Example sentences of "more than [det] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ See , love , your dad knew more than all the so-called sane people . |
| 2 | Ruth remembered Ben : your dad knew more than all the so-called sane people … |
| 3 | Then there 's Brad Jelf 's claim that more than half the installed NetWare base is interested in integrating with hardware running Unix . |
| 4 | More than half the small peasant farms are squeezed onto just 16 per cent of the land . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | More than half the 500 people quizzed in a poll said they would not use the Chunnel . |
| 7 | More than half the 100 exhibitors have indicated that they will be using Rooftec for the launch of new or updated products , and these will be short-listed for the Federation 's coveted ‘ Ken Soulsby Innovation Award . ’ |
| 8 | This sum equals more than half the entire health and personal social security budget . |
| 9 | Thomson , Airtours and Owners Abroad control more than half the entire British package-holiday market and all own or have links with chains of high street travel agents . |
| 10 | Thomson , Airtours and Owners Abroad control more than half the entire British package-holiday market and all own or have links with chains of high street travel agents . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In the Borders , Peter Jeary , director of finance , said that more than half the 47,000 households on the council tax register would pay less than the regional community charge bills of £312 in 1992-93 . |
| 13 | More than half the 30,000 Syrians to have entered Lebanon were now approaching the city that lay below them in the early morning heat , its dim perspective merging into the Mediterranean . |
| 14 | More than half the 12.5 billion kilograms of milk produced annually in the Netherlands today is sold abroad and , of course , Dutch cheeses are renowned as well . |
| 15 | Hymer 's rats were unable to produce more than half the normal amount of pituitary growth hormone . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In 1864 he received a first class in classical honour moderations , and then in 1867 a first in literae humaniores , even though he was said to have read no more than half the required books . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 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 | In 1982 crude oil accounted for more than half the total cost of imports . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Basic provision of shelter , heat and light often consume more than half the total income of unemployed claimants . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | More than half the total number were categorized as educationally subnormal . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | The areas worst affected by the minute-long earthquake and its aftershocks were the provinces of Gilan and Zanjan ; all of Gilan 's coastline was affected , and more than half the total casualties were in Zanjan , notably in Roudbar ( 6,000 dead and all buildings destroyed ) . |
| 28 | Various issues arise : ( 1 ) In simple terms , management 's controlling stake in Newco will be worth more than half the total value of Newco . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The Southern Health Board poll also found that more than half the 1,300 questioned had been offered illegal drugs or solvents . |