Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1973 , the overseas offices accounted for more than half of the fee income , but the firm found itself poorly represented in the USA with only two of its nine branches established there . |
| 2 | Implicitly , they have accepted many of the criticisms made for more than a decade by Labour councils and civil libertarians : that a force which has dug itself in behind ramparts of elitist isolationism must begin to respond to demands of the public it serves and their political representatives . |
| 3 | Between 1982 — when Mexico threatened default — and the end of 1985 , the dividends declared by the big nine banks increased by more than a third . |
| 4 | In a report on biodiversity , entitled Bringing Rio Home : Biodiversity in our Food and Farming , SAFE shows that in 1992 three varieties accounted for more than half of all the seed sown of winter wheat , spring wheat , barley , oats , rye , sugar beet and rapeseed ; the highest proportions were for spring wheat ( 86 per cent ) and oats ( 77 per cent ) . |
| 5 | Publishing costs accounted for more than Sh.3,000,000/ — per annum , whereas revenue amounted to only just over Sh.1,000,000/ — . |
| 6 | Even the Japanese are not immune , with Fujitsu and Toshiba both reporting profits slashed by more than half . |
| 7 | In 1901 , General Manager Sir Frederick Harrison ordered that all trains loaded to more than ‘ equal 17 ’ must be provided with a pilot engine . |
| 8 | Ramsey 's weight in debates rested upon more than his manner and his fluency and his command of words . |
| 9 | They will meet later this month to discuss ways of repairing links damaged for more than a year by a row over software . |
| 10 | Only three in 10 were diet ignorers compared with more than half the men . |
| 11 | The water issues accounted for more than half the business on the heaviest days trading since January . |