Example sentences of "than [det] amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your income is higher than this amount you may still receive some help as explained below . |
| 2 | This is impossible since turnover can only fall to zero , it can not be less than this amount . |
| 3 | They are included in the Balance Sheet at their cost and market value of £368 million [ 1991 £368 million ] and in the opinion of the directors their realisable value is not less than this amount . |
| 4 | She only had to shake a hand to increase the revenue and bring more publicity to the organization than any amount of money could buy . |
| 5 | Black leaders in turn need to recognise that such measures will do far more to help poor blacks than any amount of affirmative action , reparation , calls for black separation , or courses designed to teach that Socrates stole his ideas from ancient black Egyptians . |
| 6 | It says more about the concept of the European Community than any amount of leaflets and party political broadcasts can . ’ |
| 7 | It was initiated partly in response to the furore caused by Enoch Powell 's 1969 ‘ rivers of blood ’ speech , much as disturbances at the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival prompted further steps on the part of the Department of the Environment — ‘ A riot makes a much bigger impact on government thinking ’ , as Donnison ( 1987 ) has pointed out , ‘ than any amount of earnest and accurate research ’ . |
| 8 | Sometimes a single image says more about a time , a scene or a group than any amount of blather and jive ever can . |
| 9 | Dr Seuss has made far more ‘ readers ’ than any amount of government policy will ever do . |
| 10 | As for the will to be a nation : paradoxically , the Thatcherite decade of celebrating the international market over notions of the national good , of decentralising the national interest into five million privately-owned share packages , did more damage than any amount of scheming from Brussels . |
| 11 | It does nothing useful , despite what you may think about screen saving , but it 's given me more entertainment watching it than any amount of television soaps — Johnny even celebrates major holidays at the right time ( assuming your PC 's clock is set correctly , of course ) . |
| 12 | This , it was now increasingly argued , would be far more effective in the long run than any amount of sharp practice . |
| 13 | Mr Gregory said Mr Bell did more for the community than any amount of social workers , teachers or vicars . |
| 14 | ‘ He does the journey three times a day and does more for that community than any amount of social workers , teachers or vicars , ’ enthused Mr Gregory . |