Example sentences of "than [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob Marley , a Rastafarian reggae musician idolised by millions of all races , sang many of his lyrics in something much closer to Jamaican-accented Standard English than broad Jamaican Creole . |
| 2 | More than 65,000 grey squirrels were poisoned in 1991 but the law forbids bait to be laid in woods inhabited by both species . |
| 3 | Bowlby 's report was abridged and published as a paperback ( 1953 ) , thus becoming widely available to the lay public ; in the year of publication and the five years following , more than seventy-five thousand copies were sold , and nearly as many in the next five years : an exceptional sale in Britain for a book not intended as a baby book for parents . |
| 4 | Matthew and one of Bryant 's clerks were fiddling the invoices ; they swindled Jonathan out of more than eight hundred pounds and Jonathan found out . |
| 5 | More than eight hundred mercenaries , but not in battle order . |
| 6 | It was held in the Dome before an audience of more than eight hundred people and was a huge success . |
| 7 | More than eight hundred people stand to lose holidays they 'd booked in France , Spain and Italy . |
| 8 | What appears to be one village ( and is marked as such on modern maps and on the road signs ) can in fact be seen to consist of no less than eight separate hamlets — Elston ( largely deserted , with a former chapel ) , Shrewton ( from which the village has taken its name ) , Maddington , Netton , Rollestone ( largely deserted with a redundant church ) , Homanton ( deserted ) , Addestone ( deserted ) and Bourton ( deserted ) . |
| 9 | This emphasis on political equality could be interpreted as a snub to the forces of violence ( the FLN ) , but since there were more than eight million Muslims and only one million Europeans it was hardly comforting to proponents of integration . |
| 10 | Together they pulled off a crime which cost their company 's banks and creditors more than eight million pounds . |
| 11 | Marketing director Robin Whitbread said : ‘ We expect this will be significant with more than eight million shoppers taking advantage of over 750 lines . |
| 12 | The trade unions are directly linked to more than eight million people . |
| 13 | No fewer than eight classic Stones ' tracks make up Rooster , the new work from leading choreographer Christopher Bruce , which can be seen as part of a triple bill at the Empire from tonight until Saturday . |
| 14 | Local party officials admit it 's embarrassing — Conservative Central Office had been expecting a contribution of more than eight thousand pounds . |
| 15 | Local party officials admit it 's embarrassing — Conservative Central Office had been expecting a contribution of more than eight thousand pounds . |
| 16 | In the face of government determination to enforce the February 1911 laws more than eight thousand Aube growers marched through the streets of Bar-sur-Aube carrying on their backs paniers de mannequin ( grape harvesting baskets ) full of tax-forms which they ceremoniously set fire to . |
| 17 | More than eight thousand gallons of contaminated water had to be pumped out of Cannop Brook . |
| 18 | Last night more than eight thousand fans packed into Edgar Street to watch United beat non-league Woking in their third round replay … it was one-all after ninety minutes … the winning goal came in extra-time and it was scored by Simon Brain … |
| 19 | With effect from I January 1992 the ‘ old ’ offences at paragraphs ( f ) and ( g ) of regulation 27(1) of the 1986 Regulations no longer apply to passenger motor cars other than motor cars constructed or adapted to carry more than eight seated passengers in addition to the driver , or to goods vehicles with a maximum gross weight which does not exceed 3,500 kg . |
| 20 | There was a dramatic flowering of public discussion and debate ; whereas under Nicholas I on average no more than eight new journals were founded annually , that number leaped to thirty-three in the early years of Alexander II 's reign . |
| 21 | The ultimate achievement , notwithstanding the numerous new stations opened in the area during the last five years , was the reopening to passenger traffic of the Cynon Valley line to Aberdare ( closed in March 1964 ) with no less than eight new stations . |
| 22 | This is why no fewer than eight different terms are used to convey the richness of the law , which reveals God 's own character . |
| 23 | The most remarkable of these long-established families were the Boulters who had established no fewer than eight different households during the 100 years or so that they had lived in Wigston . |
| 24 | Older people who have fewer than eight main meals each week , or who go for long periods of the day without food , are considered to be especially at risk . |
| 25 | Government departments were more likely to give instruction than private industrial/commercial organizations . |
| 26 | Although there has been a growing amount of evidence that rewarding good behaviour can be far more effective in maintaining pupil discipline than punishing bad behaviour , and despite official encouragement for rewarding , there has been found to be ‘ a continuing emphasis ’ on punishments . |
| 27 | Commenting on its figures ( page seven ) , National Semiconductor Corp says it expects fourth quarter gross margins to improve over third quarter margins and that third quarter worldwide orders set a new record , up 40% over last year , and that it entered the fourth quarter with an improved backlog — record OEM orders more than offset seasonal weaknesses in distribution to give record orders for the Americas ; European orders were up while Japanese markets weakened slightly . |
| 28 | It therefore seems possible that the B20 will be equipped directly with Intel Corp 's P5 chip rather than upgradable 80486 CPUs . |
| 29 | Changes in contribution conditions mean that higher paid people qualify for benefits faster than lower paid people and this especially affects women who make up the majority of low-paid workers . |
| 30 | MORE than 120 eminent doctors , lawyers and philosophers from all over the world were gathering in Edinburgh today to discuss whether or not to treat hopelessly-ill patients . |