Example sentences of "[prep] more than [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain , it would imply a pension of more than twice the current £54.15 . |
| 2 | But Robert Oppenheimer showed in 1939 that an old star of more than twice the mass of the sun would inevitably collapse when it had exhausted all its nuclear fuel . |
| 3 | At Great Dun Fell in Cumbria , which is under cloud for part of 250 days a year , cloud is on average four times as acid as rain at the same spot , with more than twice the ammonium , nitrate and sulphur . |
| 4 | Incidentally , bitches may not be bred from more than once a year and strictly not when under the age of two years old and dogs of two years and under may not be used at stud . |
| 5 | Caletti 's admirable attempt at removing fear , ignorance , and stigma from sexual topics is tempered slightly by his view that prostitution is ‘ disgusting ’ and that masturbation is not harmful as long as it is not indulged in more than twice a month ( my italics ) . |
| 6 | A National Rivers Authority spokesman said the ‘ phenomenal ’ downpour was equivalent to more than twice the usual June rainfall for the area . |
| 7 | SMALL investors rushed for a slice of the stock market newcomer , Pizza Express , boosting the share price to more than twice the 40p institutions paid last month . |
| 8 | Minnesota Supercomputer Center Inc has bought an early model of ‘ the most advanced tape cartridge robotic system ever produced by Storage Technology Corp ’ , Louisville , Colorado for inclusion in an enhanced mass storage environment being developed by the centre : the newly-designed robotic mechanism , which is incorporated into StorageTek 's planned PowderHorn Automated Cartridge System , operates at more than twice the speed of previous models in automatically mounting and dismounting the tape cartridges ; the centre also plans to add a Cray Y-MP C90 system to its configuration . |
| 9 | The higher rate of payment was set at more than twice the previous fee for night visits . |
| 10 | CHOSEN Heritage , the pre-planned funeral specialists , have commissioned a comprehensive survey of funeral prices , showing that last year the amount spent on funerals increased by more than twice the rate of inflation . |
| 11 | Some of the worst figures are to be found in Gloucestershire where police say they 're up by more than twice the national average . |