Example sentences of "more than [adv] [art] [num] " in BNC.
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1 | In 1999 , the average daily number of remand prisoners ( including those detained in police cells ) was 10,470 , more than double the 1976 figure of 5,090 ( Home Office , 1977b , 1990f ) . |
2 | This was more than twice the 80 litres/t volume running from grass that was ensiled with 50kg/t of sugar beet plus an inoculant , and 10 times the 20 litres seeping from grass wilted to 30% dry matter . |
3 | The growth areas over the period 1971–84 were financial services , with an increase of 11 000 jobs ( more than twice the 1971 figures ) , and distribution , etc. , with an increase of 12000 jobs , or an increase of a third . |
4 | They estimate that extremely high sea levels , which historically occur roughly once every century , could be expected more than once every five years in many seaside towns by 2030 . |
5 | These included an extensive exchange of technical data on new weapons systems , exchange of information on the mobilization of military units , and a ban on military activities involving more than 400,000 troops or 900 tanks more than once every two years . |
6 | He says a local authority can apply to change the electoral system at any time I E a district council but not more than once every ten years . |