Example sentences of "than [adv] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only real problem with this way of bending is that if one of the ‘ laminations ’ does break you lose the whole piece rather than just the one lamination ! |
| 2 | The construction of villages where beds could be had by tourists for more than just the two months of July and August was advocated in suitably selected places . |
| 3 | Perhaps even more disturbing than just the two points they have earned in six games , is the one goal they have scored in those matches . |
| 4 | In 1999 , the average daily number of remand prisoners ( including those detained in police cells ) was 10,470 , more than double the 1976 figure of 5,090 ( Home Office , 1977b , 1990f ) . |
| 5 | The growth areas over the period 1971–84 were financial services , with an increase of 11 000 jobs ( more than twice the 1971 figures ) , and distribution , etc. , with an increase of 12000 jobs , or an increase of a third . |
| 6 | This was more than twice the 80 litres/t volume running from grass that was ensiled with 50kg/t of sugar beet plus an inoculant , and 10 times the 20 litres seeping from grass wilted to 30% dry matter . |