Example sentences of "more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't plan on selling too much at more than 10p an item . |
| 2 | These factors help explain some of the reasons why the total number of ACET clients covered at any one time by our on call service in London has more than doubled from 70 in April 1990 to over 150 by March 1991 ; and why the nature of the services required has become so much more sophisticated . |
| 3 | Each year in the UK hospital that more than 500,000 new cases of STDs . |
| 4 | It take s lot more than just physical attraction to make a lasting , happy marriage . |
| 5 | At the time you enter a Deed of Covenant , the covenant should be capable of lasting for more than 3 years , and there should be the intention by you that it does so . |
| 6 | It is in fact advisable to name more than one Executor in case one of them dies before you . |
| 7 | So far we have visited over 100 schools and talked to more than 50,000 pupils . |
| 8 | These factors help to explain why the total number of clients covered at any one time by our London 24 hour on-call service more than doubled from 70 in April 1990 to 150 by March 1991 ; and why the provision of service has had to become so much more sophisticated . |
| 9 | More than 130 political prisoners from Irian Jaya are currently serving lengthy prison terms for advocating the province 's independence from Indonesia . |
| 10 | Around the world today , more than 100 countries still retain the death penalty , and two out of every three human beings live under governments that use torture and other cruel , inhuman and degrading treatment against them . |
| 11 | Full-scale Amnesty sections are now operational in 44 countries , with active groups in another 16 , and a total membership of more than one million spread across 150 countries . |
| 12 | Oumarou Aman , Cameroon : released from labour camp in January 1991 after being held for more than six years without charge or trial . |
| 13 | Since its implementation , fines totalling more than £24 million have been imposed under the Act and clearly some airlines have adopted practices aimed at minimizing the number of penalties incurred . |
| 14 | During the period of 1984–5 , more than 2,800 Sri Lankans sought asylum in the UK and in May 1985 , a visa requirement was imposed on the nationals of Sri Lanka , the first time such a requirement was imposed on the nationals of a Commonwealth country . |
| 15 | Subsequently in June 1989 a visa requirement was imposed on Turkish nationals after more than 3,500 Turkish Kurds had sought asylum at UK ports . |
| 16 | In 1989 more than 2,600 Somalis sought asylum in the UK ; from August 1990 , Somali nationals could no longer transit the UK without visas . |
| 17 | 315 OF THESE ARE IN THE UK , WORKING ON BEHALF OF 318 INDIVIDUALS AND RAISING MORE THAN £260,000 A YEAR TO FURTHER AMNESTY 'S WORK . |
| 18 | In many cases a group would divide into sub-groups and work on more than three at a time . |
| 19 | A newsletter in 1964 complains that ‘ it is clear that the requested £10 per annum is more than one group can manage . ’ |
| 20 | Happily her supervisor has guided more than one student through topics about Michelangelo , and has a route map prepared , including introductory and background books , but also passages from longer scholarly works . |
| 21 | To her surprise , there proved to be perceptive judgements about qualities in Michelangelo 's work , almost hidden in catalogue entries ; more than one art historian , apparently , was not only learned but had an eye . |
| 22 | These men were taste-makers , whose judgements were important ; but the time available to them for writing was limited by the demands of negotiation and administration , so that they tended to write essays more than books , catalogue entries rather than articles . |
| 23 | It is relatively brief , as can be seen by comparing it with a more recent competitor for the same market , H. W. Janson 's A History of Art , which is more than twice the length and has more illustrations ( 928 in 1962 ) . |
| 24 | A well-known picture book of Italian art alone contains more than 4,000 reproductions , yet histories of art , as we have seen , contain fewer , sometimes much fewer than 1,000 plates . |
| 25 | In a dispassionate view , a century seems to have several advantages , as being more than a lifespan and being an evident but arbitrary division . |
| 26 | More than a hundred years have passed since Morelli started writing ; in that time many problems of authorship have been solved , while about others tacit agreement has been reached . |
| 27 | Things would deteriorate rather quickly , for Alberto would return to his hotel in the evening with a sculpture eight to twelve inches tall under his arm and come back the next day with a piece no more than three or four inches high … |
| 28 | The content of an article will tend to be determined by its length ; no newspaper article is likely to be more than 1,000 words , which precludes any chance of detailed analysis . |
| 29 | More than sixty years after the event , while watching a child of his own try out his first steps , he suddenly stated in reminiscence and satisfaction to his most intimate Spanish friend , ‘ I remember that I learned to walk by pushing a big tin box of sweet biscuits in front of me because I knew what was inside . ’ |
| 30 | One policy is to try to see more than one review of any exhibition . |