Example sentences of "than a [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smallest insect alive during the Age of Dinosaurs must have been more than a million times smaller than Brontosaurus . |
| 2 | The distance has been given as 4500 light-years , but may be as much as 7000 , in which case it must be more than a million times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 3 | Between 1941 and 1946 more than a million blacks moved from the South to the great cities of the North and West in search of work in the swollen industrial plants of wartime . |
| 4 | In 1988/89 , a milestone was passed when , for the first time , there were more than a million module enrolments in a single year . |
| 5 | Will he now confirm that one side effect of the appalling poll tax is that more than a million citizens of this country have not registered to vote ? |
| 6 | The Israeli potash and bromine works at the southern end produce more than a million tonnes of these minerals a year . |
| 7 | By 1896 La Chapelle was receiving more than a million tonnes , but by now the bulk of it was French and only a small proportion Belgian , testimony to the industrialization that had taken place in the wake of the railways . |
| 8 | The tip , which has been called the biggest in Europe , receives more than a million tonnes of waste every year , nearly two thirds of it toxic . |
| 9 | Tarmac , the company behind £11m. worth of development , says more than a million tonnes of material has been removed and 500,000 tonnes of stones brought in . |
| 10 | More than a million bulbs have been planted and half a million annuals will succeed them for the summer . |
| 11 | Mr Ouk spoke with The Art Newspaper about the cultural catastrophe he and his country has endured : ‘ The Khmer Rouge does n't know what art is ’ , he said , referring to the murderous regime whose Maoist ‘ agrarian revolution ’ left more than a million Cambodians dead , and threatened to eradicate the nation 's very identity . |
| 12 | More than half the programs we write at Bell Labs contain more than a million lines of code . ’ |
| 13 | More than a million working days are lost every year through smoking-related diseases . |
| 14 | The company has been losing more than a million pounds a month and blames the collapse on cheap foreign imports and the recession . |
| 15 | The Hampshire fourth division side , which is more than a million pounds in debt , have been given notice to quit their own ground . |
| 16 | ( WES ) The items , including portraits , busts , and waxes , could fetch more than a million pounds . |
| 17 | Anyone who 's seen Glenn Hoddle play will know he 's worth more than a million pounds . |
| 18 | Police protection for members of the Royal Family living in Gloucestershire is costing council tax payers more than a million pounds a year . |
| 19 | Over the next year it has to save more than a million pounds to avoid being chargecapped : |
| 20 | The Howards had hoped for more than a million pounds in compensation … the cost of caring for Michelle , and paying for the court case , has stretched their finances to the limit . |
| 21 | A woman who owns a castle worth more than a million pounds is having her mortgage paid by the state — but she says she 's planning to return all the money . |
| 22 | A couple have won more than a million pounds on the pools — and are putting the jackpot down to the lucky pixie mascot they used to pick the numbers . |
| 23 | It 's cost more than a million pounds , but staff and children say it 's worth every penny . |
| 24 | They 'll be replaced by new homes costing more than a million pounds . |
| 25 | A group of nuns are facing eviction from their convent after running up debts of more than a million pounds . |
| 26 | A group of nuns are facing eviction from their convent after running up debts of more than a million pounds . |
| 27 | In July the Commons public accounts committee attacked the W D A for its management practices and for making unauthorized redundancy payments worth more than a million pounds . |
| 28 | The twinning budget on Grenoble City Council is more than a million pounds . |
| 29 | During the early 1920s the Italian economy expanded dramatically , and by 1931 Milan had more than a million inhabitants , a formidable industrial power base . |
| 30 | In 1880 only London , Berlin and Paris had more than a million inhabitants . |