Example sentences of "[noun] more than the [adj] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Nothing has broken the isolation more than the light aircraft . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Thirty percent more than the other party ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The Eurofighter is now expected to cost up to £32 billion ( $19 billion ) — 50% more than the original 1988 estimate . |
| 15 | However , viewed on the international stage the UK 's recent increases in R&D expenditure rose 8% , 2% more than the aggregate figure for British companies . |
| 16 | The fine was over £11,000 more than the previous highest on Paul McGrath ( Aston Villa ) for newspaper criticism of former club Manchester United . |
| 17 | Night Hawk 5800 single processor board is $15,000 more than the comparable 4800 processor board , the dual-processor 5800 board $20,000 more . |
| 18 | He has played a lot more than the greasy git , scored more goals , made more important passes , lifted the team when we were down , need I go on ? |
| 19 | Choosing this road is likely to cost a lot more than the first option . |
| 20 | And when in 1949 Wyndham Lewis completed his portrait of him , Eliot quietly paid Lewis £50 more than the agreed price . |
| 21 | 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 . |