Example sentences of "[det] than half [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than half a million party officials were promoted during the period of 1934 – 39 . |
| 2 | More than half a sweaty hour touring the environs of the station , revealed there was n't space to park even a roller-skate , so I adopted a to-hell-with-it attitude and parked in a corner of the horseshoe — well out of everybody 's way . |
| 3 | The council said the courses would be no more than half a full GCSE course , allowing pupils to concentrate on other subjects they choose . |
| 4 | That sign must also be no more than half a square metre in area and all signs should be removed within two weeks of a sale being completed . |
| 5 | Similarly , most villages today do not qualify by these standards — most are suburban or retirement centres , not more than half a dozen practise communal agriculture , and most do not even have working farms in them . |
| 6 | More than half the small peasant farms are squeezed onto just 16 per cent of the land . |
| 7 | If no candidate wins more than half the first preference votes , the candidate with the fewest first preference votes is excluded , and his or her votes are transferred to the remaining candidates , according to the voters ' second preferences . |
| 8 | This sum equals more than half the entire health and personal social security budget . |
| 9 | This was confined to areas where more than half the non-white population lived , and where all the areas had more than 10 per cent . |
| 10 | Hymer 's rats were unable to produce more than half the normal amount of pituitary growth hormone . |
| 11 | Locally , it is estimated that more than half the 200 Health Authorities in England and Wales designated a responsible officer , and that there was a greater volume and variety of activity than ever before : traditional courses were supplemented by a new range of imaginative options , to which more managers than ever before had access . |
| 12 | More than half the extra money — announced at the Conservative Party conference yesterday by David Hunt , the local government minister — will be spent in 1991/2 , the last full financial year before the election . |
| 13 | If it is achieved , the production costs will be not much more than half the current figure , and the undertaking will be able to compete with most of our opencast coal facilities . |
| 14 | In 1982 crude oil accounted for more than half the total cost of imports . |
| 15 | Basic provision of shelter , heat and light often consume more than half the total income of unemployed claimants . |
| 16 | Goods and services produced according to global strategies now comprise more than half the total output , while by 1985 between a quarter and half of world trade ( varying according to economic sector ) was intrafirm , that is between buyer and seller within a single enterprise ( Strange , 1991 ) . |
| 17 | The cost of processing and distributing food in the UK came to £17,381 million in 1984 , which is more than half the total food bill , according to a study carried out by the London Food Commission . |
| 18 | More than half the total number were categorized as educationally subnormal . |
| 19 | A great deal of the organic matter in the waste comes from the fibres , this being sometimes more than half the total amount in the effluent , particularly with some of the natural fibres . |
| 20 | The self-built homes of Mexico City have increased from 14 per cent of the population and 23 per cent of the built-up area in 1952 to more than half the total population and built-up area today ( Hurtado 1986 ) . |
| 21 | Geoffrey Hillcoat , Durham County Council group traffic manager for road safety , said incidents in Darlington accounted for more than half the total cycling accidents in County Durham last year . |
| 22 | Various issues arise : ( 1 ) In simple terms , management 's controlling stake in Newco will be worth more than half the total value of Newco . |
| 23 | Official figures indicated that more than half the 2,900,000 electorate did not vote . |
| 24 | Its construction results in more than half the original garden area of the house being covered by buildings ( particularly relevant |
| 25 | ‘ In the end the stipends come from Pretoria , ’ he said , noting that more than half the Transkeian budget came out of the South African coffers . |
| 26 | More than half the arable land in the United States receives annually at least 700 mm of precipitation ; only 1 per cent of the arable land in the Soviet Union receives as much moisture . |
| 27 | WITH more than half the British cement market , Blue Circle is in the front-line of the construction recession . |
| 28 | Ammonia loads , now less than half the 1970 level , are set to fall further too , thanks to the new £66 million sulphuric acid recovery plant , which will be up and running within the year . |
| 29 | How right my hon. Friend is to point out that our rate of inflation is less than half the best rate ever achieved by the 1974-79 Labour and Labour-Liberal Administration . |
| 30 | Regional organiser , Selina Vilakazi estimates that 50% of employers pay less than half the minimum wage recommended by the Union . |