Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [subord] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trading profits in the communications division were more than double the figure for the first half year thanks to the cost control programme . |
| 2 | Prior to World War I , infant mortality rates in the workhouses were more than double the rate for the entire population . |
| 3 | Wheat prices at 13s. 4d. a quarter were more than double the normal ( though not as disastrously high as in the notorious famine years of 1315–17 ) , barley at 6s. -7s. was up by over 50 per cent and peas and beans at 6s. had tripled in cost ( 209 , pp.266–73 . |
| 4 | The rate ratio for admission was similar when only the first admission of each child was counted ( 27 vs 42 , rate ratio 0.65 [ 0.41–1.04 ] , p=0.09 ) . |
| 5 | Although he was only eighteen months older than Carrie he was in the top class and sometimes he was taught on his own by Mr Morgan , the Minister , because he was cleverer than even the most senior boys . |
| 6 | The median pepsin output in the H pylori positive duodenal ulcer patients ( 29 , 19–60 ) was higher than both the H pylori positive ( p<0.005 ) and negative ( p<0.001 ) healthy volunteers . |
| 7 | The time was approximately 12.30am and all was quiet when suddenly the door handle rattled . |