Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [coord] more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the great railroad strike of 1877 , for example , 45,000 militiamen were called up in eleven states and more than 100 strikers were killed and several hundred were wounded . |
| 2 | Enough grain is produced to provide everyone with ample protein and more than 3,000 calories per day . |
| 3 | Each year there are over 7,500 miscarriages and more than 450 babies who , due to parental smoking , die just before , during , or very soon after birth , says the author of the report , Dr Tony Lee , of the Princess Elizabeth Hospital , Guernsey . |
| 4 | That is likely to save 700 lives and more than 30,000 casualties over the next 30 years . |
| 5 | The Sztuki will be sending more than 700 pieces and more than twenty hours of video as well as eight performance artists who will show their installations at the Espace Lyonnaise d'Art Contemporain . |
| 6 | Every goalkicker hits a periodic trough and more than once over the last 12 months ‘ Noddy ’ has been within one unsuccessful kick of handing over to the New South Wales fullback Marty Roebuck . |
| 7 | All such offers of Shares shall be made by notice in writing and every such offer shall limit a time ( not being less than twenty-one days or more than forty-two days ) within which the offer must be accepted or , in default , will be deemed to have been declined . |
| 8 | All such offers of Shares shall be made by notice in writing and every such offer shall limit a time ( not being less than twenty-one days or more than forty-two days ) within which the offer must be accepted or , in default , will be deemed to have been declined . |
| 9 | There were 49 arrests and more than 20 people were injured . |
| 10 | He also saw booming business in multimedia , and forecast that Apple will sell over 1m CD-ROM drives this year and more than 2m next — it sold only 50,000 of the things last year . |
| 11 | The scientific and engineering skills which we have developed are at the cutting edge of nuclear technology , and through subsequent diversification , are improving the competitive position of customers in over 70 countries and more than 2000 organisations worldwide . |
| 12 | By the mid-fourteenth-century Milan was a city of 12,000 houses , 120 bell towers , with 400 bakers , 440 butchers , 180 pubs and more than 1,000 shops . |
| 13 | A company 's first accounting reference period must be a period of not less than six months or more than 18 months beginning with the date of its incorporation and ending with its accounting reference date . |
| 14 | This section takes in four BBC channels with 11 regional stations and more than 20 local stations plus IRN and more than 35 independent local stations . |
| 15 | The Bougainville conflict [ see above ] affected the country 's economy adversely , as the giant Panguna copper mine , which had previously provided about 17 per cent of national revenue and more than 40 per cent of foreign exchange earnings , remained closed . |
| 16 | Home Office figures put the total of offences at a record five point seven million but the rate of increase showed a sharp drop on the two previous years and more than half the recorded crime was either theft of or from vehicles . |
| 17 | Oil accounts for more than 50% of the gross domestic product and more than 90% of export revenue . |
| 18 | Teclis himself taught the first human students and more than twenty years passed before he returned home . |
| 19 | Ushers , magistrates , Clerks of the Court , solicitors , and even the odd judge or barrister now nod affably to me or wish me a good day and more than one defendant , during the break while evidence is being weighted , has asked my ‘ professional ’ opinion as to his chances . |
| 20 | The western Pacific republic of the FSM comprised some 100,000 people and more than 600 islands spread 2,900 sq km across the Caroline Islands archipelago . |
| 21 | One may be less sanguine about the average voter 's capacity to rank candidates , whether of one preferred party or more than one , according to their relative merit and aptitude . |
| 22 | A great strength of the OU is its network of thirteen regional centres and more than 250 study centres throughout the UK . |
| 23 | It bills itself as ‘ the largest private conservation organization in the world ’ , with offices in twenty-three countries and more than one million members . |
| 24 | It is true that Germany between the wars spawned industrial giants like IG Farben ( founded in 1925 ) , which had interests in metals , chemicals , coal , explosives , film , pharmaceuticals , armaments and synthetic fibres , and which with 120,000 workers , 50 subsidiaries and more than 100 factories was the world 's fourth largest industrial combine . |
| 25 | Shares in News Corp and its UK arm News International have enjoyed a dramatic recovery and more than doubled in the last year . |
| 26 | So far , he 's collected a total of 25 locks and more than 100 keys , and while his family and friends are slightly bemused by his hobby , there have been times when it 's caused them a little more than amusement . |
| 27 | The most important family in the temperate and colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere are the Lumbricidae , consisting of ten genera and more than 40 species and sub-species . |
| 28 | Defying the security cordon around the diplomatic area of Tirana , some 800 Albanians swarmed into the Italian mission and more than 500 into the French embassy ; smaller groups entered the Greek , Turkish , Hungarian and Czechoslovak missions . |
| 29 | Indeed research carried out for the Maud Committee on local government reform in 1967 showed that 35 per cent of rural district council members were farmers , far and away the most numerous section and more than twice as many as the next largest group . |
| 30 | Nine clubs and more than 50 competitors took part in the tractor-handling and farm-safety contests held at Omagh showgrounds . |