Example sentences of "more than the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is £100,000 more than the estimated cost the council had put on the work , and more than £32,000 more than the second highest bid . |
| 2 | Choosing this road is likely to cost more than the first option , but you will at least ensure that your doors are the best that money can buy . |
| 3 | We were lucky to last more than the first fairway together . |
| 4 | In 1930 they scored 132 goals , five more than the first team in their record Championship year . |
| 5 | Delighted bosses at Liberty , which opened 19 of its 21 stores , estimated they had taken 10 per cent more than the first day of last year 's winter sales . |
| 6 | Choosing this road is likely to cost a lot more than the first option . |
| 7 | No sooner was he in the sport than he was already scheming to make his first million ; he has never stopped scheming since , to make many more than the first . |
| 8 | Again the same result — plenty of eggs but only eight young fish , two more than the first brood . |
| 9 | Each weekday morning no more than the first three eligible children presenting to the casualty unit were recruited by the study physician ( SW ) , who explained the nature and purpose of the study to parents and obtained their consent . |
| 10 | For one thing , some Dip.HE courses are effectively no more than the first two years of a degree course , with the added minor advantage that a student can if he wishes leave after two years with an award . |
| 11 | When writing glissandos it is not necessary to give more than the first and last notes of the glissando , if the notes to which the harp is to be set are given . |
| 12 | And I know I 'm not stupid , any more than the next person is . |
| 13 | Nobody knows any more than the next person . |
| 14 | Moreover I have given order that they who collect my dues take from you no more than the tenth , because so it is appointed by the custom of the Moors , and it is what ye have been wont to pay . |
| 15 | His gravelly Scots voice pleased her more than the last time she met him . |
| 16 | Others are quite literally hedging their bets , hoping the next scheme will pay more than the last . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's more than the last straw for Faye . |
| 18 | If Norway qualify he will have problems getting in the 22-man squad for USA-94 if he is not a regular starter for Leeds — Frank knows this and i expect him to deliver when / if he gets the chance to play a little more than the last 5 minutes . |