Example sentences of "is more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | A newsletter in 1964 complains that ‘ it is clear that the requested £10 per annum is more than one group can manage . ’ |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | There is more than one Roth . |
| 4 | Cables are dangerous , and where there is more than one cable it is important to keep the glider straight and well clear of any other cable . |
| 5 | Reductions will be available to people whose charge in 1991–92 is more than £52 ( £1 a week ) over the 1989–90 rates bill for the property where they now live . |
| 6 | Les Noces de Pierette , which is more than 6ft wide , dates from 1905 . |
| 7 | At 666p , Rothmans is trading below asset value , which some believe is more than 750p a share . |
| 8 | The worst has produced 7.7 per cent over the year , while the best , Lloyds International , is more than six points better . |
| 9 | This is especially evident when there is more than one sergeant and there happens to be a clash of personality and leadership style between them , although senior managers within the station are sensitive to this sort of problem and switch sergeants about when it occurs . |
| 10 | It is that there is no community to appeal to ; for the phenomenon itself is the evidence that there is more than one community , or a divided community . |
| 11 | Our body clock has adjusted readily enough to the delay in our life-style at the weekend ( remember that the free-running period is more than 24 hours ) , but is less easily advanced , as is required , on Sunday night and Monday morning ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 12 | OUR family lives in a cottage in Scarisbrick ( pronounced Scazebrick ) that is more than 100 years old . |
| 13 | The East German total , proportionately much larger , is more than 160,000 . |
| 14 | If you are aged 55 or over and have a personal or occupational pension which is more than £35 per week , the rest will be deducted from your benefit . |
| 15 | If you are aged 55 or over and have a personal or occupational pension which is more than £35 per week , the rest will be deducted from your benefit . |
| 16 | If you are aged 55 or over and have a personal or occupational pension which is more than £35 per week , the rest will be deducted from your benefit . |
| 17 | None of its inhabitants is more than three inches high . |
| 18 | Despite recent improvements , unemployment is more than 20% , and real wages are lower than they were in the early 1980s . |
| 19 | Hong Kong 's inflation rate , around 14% in the year to April , is more than twice that of the United States . |
| 20 | The fact is that in some countries there is more than one party affiliated to the Socialist International . |
| 21 | There is more than one way to tackle this problem , but a very widely used and mathematically elegant technique called multi-dimensional scaling can help us . |
| 22 | In fact it is more than one book . |
| 23 | There is more than one way in which animals can congregate in the dark , or in the light . |
| 24 | IT IS more than 20 years since the novelist C P Snow delivered his Rede Lecture , The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution , and 20 since F R Leavis delivered his swingeing assault on Snow , which made the whole thing a subject of violent controversy , adding somewhat to the gaiety of that small part of the nation interested in academic ding-dong . |
| 25 | If the garage is more than 5m from the house , it is treated as an outbuilding for planning permission purposes . |
| 26 | This means that no planning permission is needed , unless the garage is more than 4m high ( ridged roofs ) or 3m high ( flat ones ) . |
| 27 | Check that you use the correct chemical for descaling if your system is more than 12 years old , because of the risk of leaks occurring as the scale is dissolved . |
| 28 | For bungalows and flats where the accommodation is on one level only , it is envisaged that one smoke detector will be sufficient , unless the circulation route ( escape route ) is more than 15m . |
| 29 | Actions become sign whenever there is more than one person present to read the action ( p. 18 ) . |
| 30 | The scan will show the position of the baby in the womb , and will also identify whether there is more than one child present . |