Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] more than half the " in BNC.
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1 | My Department commissioned an independent review of noise control policy in 1990 and has already taken action on more than half the recommendations . |
2 | Lack of capital was a limiting factor for more than half the family farmers . |
3 | ( 2 ) staffing levels not allowing library supervision for more than half the week : So $8,000 to $10,000 of books are not secure and are there for anyone to take ; |
4 | The successful vote on energy policy reflected the broad national consensus which had developed since the issue was last addressed in a referendum in 1983 , when the proposal failed to secure a majority in more than half the cantons as required [ see p. 32643 ] . |
5 | A tour round any Mediterranean marina in winter will find faded remnants of national pride hanging like tatty washing from more than half the yachts . |
6 | In the South-East , as one would expect , the South Downs mines supplied the raw material for more than half the axeheads analysed from that region . |
7 | In the study area what actually happened was that food crops were displaced from the head to the end of the fertilizer rotation in more than half the cases . |