Example sentences of "more than [art] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Only three Surrey batsmen scored more than a thousand championship runs last year — Darren Bicknell , Graham Thorpe and David Ward . |
2 | " Well , when my grandfather went , more than a thousand buffalo were sacrificed , and the death-village , which was twice as big as this , was completely burned down . |
3 | MORE THAN a thousand peace campaigners crowded into Trinity College , Dublin , last night to spell out one of the Irish capital 's most eloquent protests against IRA terrorism . |
4 | Rhode & Schwarz take space to congratulate EBU on ‘ the great success achieved with RDS adding , not too disinterestedly , ‘ the fact that our equipment is supporting RDS in more than a thousand FM radio stations worldwide makes us rather proud ’ . |
5 | And more than a thousand security men guarding the outer shell alone . |
6 | The John Lennon hit ‘ Imagine ’ has been played simultaneously on more than a thousand radio stations world-wide . |
7 | And the John Lennon hit single ‘ Imagine ’ has been played simultaneously on more than a thousand radio stations worldwide ; it was one of the tributes on what would have been the ex-Beatle 's fiftieth birthday , and was played as an anthem to world peace . |
8 | In 1988/89 , a milestone was passed when , for the first time , there were more than a million module enrolments in a single year . |
9 | More than a million working days are lost every year through smoking-related diseases . |
10 | The report , Forests Foregone : The European Community 's Trade in Tropical Timbers and the Destruction of the Forests , reveals that more than a hundred logging and timber processing companies owned or backed by European firms are operating in West and Central Africa . |
11 | — — — The programme described faulty workmanship in a number of new timber-frame homes following a survey of more than a hundred building sites . |
12 | No more than a hundred pound . |
13 | According to the London Times ( 3 November 1987 ) , at that time more than a hundred party members were under investigation , and scores more had been arrested . |
14 | It was n't clear who was pedalling whose bike as more than a hundred mountain cyclists advanced in a humming phalanx of brightly coloured jerseys from the tiny square in Llanwrtyd Wells , smallest town in Britain . |
15 | More than a hundred enemy horsemen had arrived from the Levenmouth landing two hours before noon . |
16 | The TLP was the most economical of more than a dozen development schemes under consideration . |
17 | More than a dozen CASE tool vendors such as Cadre and Centerline have already voiced their support . |
18 | Grinsell notes this tradition associated with more than a dozen stone circles from Cornwall to Scotland . |
19 | This is a Certificate which can be taken in English and any one of more than a dozen Community Languages . |
20 | However , extensive and carefully coordinated experiments are being carried out to assess the suitability of more than a dozen beef breeds , including in particular the Hereford and Aberdeen Angus from Britain , the Charolais and Limousin from France and the rare Danish Blue-and-White . |
21 | Thursday night in Galway is the night to be seen out in the town : - ) , but I 've still got more than the two brain cells needed to see through your ploy Tim . |
22 | But few miners believe these figures ( given by the metallurgy minister ) ; if they were true , more than the 19 steel mills closed so far would have been affected . |