Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The so-called Anabaptists ' take-over of Munster in 1536 became for more than a century afterwards a byword among the respectable for the supposed anarchy , savagery and madness which were bound to result if ever the " multitude " gained political power . |
| 2 | The Russian plan , probably inspired by the offer of £200,000 from British conservation groups to buy Brightness and his beluga comrade , Gorgeous , who is still free , prompted a furious reaction from British campaigners who fought for more than a month to have the beluga airlifted from Turkish waters to the Arctic . |
| 3 | Grapes and sunflowers flourished in southern England but the real winners were suppliers of insecticides : sales to agriculture and horticulture rose by more than a third in 1989 . |
| 4 | Crime recorded in the Central South region last year rose by more than the national average . |
| 5 | Shoved into a seatette by a hostess who had been trained not to calm and charm passengers but to harm them and occasionally embalm them , I quickly settled into what would become my life for what seemed like more than a lifetime . |
| 6 | That came from more than a few crossed twigs and dry leaves . |
| 7 | The civilization flourished for more than a millennium until , about 1400 BC , the comparatively nearby volcanic island of Thera erupted in a fashion that makes the 1883 Krakatoa event look like a mere squib . |
| 8 | She asked with more than a hint of sarcasm in her voice . |
| 9 | This page Business failures : Business failures soared by more than a third in the second half of this year . |
| 10 | Although there are many other causes of coprolalia , the essential diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of Tourette 's syndrome is the onset , before the age of 21 , of multiple motor and one or more vocal tics , which have recurred frequently and persisted for more than a year . |
| 11 | Here was a student who overworked for more than a year and needed rest ; who was already in an emotional condition by the recognition of the highest ideals and their obligation upon him ; and then , instead of the rest which he needed , he had to endure the utterly unexpected death , in very distressing family conditions , of the person in the world to whom he felt nearest . |
| 12 | If it started with more than a certain critical speed , however , it would never stop rising and fall back but would continue to move away . |
| 13 | Her book sales amounted to more than a quarter of a million . |
| 14 | For most of this period , transfers to the state enterprises amounted to more than the total public deficit ( Gimeno 1984 : 88–92 ) . |
| 15 | If he disappeared for more than a few hours she became frantic and ran to the Zborowskis ' apartment in the Rue Joseph Bara to ask for news , and almost lived there until he was eventually found . |
| 16 | Sales — mostly of properties in the North-west of England , so far one of the more resilient areas in the slump - fell by more than a third , from 502 homes to 316 . |
| 17 | In real terms , gross investment in manufacturing fell by more than a third between 1979 and its lowest point in 1983 . |
| 18 | It was centred on Athens and felt by more than a third of the population . |
| 19 | This is not necessarily so : the US used roughly the same amount of energy each year from 1973 to 1985 , while its gross domestic product grew by more than a third . |
| 20 | After a boom period in the 1950s and 1960s , when real wages grew by more than a quarter between 1950 and 1965 , and when earnings rose by more than 40 per cent , the later 1960s ushered in years of intermittent depression . |
| 21 | Kelly liked the man but dreaded those rare occasions when their conversations lasted for more than a couple of sentences . |
| 22 | So many and so extraordinary were the stories she told me that our trip around his tiny château lasted for more than an hour and a half , with not a boring moment . |
| 23 | In 1989 they accounted for more than a quarter of BR 's total charter-train revenue — and the trend is ever upwards . |
| 24 | The SNP needs a swing of nearly 9 per cent but the polls show the Nationalists gaining ground in Scotland and Labour and the Liberals — who accounted for more than a quarter of the vote in Galloway last time — are likely to be squeezed . |
| 25 | It accounted for more than a third of the overall increase in recorded crime this year . |
| 26 | ‘ You might enjoy that kind of thing , ’ he said with more than a touch of irritation , ‘ but I have other matters to see to , more important than shifting a few papers about . ’ |
| 27 | The rise of the ‘ casual ’ — the smartly-dressed stand supporter with a penchant for calling cards , scrap books and well-organised mega-violence spiced with more than a hint of racist overtones — seems a perfect symbol for the times . |
| 28 | All records were of single birds which rarely stayed for more than a day . |
| 29 | These new-look All Blacks , who have been told by management that the often churlish ungraciousness of other recent seasons is not acceptable , stayed for more than an hour . |
| 30 | He sat for more than an hour alone before dragging himself to the room , shutting the doors loudly behind him as he went . |