Example sentences of "than a [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1988/89 , a milestone was passed when , for the first time , there were more than a million module enrolments in a single year . |
| 2 | More than a million working days are lost every year through smoking-related diseases . |
| 3 | This would be rather difficult , however : the black hole would have the mass of a mountain compressed into less than a million millionth of an inch , the size of the nucleus of an atom ! |
| 4 | A 500 gram cone of airy acrylic would have many more metres or yards of yarn on it than a 500 gram cone of much denser cotton . |
| 5 | A 500 gram cone of airy acrylic would have many more metres or yards of yarn on it than a 500 gram cone of much denser cotton . |
| 6 | 60% of child cycle owners have less than a two kilometre journey to school ; |
| 7 | There is an argument for retaining a four mile annulus for the area of search for the new settlement rather than a two mile , because of the rigidity which at present applies to the distance of the outer boundary of the greenbelt from York City Centre . |
| 8 | For instance , you can look round this place and be very impressed but it probably costs less to stay here than a two star hotel in England . |
| 9 | As a result of the Pilot Study , it was decided to proceed with a seven day diary rather than a one day diary , but that a methodological component should be built into the Survey to monitor the quality of the data . |
| 10 | An open question is one which requires more than a one word or one phrase answer . |
| 11 | That implies the establishment of some form of institute — if that is not too grandiose a word — some form of organisation , more permanent than a one week ad hoc seminar , such as we have at present . |
| 12 | It was reported that he had said the Government ‘ had fallen flat on its face in dealing with the situation ’ , adding that law and order did not exist in this country at the moment ; that there could be up to five million illegal immigrants in Britain ; and that judges should be able to impose the death sentence on anyone convicted of an offence carrying more than a fifteen year sentence . |
| 13 | Brian Thomas Jackson , of Danek Motors , Darlington , admitted three charges of selling the Austin Montego as a 1.6 rather than a 1.3 engine . |
| 14 | Nobody suggests you should buy shares over anything less than a three-to-five year period . ’ |
| 15 | MORE THAN a thousand peace campaigners crowded into Trinity College , Dublin , last night to spell out one of the Irish capital 's most eloquent protests against IRA terrorism . |
| 16 | " Well , when my grandfather went , more than a thousand buffalo were sacrificed , and the death-village , which was twice as big as this , was completely burned down . |
| 17 | Only three Surrey batsmen scored more than a thousand championship runs last year — Darren Bicknell , Graham Thorpe and David Ward . |
| 18 | The John Lennon hit ‘ Imagine ’ has been played simultaneously on more than a thousand radio stations world-wide . |
| 19 | And the John Lennon hit single ‘ Imagine ’ has been played simultaneously on more than a thousand radio stations worldwide ; it was one of the tributes on what would have been the ex-Beatle 's fiftieth birthday , and was played as an anthem to world peace . |
| 20 | And more than a thousand security men guarding the outer shell alone . |
| 21 | Rhode & Schwarz take space to congratulate EBU on ‘ the great success achieved with RDS adding , not too disinterestedly , ‘ the fact that our equipment is supporting RDS in more than a thousand FM radio stations worldwide makes us rather proud ’ . |
| 22 | The six cylinder engine is 6 inches longer than a four cylinder and will not fit a 4 cylinder chassis without a great deal of modification , but a 6 cylinder , 3-litre car engine will fit a 6 cylinder Land Rover and made a good conversion . |
| 23 | But at 30 Hick was not given the benefit of the doubt when lbw to a Cairns ball which had no more than a 50–50 chance of hitting the top of the leg stump . |
| 24 | Lukic charged out and seemed to hit him in what was no more than a 50–50 challenge . |
| 25 | — — — The programme described faulty workmanship in a number of new timber-frame homes following a survey of more than a hundred building sites . |
| 26 | The report , Forests Foregone : The European Community 's Trade in Tropical Timbers and the Destruction of the Forests , reveals that more than a hundred logging and timber processing companies owned or backed by European firms are operating in West and Central Africa . |
| 27 | It was n't clear who was pedalling whose bike as more than a hundred mountain cyclists advanced in a humming phalanx of brightly coloured jerseys from the tiny square in Llanwrtyd Wells , smallest town in Britain . |
| 28 | More than a hundred enemy horsemen had arrived from the Levenmouth landing two hours before noon . |
| 29 | According to the London Times ( 3 November 1987 ) , at that time more than a hundred party members were under investigation , and scores more had been arrested . |
| 30 | No more than a hundred pound . |