe Tottenham would get more than £1m . |
| 5 | The Aycliffe factory makes nightwear , for men and women , and the union believed this sector would be safe during the economic slump as other luxury items would suffer more as the pockets of the consumer got tighter . |
| 6 | The apple would provide more than two grams of fibre , and the cooked cabbage nearly three . |
| 7 | But to build a shaking table that can support a real seven-storey building would cost more than $100 million . |
| 8 | One union leader estimated last night that the measure would take more than £2 billion out of public sector workers ' pockets , would worsen the recession and cost even more jobs . |
| 9 | VAT of 17.5 per cent on newspapers , books and magazines would raise more than £1 billion , according to the Treasury 's own estimates , which are produced as a matter of routine . |
| 10 | The Japanese Ministry of Finance blocked a merger between the two firms on the grounds that the combined firm would control more than 25% of the market . |
| 11 | A loan of £30,000 would add more than 7 per cent to a monthly £298.22 . |
| 12 | Day continues : ‘ Very few outlets would warrant more than one product , and that is usually a lager , so ale brands find it quite difficult to get in-trade distribution . ’ |
| 13 | The proposed £80m farm would comprise more than 250 wind turbines on the western edge of the Kielder Forest in Northumberland , with the capacity to feed more than 80 megawatts into the national grid . |
| 14 | Also , the social insurance scheme would cost more if there was a high level of unemployment . |
| 15 | The victims would resist more if they knew the limits of ill-treatment to which they might be subjected . |
| 16 | This means that an average serving would contribute more than 16g of fibre to the diet , which is more than half the quantity that the average Briton consumes in a day on his fibre-depleted diet . |
| 17 | Firstly , it could be argued that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant a criminal prosecution , and the Crown Office would need more if this was to proceed ; and secondly , that there was enough evidence to make it impossible to drop the case , but more was needed to make it substantial . |