Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The base has been training airmen for more than half a century . |
| 2 | The civil case had been brought by relatives of the victims who were seeking damages of more than US$300 million from Pan Am which went into bankruptcy in January 1991 , ceasing operations in December [ see pp. 38123 ; 38699 ] . |
| 3 | Meanwhile the Fiat group announced a drop in operating profits of more than half , to 2.1 trillion lire ( $1.7 billion ) . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , a working party report urging positive action on equal opportunities by the Scottish Law Society has been gathering dust for more than a year . |
| 5 | The number of people out of work and claiming benefit for more than a year fell by 61,000 to a seven-year-low of 613,000 in the third quarter of the year , the Department of Employment said yesterday . |
| 6 | Many people whose films have been lost have taken the processors to court , winning compensation for more than the cost of the film . |
| 7 | This may mean not only placing specific contractual obligations upon his supplier but also making tests on more than infrequent random samples of the goods supplied , Riley v. Webb ( 1987 D.C. ) and Rotherham M.B.C. v. Raysun ( 1988 D.C. ) . |