Example sentences of "more [subord] [num] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leicester in the 1760s had a daily crossing of coaches on runs from Manchester or Leeds to London ; by 1815 more than thirty left the town each day for London and other major population centres in the Midlands and north . |
| 2 | The distance learning materials do not always reach the students when needed , and a survey indicated that they rarely received more than one visit a year from their supervisor because of the shortage of transport . |
| 3 | More than one underwent a major breakdown after his relationship with Minton was abruptly terminated . |
| 4 | Koestler and Orwell met and became friends during the war , but it takes more than two to make a coterie , and in conversation Koestler denied having taught Orwell anything important about communism : it was a meeting , not always entirely harmonious , of like minds . |
| 5 | He made something of a jovial name for downright failure : a big , heavy man ( probably seventeen stone ) , he barely averaged more than four runs an innings and he took only eight wickets in his long but profoundly uneventful playing career . |
| 6 | There are 14 songs here , but no more than five bear a third listen . |
| 7 | There are 14 songs here , but no more than five bear a third listen . |
| 8 | Customers booking an apartment with an occupancy of more than 5 receive a 20% discount off the under-occupancy supplement . |
| 9 | But it seems it will take more than 1992 to set the Continental palate tingling to the tune of mushy peas . |
| 10 | As for the English speaking , a child of far more than three has no difficulty learning Italian and is so far from being wedded to the tongue he has begun with that he forgets it within a few months so do not say to me that is an obstacle . |
| 11 | Crowds of more than 700 filled the club at the weekends and under-eighteens had their own room , so bands usually played two sets a night . |
| 12 | More than 10,000 joined the peace meeting celebrating the dismantling of the ‘ Green Line ’ war boundary which has divided the capital for over a year . |