Example sentences of "[det] than the total [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world still spends more than $1,000 billion per year on arms — more than the total income of one half of the world 's population . |
| 2 | The baselines may amount to no more than the total number of times each behaviour is noticed in a one hour session every day for a week . |
| 3 | If elimination of lead in petrol could reduce blood levels by half — as the study assumed — it would reduce average blood pressure levels by 1 to 2 points , thereby meaning that 12,000 fewer people would need treatment for hypertension annually , there would be 6,000 to 12,000 fewer heart attacks , and up to 2,655 lives would be saved — more than the total number of fatalities on the nation 's roads each year . |
| 4 | After joining the lining widths , trim the sides so that the total width is 10 cm ( 4 in ) less than the total width of valance . |
| 5 | The church 's spokesman , Bishop Joseph Duffy , said : ‘ We feel obliged to state that the wording proposed is basically flawed because it guarantees less than the total exclusion of deliberate abortion . ’ |
| 6 | By the end of Elizabeth 's reign its population had risen to 11,500 , and though this was 2,500 less than the total number of inhabitants 200 years earlier , York had climbed back from sixth to third position amongst England 's provincial cities . |
| 7 | This means that in a situation where saving exceeds investment , so that aggregate demand is less than the total value of production , firms will reduce output and lay off workers . |