Example sentences of "that more than [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been estimated that more than one-third of the land area of the United Kingdom is covered by these additional restraints . |
| 2 | A leaked World Bank internal report shows that more than one-third of Bank-funded projects completed in 1991 were regarded as failures by the Bank 's own staff . |
| 3 | David Raffe ( 11 ) of Edinburgh University found that more than three-quarters of school leavers from sparsely populated areas were able to live at home . |
| 4 | A A recent estimate indicates that more than three-quarters of dogs and cats over 3 years old have dental problems . |
| 5 | The most striking finding was that more than three-quarters of the vacant land was owned by Liverpool City Council , being reserved chiefly for housing , highways , open spaces and schools . |
| 6 | A report as long ago as 1975 found that more than two-thirds of Yorkshire 's water mains needed replacing , mainly because of corrosion . |
| 7 | And it is believed that more than two-thirds of the entire population of seven million needs food desperately . |
| 8 | Today it is close to 50 per cent and giants such as Bass and Whitbread , once proud names in ale brewing , now trumpet the fact that more than half of their production goes to lager . |
| 9 | At a meeting of the Party 's Central Committee yesterday , a Politburo member , Leszek Miller , said that a nationwide plebiscite also showed that more than half of the Party 's two million members agreed that ‘ the present form of the party is outdated and can not face the new conditions ’ . |
| 10 | It found that more than half of companies now use contract hire compared with only three in 10 during 1991 . |
| 11 | In June 1946 , however , a referendum indicated that more than half of the Italian people wanted a republic , so Umberto left Italy . |
| 12 | I had masses of women coming in with ideas , and I would say that more than half of all of my commissions were brought in by women or contained women — writers , producers , directors . |
| 13 | And Gallup found that more than half of Americans polled were ‘ favourably ’ disposed towards Gorbachev , the highest rating for any Soviet leader since the Second World War . |
| 14 | The fire-ball of anger inside her had flared into life , and she had flown at him , screaming — what , she could hardly remember , except that more than half of it had been in Greek . |
| 15 | It is a document about the Labour party 's policy attitudes and it rightly points out that more than half of Labour Members have either recently belonged to or still belong to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament . |
| 16 | Has anybody told the Chief Secretary that that survey also questioned Conservative Members and revealed that more than half of those surveyed did not think that there should be a cut in income tax in the Budget ? |
| 17 | What he forgets is that more than half of Africa 's people do not practice female genital mutilation . |
| 18 | The report , the result of a three year survey and third in a series named Seabirds at Sea , found that more than half of the world 's total number of breeding pairs of Manx shearwater , puffin , gannet and black guillemot live off the west coast of Scotland and in the Irish Sea . |
| 19 | Others are moving into the frame and within five years it is possible that more than half of all lamb will be sold overseas . |
| 20 | One Sunday league official yesterday forecast that more than half of the 130 teams , where boys of between nine and 15 play every Sunday , could go out of existence . |