Example sentences of "than [art] [det] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two pieces of matter that are close to each other have less energy than the same two pieces a long way apart , because you have to expend energy to separate them against the gravitational force that is pulling them together . |
| 2 | ‘ I never heard of a transmat with a range of more than a few thousand kilometres , so I 'd say we 're probably going somewhere else on this planet . ’ |
| 3 | Secondly , you should be aware that VMS itself becomes very slow once a directory has more than a few thousand files in it . |
| 4 | All animals more than a few thousand cells big need to have some sort of scaffolding to keep their bodies in shape . |
| 5 | Civil servants may have spent no more than a few million pounds on the metals , although they may authorise more hefty purchases later . |
| 6 | by no means all rhyolite lavas are associated with obsidian — the majority are not — and , as one goes further back through the geological record , obsidian becomes progressively more and more scarce , due to devitrification , and none at all is found in rocks more than a few million years old . |
| 7 | It is relatively young , with a probable age of no more than a few million years . |
| 8 | This is much higher than the typical velocities of galactic masers ( less than a few hundred kilometres per second ) . |
| 9 | For files of more than a few hundred records , ½N can be ignored . |
| 10 | However , no more than about a dozen viruses have been produced on a commercial scale and only a few of these have been used on more than a few hundred hectares per year . |
| 11 | Credit union Savings and loan clubs of people with common bond ( for example , tenants ' association , factory employees ) , cash loaned for particular purpose , not usually more than a few hundred pounds ( but could be £4,000 ) ; usually fixed weekly repayments ; interest paid on what is still owed at rate fixed at start . |
| 12 | I have applied to the grant scheme Environment Wales for some funds , but I do n't expect to get more than a few hundred pounds , if anything at all . |
| 13 | For the foreseeable future , units involving the microcomputer as a teaching aid can only contribute to a very small proportion of curriculum time — at present certainly no more than a few hundred hours out of about 50,000 hours of ‘ different ’ teaching in the school curriculum for ages 5 to 18 . |
| 14 | They had travelled no more than a few hundred yards — the Kurd leading , Miss Logan bringing up the rear — and were crossing a patch of rough scree , a descent more tiring than dangerous , when Miss Fergusson fell . |
| 15 | One obvious problem , with implications for any GIS input , is that the effects are highly localized , with little measurable field effect more than a few dozen metres away from the route centre-lines . |
| 16 | ‘ And there were never more than a few dozen ringleaders , ’ Bob Mather , a local butcher , tells me . |