Example sentences of "[det] than the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Five percent of the mothers in the survey had more than the international limit of 350 micrograms of lead in every litre of blood in their bodies . |
| 62 | Nevertheless do not tell me of it , even to confirm me ; for it is what we can not analyse or arrange , any more than the rich simplicity of childhood . |
| 63 | NOT CONTENT with Physics or Maths homework 25 years ago , a group of young men wanted something more than the usual pastime so they built a railway . |
| 64 | Every disease presents its own peculiar problems which fascinate and challenge investigators , but tuberculosis has more than the usual range of difficulties . |
| 65 | Chancellor faces Budget decisions of more than the usual complexity |
| 66 | It easily unlocked his heart , one that bore more than the usual share of tragedy . |
| 67 | And thus the reader has to go more than the usual way he goes to understand what he 's looking at . |
| 68 | There was no initial reason to suspect Daine 's Dream was anything more than the usual hacker incursion , too tiny to bother about . |
| 69 | The manner of his death ensured that more than the usual number of people were at the funeral . |
| 70 | All the competitors agreed that they had a challenging game and more than the usual number of wet balls and soggy bunkers ! ! |
| 71 | Henry Ratter set up a moodified Quality in Action workshop for a group of 25 heads and LEA officers , many more than the usual number . |
| 72 | As an extreme right-winger , I have read your recent post-apocalypse editions with more than the usual merriment . |
| 73 | I can see his point of view , and will take the opportunity to express my appreciation of those farmers who cheerfully give permission with no more than the usual reminder to shut the gates . |
| 74 | In cases where we can identify people who would be penalized more than the usual sort of fifty pence charge . |
| 75 | Special mention has to be made of staff serving the Regional Chambers and headquarters who had to cope with more than the usual pressure ! ’ |
| 76 | He , after all , found her quite as repulsive as she found him and , as the two of them waltzed from oven to sink , from window to cutlery drawer , staring up , down , sideways , anywhere but at each other , Henry had always assumed that this was no more than the usual politesse of a failed English , suburban marriage . |
| 77 | This is the electro-acoustic version of the SW213 and retails for £20 more than the standard model . |
| 78 | By really understanding our Buyers ' needs we cut out time wasting and abortive visits and ensure you pay no more than the correct price in this mixed market . |
| 79 | He could see that the flap of cloth gaped open , but in the dark could make out no more than the vague shape of her legs , her stomach . |
| 80 | He strained his eyes but could make out no more than the vague outline of Ngo Van Loc 's face in the darkness . |
| 81 | It is well known that the volatile Nowozielski has had more than the normal share of ups and downs with the notoriously conservative Board of the Lyric . |
| 82 | He needed far more than the normal ration of two parents , each with only one identity apiece . |
| 83 | Neither will it cost you any more than the normal variable scheme . |
| 84 | Referring principally to those techniques of soil conservation developed by research stations and government institutions , many studies of the economics of soil conservation which focus on the private economic incentives for soil conservation , show that , although total benefits from a soil conservation scheme such as terracing may be more than the total cost , individual farmers usually lose income from these practices ( Harshbarger & Swanson 1964 , Holtman & Connor 1974 ) . |
| 85 | The world still spends more than $1,000 billion per year on arms — more than the total income of one half of the world 's population . |
| 86 | The baselines may amount to no more than the total number of times each behaviour is noticed in a one hour session every day for a week . |
| 87 | If elimination of lead in petrol could reduce blood levels by half — as the study assumed — it would reduce average blood pressure levels by 1 to 2 points , thereby meaning that 12,000 fewer people would need treatment for hypertension annually , there would be 6,000 to 12,000 fewer heart attacks , and up to 2,655 lives would be saved — more than the total number of fatalities on the nation 's roads each year . |
| 88 | The only constraint on attempts to acquire a larger budget is that it would cost more than the total value to the politicians of the service , the value of additional output being zero . |
| 89 | If overall losses are estimated at 1000 kg per ha per year , then the 20–25 million ha under shifting cultivation or permanent conversion from forest to other uses , generate more than the total nitrogen delivered by rivers to the oceans . |
| 90 | This meant that nearly all packs would contain more than the declared weight . |