Example sentences of "by more than [noun] " 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 | Naturally we regret any rise in bankruptcies , but let us remember the strengths of British industry , which has increased exports in the past 10 years by more than France , Germany , the United States or Japan — The hon. and learned Gentleman does not like that answer because he wants to talk Britain down . |
| 4 | So a truce was made with the Spartans ( 451 ) which , as Thucydides describes it ( i.112 ) , need not have been motivated by more than Athens ' commonsense desire to deal with her enemies one by one . |
| 5 | RENTOKIL was quick off the mark yesterday when it decided to increase its dividend by more than earnings to compensate for the Chancellor 's decision to cut the tax credit on dividends from 25 per cent to 20 per cent . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Although the state retirement pension remains linked to prices and , subject to the proviso noted above , retains its ‘ real ’ value , the commitment to raise pensions in line with earnings ( in years when earnings rose by more than prices ) was abolished in 1980 . |
| 8 | ‘ The ferry operators undertook not to reduce services or increase fares by more than inflation during this period . ’ |
| 9 | In future years , we will maintain our pledge to prevent UBR poundage rising by more than inflation . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It has already demonstrated its willingness to serve Western objectives by more than compensations for oil production lost as a result of the UN embargo on exports from Iraq and Kuwait — with the result that international oil prices despite the war remain low and are predicted to fall to new lows of between $11 and $15 per barrel after the war . |
| 12 | They are far removed by more than distance from their roots in Ayrshire . |
| 13 | 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 . |