Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likewise the number of voters who think of themselves as being ‘ very strongly ’ committed to Labour has fallen by more than half over the same period to a mere 10 per cent of the electorate : of voters with of voters with Labour'very strong' Labour identificationidentification 19665024 19704721 19744516 19794211 19833711 19873613 19923711 |
| 2 | and retail price inflation has fallen by more than half . |
| 3 | Modern agriculture requires investment to survive , but investment has fallen by more than half since the Government took office . |
| 4 | Over the past twenty years , the number who look at papers has fallen by more than a quarter . |
| 5 | The incidence of car crime in the UK as a whole has fallen by more than 2.5pc , reversing a three-year rising trend , the Government announced yesterday . |
| 6 | In an historic decision to break with Moscow , the Lithuanian Communist Party has voted by more than 5-1 to declare itself an independent party . |
| 7 | Since the introduction of a differential fee , however , the number of visits in Berkshire undertaken by deputies has dropped by more than half , yet overall numbers have risen steeply . |
| 8 | Manufacturing productivity has risen by more than half since 1979 — faster than in any other major industrial country . |
| 9 | THE public has applied for more than half of the £5.3billion water privatisation issue , with more than 1.4 million people signing cheques for an average of £2,000 . |
| 10 | THE public has applied for more than half of the £5.3billion water privatisation issue , with more than 1.4 million people signing cheques for an average of £2,000 . |
| 11 | The Falstaffian affability in evidence since April has hinted at more than mere satisfaction , however , namely , a nudge and a wink about his imminent reinstatement by the ICC . |
| 12 | Singapore 's trouble is that as soon as its economy starts to grow by more than 6–7% , the labour market tends to get tight . |
| 13 | Of course , the success of this lesson has to do with more than structure ( indeed , I am not suggesting that structure is all a teacher needs to know about ! ) . |
| 14 | The proportion of employers with a training budget has increased by more than a tenth in the last year alone . |
| 15 | In Oxfordshire , the amount of land under concrete has increased by more than half — and in Wiltshire the increase was seventy-nine per cent . |
| 16 | If the incipient spin has progressed for more than about half a turn because the pilot has kept the stick back , applying the full opposite rudder must be a good thing because it helps to stop the rotation and to even up the stalling of the wings . |
| 17 | Although there was no confirmation last night , it was being widely assumed that the explosives were Semtex and the discovery part of a pattern of similar finds and explosions in an IRA mainland campaign that has continued for more than a year . |
| 18 | The result is that Jarvis has put on more than half a stone — he 's up to 11 and ahalf now — and feels all the better for it . |
| 19 | Her campaign has qualified for more than US$1 million in federal matching funds , surpassing Jerry Brown 's . |
| 20 | However , success does depend on more than restructuring the membership . |
| 21 | But the group selector , like the main gear lever , does ask for more than average effort from its user . |