Example sentences of "more than the average [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | She used her face and hands much more than the average Englishman , though perhaps not more than the average Italian . |
2 | My attitude is that somebody has to do the job and if I get bumped off , I have experienced much more than the average bloke . |
3 | And it 's preferable to have a golf course rather than agricultural land which might be heavily dosed with chemicals six times a year , which is more than the average course . ’ |
4 | It seems to have been a fairly general rule in the later enclosure awards that the minimum width for inter-village roads should be forty feet between the ditches , though local roads carrying more than the average traffic for the district were often laid down forty-five or fifty feet wide . |
5 | However , we found the machine could still be used for much more than the average heat gun . |
6 | Do you live far from a good shopping area so that you will need more than the average amount of food storage space and a large deep freeze ? |
7 | All the platinum ever mined would fill no more than the average living room . |
8 | Mr Davis said Probyn was seeking a payout of £150,000 pounds , far more than the average policy . |
9 | The North African wild cat weighs only slightly more than the average moggie . |
10 | Which towns will need more than the average number of ( i ) schools and ( ii ) hospitals and nursing homes ? |
11 | Rome had probably more than the average number of beggars . |
12 | She used her face and hands much more than the average Englishman , though perhaps not more than the average Italian . |
13 | Highly skilled and highly trained stockmen on intensive livestock farms can , it is true , earn much more than the average wage ( though often for longer and more awkward hours ) , since such workers are in relatively short supply , but they are the industry 's élite and constitute no more than 15 per cent of the labour force . |