Example sentences of "[noun pl] more than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The War Wagon itself can sustain 5 wounds as shown on its profile ; this is 2 wounds more than a chariot to take into account its heavier construction . |
| 2 | This is equivalent to five days ' trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange , 2.5 times more than a couple of years ago . |
| 3 | A DOCUMENTARY programme from NBC-TV in January 1973 , had such an impact that in the following 48 hours more than a quarter of a million copies of the associated book were sold . |
| 4 | Stylish midfielder Davis , 31 , was fined and dumped from Graham 's first-team plans more than a year ago when he wrote an article in a national newspaper criticising the manager 's tactics after Arsenal 's exit from the European Cup by Benfica . |
| 5 | From its beginnings more than a century ago , modern mathematics has aimed at a total abstraction in the interests of rigour and distillation of its logic . |
| 6 | All persons more than a mile high to leave the court . ’ |
| 7 | The first trick is to get left of the chockstone and stop in the Jacuzzi Pool , next , to pivot and line up for the exit slot which is only 2½ ft–3ft wide in a foaming pool whose diameter is only 18 ins more than a boat 's length . |
| 8 | I do n't know why they charge three or four pounds more than a vinyl disc for them |
| 9 | IBM Corp says its Personal Computer Co shipped 30% to 35% more personal computers in the first quarter than it did during the year-ago period , and vice-chairman Jack Kuehler expects it to be ‘ reasonably profitable ’ in 1993 — but the personal computer business is now so volatile that making forecasts more than a quarter ahead is a mug 's game : following Conner Peripherals Inc 's warning on Friday that it is seeing oversupply and soft demand for disk drives ( CI No 2,142 ) , observers are saying that grey market prices for 80486s are now weak ; Finis Conner said on Friday that Conner would have to slash production and payrolls in the months ahead to remain competitive — ‘ The market is in total disarray , ’ he said ; ‘ the pricing that has occurred in the last four to five days has been something I 've never seen believes the booming personal computer industry is showing signs of slowing after being fuelled for over two years by the price war . |
| 10 | ‘ I should think she needs other things more than a boater , ’ said Annie . |
| 11 | Aides said that a 73-year-old Indian guru , lying on slabs of ice and pronounced dead by doctors more than a month ago , is in a state of deep meditation and will wake up in about six months . |
| 12 | The affiliated Hanbury bank in London merged in 1864 with another London bank of Quaker origins , Barnett , Hoare & Co. ; the new Barnetts , Hoares , Hanburys & Lloyd merged in turn with the main Lloyd bank of Birmingham in 1884 , bringing under one corporate roof connections that had their origins in the marriages more than a century before of the children of Sampson Lloyd II . |
| 13 | He had seen the original in Berdichev 's papers more than a year ago , amongst the material Karr had brought back with him from Mars , but had never thought to see another . |
| 14 | It can ford rivers more than a metre deep and climb hills . |
| 15 | The council faces a £4.5m. bill for repairs to the centre after defective mortar was found in the outer walls more than a year ago . |