Example sentences of "and [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter , and for more than a generation , Germany was the stage on which the rival powers played out their conflicts . |
| 2 | And for more than an hour they heard about the glory of steam and engines and old stations . |
| 3 | MPs did have the opportunity for dalliance , away as they were from home for the best part of the week — and for more than half the year . |
| 4 | And for more than a mile they threaded their way around the standing pools that reached from the verges out into the drying roadway . |
| 5 | One day , he hinted , he would insist she did , and for more than just a holiday . |
| 6 | And for more than a century they were home to livestock . |
| 7 | As a result , there has been a steady growth in the number of companies that have an audit committee — around two-thirds of the top 150 UK listed industrial companies and the great majority of UK listed financial institutions now have audit committees , and in more than half these cases , the committees were established within the past five years . |
| 8 | This sum is equivalent to about one third of the Government grant to Radio Tanzania for the same period , and to more than the entire sum allocated to the development of information and broadcasting services in the first Five Year plan . |
| 9 | Between 1929 and 1933 America 's national income fell by more than half in money terms , and by more than a third in real terms . |
| 10 | Champagne is without doubt the world 's finest sparkling wine , but it is also the most expensive , and by more than just a few pennies . |