Example sentences of "[pron] [is] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | Les Noces de Pierette , which is more than 6ft wide , dates from 1905 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The number of therapists who belong to professional bodies in the UK is increasing by 12 per cent per year , which is more than five times the rate of increase of medical doctors . |
| 7 | Everything has obviously been well prepared both technically and musically ( not the remotest suspicion of a studio run-through ) , and the orchestra sound really fired up , which is more than one can say about a disturbingly large number of recordings which have emerged over the last few years ! |
| 8 | I remember my uncle Tommy Hauxwell , who came to live with us to manage the farm after Father died , telling me about the time Great-Grandad bought a big flock of geese over in Stainmore , which is more than six miles away over the moors . |
| 9 | Hair which is more than 50% grey needs permanent colour , but it does n't have to look unnatural : some stylists will combine lowlights with permanent tint to give a more textured look , rather than a block colour . |
| 10 | They will not offer the clarity of full-scale HDTV , which is more than twice that of conventional sets , but they will outperform them — and confuse the would-be consumer , who has little idea what HDTV is . |
| 11 | Jupiter 's mass is 317.893 M E , which is more than 2½ times the mass of all the other planets put together . |
| 12 | As for resources , the hon. Lady will know that we spent about £3 billion on the health service in Scotland last year , which is more than £600 per head for every man , woman and child in the country and represents an increase of about 38 per cent . |
| 13 | The Department of Education has already been severely criticised by both the Audit Office and the Parliamentary Accounts Committee over the overall system which is more than £4,5m over the original estimated budget . |
| 14 | The Hampshire fourth division side , which is more than a million pounds in debt , have been given notice to quit their own ground . |
| 15 | A woman who learnt to dive just three years ago has found a Viking relic which is more than a thousand years old . |
| 16 | Clearly a PSBR of this order , which is more than 8 per cent of GDP , is not tenable except for a short period . |
| 17 | Clearly a PSBR of this order , which is more than 8 per cent of GDP , is not tenable except for a short period . |
| 18 | Twenty , she 's more than she 's more than twenty years younger than me . |
| 19 | Twenty , she 's more than she 's more than twenty years younger than me . |
| 20 | It 's merely that if there 's more than 50 of them feeling it simultaneously on the same summit then I 'd rather be somewhere else . |
| 21 | Unfortunately there 's more than one way to have a hot product . |
| 22 | I rather think there 's more than two . |
| 23 | I think I might , I du n no I 've got ta think of ways to change it so there 's more than one line taken |
| 24 | ‘ Well , there 's more than one flat for rent in London , is n't there ? ’ their father chipped in to declare , and then , with a fond look at his wife , ‘ And if there is n't , my dear — well , I 'm sure , for such a good cause , we could consider letting Leith and Sebastian have the inheritance from their grandfather before they 're twenty-five . ’ |
| 25 | There 's more than five minutes left . |
| 26 | There is more than one Roth . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The fact is that in some countries there is more than one party affiliated to the Socialist International . |