Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A cyclist held in prison in Nepal on forgery charges for more than a month has been released . |
| 2 | Changes to back washing of caustic filters has improved control of the concentrations and cut sodium hydroxide losses by more than half : — from 7.6 tonnes per day on-line in 1989 to 2 . |
| 3 | The purpose of this chapter is to identify the places where specialist collections of more than local importance may be found , as well as indicating the kind of local material that is so freely accessible . |
| 4 | The Open Graphics Initiative launched by Sun Microsystems Inc more than a year ago to provide an interoperable interface between graphics applications and hardware in the Sparc-compatible market , has published its first complete set of foundation libraries for developers . |
| 5 | Environmentalists estimate that abandoning alcohol and switching to gasohol ( a mixture of 80 per cent petrol and 20 per cent alcohol ) would boost carbon monoxide emissions by more than one-third . |
| 6 | Cellophane , a leading manufacturer of packaging films for more than half a century , launched its quality systems registration effort two years ago , with and in charge . |
| 7 | For the following nine seasons the club has guaranteed not to increase these season ticket prices by more than the annual rate of inflation . |
| 8 | The desktop systems simply do not possess the storage capacity or speed required to manipulate colour documents of more than a page or two , let alone have the operator skills . |
| 9 | It is already clear that , for example , if the objective of the central government is to encourage local authority spending in some service , a matching grant will be preferred to a lump-sum grant , even though the lump-sum may increase the welfare of the local authority residents by more than a matching grant . |
| 10 | Chancellor faces Budget decisions of more than the usual complexity |
| 11 | He pointed to growth forecasts of more than 1 per cent this year , higher retail sales , stronger exports , growing business confidence and stronger activity in the housing market . |
| 12 | Labour say the authority will be hard pressed to keep the promise when 13 of the authority 's consultants have waiting lists of more than a year . |
| 13 | The new EC regulations could cut harmful particle emissions by 75 per cent and nitrogen dioxide levels by more than half . |
| 14 | In each of the National Curriculum foundation subjects , there are primary school teachers with more than ordinary knowledge : out of 160,000 teachers , some 20,000 have qualifications in science , 16,000 in maths , 40,000 in English . |
| 15 | Its construction results in more than half the original garden area of the house being covered by buildings ( particularly relevant |
| 16 | Johnson exploded off his starting blocks with more than his usual ferocity , and by ten metres there was daylight between him and the remaining seven . |
| 17 | They are mostly stenothermic , i.e. unable to survive temperature ranges of more than a few degrees , or even to acclimatize effectively . |