Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police have released a series of security photos of a man they believe has carried out more than twenty armed raids . |
| 2 | The attention-grabbing deal comes as the US market , which in the past has made up more than 40 per cent of sales of the Coventry-produced supercars , shows the first signs of upturn in three years . |
| 3 | ‘ OUP has spent considerably more than £100,000 adapting its computer system to cope with the new requirements . |
| 4 | The Group has taken on more than 30 schools in the mining communities in an effort to improve the standard of education among the disadvantaged groups of the community . |
| 5 | The joiner work was from nicely matched teak , the surface of which showed few of the marks that one would expect in a yacht whose log has ticked off more than 16,000 miles ( 25,000km ) of long distance cruising . |
| 6 | A mysterious disease which has killed off more than 4,000 piglets in Europe is spreading . |
| 7 | John Reid has splashed out more than £1 million to buy a new home so he can look at the famous sign . |
| 8 | But Labour 's Coun. Scott , who has clocked up more than 25 years on the borough council , has also shown an increasing commitment to the improvement of the region . |
| 9 | Course they were worried because they they 'd bit off more than they could chew , same as you say about this like you see . |
| 10 | That brief reference to his stepfather was haunting her , and she wished she 'd found out more while she had the chance . |
| 11 | Since the conditions applied are almost certainly too restrictive ( the project may well have sustained somewhat more than four to five clients per week who would otherwise have been in an institution ) the total annual sum saved is almost certainly nearer £24,000 — £26,000 . |
| 12 | It seems odd , at first sight , that the potteries of Stoke-on-Trent ( q.v. ) should have grown up more than two hundred miles away from the source of their vital ingredient , but in fact the manufacture of stoneware and earthenware had been established in Staffordshire long before the secret of porcelain was found , and that area had the necessary clay , coal and water supplies for the growth of the industry . |
| 13 | The embankments which he had vainly tried to have reinforced by the zemindars would now be brimming and beginning to overflow … within a few hours the country around the embankments would be flooded and ignorance , stupidity and superstition would have triumphed once more as they have triumphed again and again in human affairs since time began ! |
| 14 | Banks and building societies are estimated to have paid out more than £50 million to cheque cheats last year . |
| 15 | And they 've given far more than but you or I will ever contemplate doing for God ! |
| 16 | Yesterday a spokesman for Reg Vardy said the firm and Rolls- Royce had carried out more than £1,000 worth of work to rectify the steering problem , including fitting two new road wheels . |
| 17 | Hungary had turned back more than one million people from its borders since October 1991 , when it restricted the conditions of entry into the country . |
| 18 | Hungary had turned back more than one million people from its borders since October 1991 , when it restricted the conditions of entry into the country . |
| 19 | They 've had far more than what we 've ever had |
| 20 | He had taken not more than two strides and yet he was leaving her behind . |
| 21 | By the time of the First World War the company had taken over more than 50 small companies , as well as the docks at Hull ( q.v. ) , and its chief locomotive and wagon works at Doncaster employed nearly 5,000 people . |
| 22 | The tracker had ridden ahead more than once during the day , and to the rear and flanks also , though Riven could not imagine them being followed in cold such as this . |
| 23 | Last year they won the premier award at the Welsh Festival of Light Opera , and have carried off more than 60 awards from the World Famous Waterford International Festival of Light Opera . |
| 24 | Detectives have carried out more than 800 separate inquiries and taken over 170 statements killer . |
| 25 | Western countries have handed over more than $1 billion in aid , mainly as food , which is sold by the government as its main source of revenue . |
| 26 | The upshot is that , since he married Albertina in 1944 , they have spent rather more than 30 years of their 45 years of marriage apart . |
| 27 | The Jewish Museum and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People have brought together more than 350 artefacts , photographs , documents and artworks exploring the relationships among African Americans and American Jews in the twentieth century . |
| 28 | Since Carol Clark 's death , caused by a blow to the neck , police have followed up more than 3,000 lines of enquiry , some of them through Interpol . |
| 29 | If you have cut out more than two or three foods , and your baby gets better , then you will probably wish to test the foods to see which ones were the cause of the trouble — often it will just be one food . |
| 30 | Darlington Borough Council staff have sent out more than 70,000 bills which are expected to arrive today and tomorrow . |