Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | the pundits reckon more than a £100,000 resting on the Pall mall alone . |
| 2 | Fired by religious fervour and armed with weapons supplied by the United States and their Muslim neighbour Pakistan , the rebels resisted doggedly and fought a war in which their superior mobility and unconventional guerrilla tactics proved more than a match for the Soviet military machine . |
| 3 | The poll early next year would elect a coalition government made up of all the parties winning more than a minimum number of seats to lead the country to majority rule in the year 2000 . |
| 4 | In the Netherlands , the task of refining and extending the revolutionary concept of the Woonerf and separately applying its most valuable elements continues more than a decade after its inception . |
| 5 | Though of course Müller-Claudius 's ‘ sample ’ was hardly a representative one , the responses have more than a ring of plausibility about them , and , coming from Nazis who had been in the Party since before Hitler 's ‘ seizure of power ’ , can be extended a fortiori to ‘ non-organized ’ Germans . |
| 6 | The results for those universities producing more than a total of 10 theses on Scottish geology between 1960 and 1983 are shown ranked as Table 5 — Changes in proportion of Scottish geology theses with time . |
| 7 | German law does not allow charities to put more than a quarter of their donations into a reserve . |
| 8 | Grant was withheld as a penalty if local authorities spent more than a specified amount and this involved detailed assessments of each authority 's needs for expenditure . |
| 9 | Norwegian rules generally forbid foreign investors to own more than a third of an insurer . |
| 10 | Many router tables cost more than a basic router , but TKA Developments has launched a basic steel-framed table that may suit home workshops . |
| 11 | Today , of course , the process is mechanized ; four hundred razor-sharp cutting discs slice more than a yard of cloth in one swift pass . |
| 12 | But the community care reforms imply more than a shift in the location of care . |
| 13 | Ownership Tough restrictions on cross-media ownership will prevent national newspaper owners holding more than a 20 per cent stake in television companies , with a similar limitation on cross interests between commercial televison , satellite television and national radio channels . |
| 14 | As has been indicated , some provisions implied more than a customs union : membership of the EEC meant a commitment to the free movement of both capital and labour , a common investment policy , and the coordination and rationalisation of social welfare goals . |
| 15 | Spaces with more than two dimensions require more than a single parameter to describe the Gaussian curvature at a given point . |
| 16 | The authority aim to cut the number of patients waiting more than a year , and meet the national target of no patients waiting more than two years . |
| 17 | Some 16 per cent of trees lost more than a quarter of their leaves or needles last year , although Swiss forests are better off than their German neighbours , where the figure was 27 per cent [ see ED 65/66 ] . |
| 18 | Characters casting more than a cursory glance at the extremely distressing scenes here must make a WP test to avoid gaining an Insanity Point . |
| 19 | On no occasion did the number of protesters reach more than a few hundred . |
| 20 | Its fine architecture decorated with giant banded pilasters have more than a hint of northern Mannerism in spite of the fact that they were finished as late as 1653 . |
| 21 | Severe sore throats persisting more than a day or two in a young child without signs of improvement . |
| 22 | More important , James IV lived in what J. R. Hale has described as a new age — the age when European wars became more than a matter of ‘ violent housekeeping ’ . |
| 23 | Voluntary members made more than a fair ‘ consumer contribution ’ to the costs of adult education , their unpaid efforts helped to keep those costs down and they were entitled to more grant-aid from public funds . |
| 24 | Also , it may be worth pointing out that most shareware distributors offer a policy whereby users buying more than a certain number of disks pay less per disk . |
| 25 | Nearby , Quickstep , a pleasant VS 4b , lacks the stature of its more imposing neighbours but has the rock and the moves to prove more than a match for many a celebrated limestone VS . |
| 26 | ‘ Numbers waiting more than a year have already been significantly reduced from 367 to 293 at the end of January , ’ said Mr Flook . |
| 27 | Three people have been charged with handling stolen goods after police seized more than a quarter of million pounds worth of luxury cars hidden in farm buildings . |
| 28 | It is quite common to insert further provisions prohibiting the offeree group from entering into contracts or commitments involving more than a stated sum or for a longer period than , say , a year , or entering into other transactions which are outside the routine course of trading without the consent of the acquirer . |
| 29 | Intelligent music lovers require more than a pout from Simon Le Bon or a wiggle or is it a riddle from Nik Kershaw . |
| 30 | One of the first companies to realise travellers need more than a ticket . |