Example sentences of "by more [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For official statistics have become tainted by more than disagreement : the charges being levelled against the service amount to the politicisation of knowledge , a form of intellectual corruption and a scandalous abuse of power . |
| 2 | Between the pathologists and police communication was intermittent , for they were parted by more than space . |
| 3 | The bus came and they boarded it , but to Erika it seemed less like the familiar old lumbering , lurching , yellow Berlin bus , and more a vehicle of romance , gliding through a night made mysterious by more than fog . |
| 4 | ‘ The ferry operators undertook not to reduce services or increase fares by more than inflation during this period . ’ |
| 5 | In future years , we will maintain our pledge to prevent UBR poundage rising by more than inflation . |
| 6 | We will take 740,000 taxpayers out of taxation altogether by increasing the personal allowance and wife 's earned income allowance by more than inflation . |
| 7 | They are far removed by more than distance from their roots in Ayrshire . |
| 8 | Such an argument I do not commend to anybody else , but man is guided by more than reason alone , and in this great conflict , I wanted to play a clear and definite part . |