Example sentences of "than [num] [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rebels were among more than 18,000 nomads who had returned since the beginning of the year from Algeria and Libya , having sought refuge in those countries during the drought of the mid-1980s . |
| 2 | After a public appeal , more than 800 people who have regular nightmares flooded the Nightmare Research Unit at Bethlehem Royal Hospital , Beckenham , Kent with pleas for help . |
| 3 | With the help of the town 's sheriff , the oddly-named Harry Truman , Agent Cooper makes the acquaintance of those who have known and may have killed Laura , an intriguing cast of more than 30 suspects who include her cocaine-dealing , football star boyfriend ; her shy biker lover ; her crazy psychiatrist ; her teenage vamp classmate ; her beautiful best friend ; and the gorgeous Oriental window who took English lessons from the dead girl . |
| 4 | The two men were held for several hours by more than 100 students who occupied the Ministry of Education in protest at the non-payments of grants and university registration procedures . |
| 5 | More than 100 porters who help carry the luggage of VIP passengers at Heathrow airport were sacked after going on strike demanding the right to be represented by a union . |
| 6 | STEAD FIELD , Nevada , was the site of the 29th National Championship Air Races , which attracted more than 100 pilots who competed in four classes of air racing every day . |
| 7 | Within the elemental diet treated group , five patients with only small intestinal Crohn 's disease tended to relapse later ( mean remission period 29 weeks ) than six patients who had colonic involvement ( mean remission time 13 weeks ) , but this difference did not reach statistical significance . |
| 8 | On the death of his third wife , Charles lived with no less than three concubines who bore him numerous children . |
| 9 | The whole thing got out of hand , partly because of the ill chance that no fewer than three people who knew the real Louise Müller converged upon Vienna at the same time : her sister , myself , and the young French officer who replaced me in her affections . ’ |
| 10 | More than 100,000 people who live and work in the city are being called to action tomorrow in a bid to score a hat-trick of victories in the friendly fitness competition . |
| 11 | More than 160 officers who rebelled against President Menem 's predecessor , Raul Alfonsin , were also pardoned , notably Lieutenant-Colonel Aldo Rico and Colonel Mohamed Ali Seineldin , who led revolts in 1987 and 1988 . |
| 12 | MORE THAN 10,000 women who work for the Regional Council have received a cervical smear test since 1988 , and the Women 's Unit has played a major part in that achievement . |
| 13 | ‘ Of course you ca n't have too many players free of defensive duties but you definitely need more than one person who has a licence to attack , ’ he said . |
| 14 | He simply wished that he did n't have to contend with the unspoken supposition that the two of them were hiding up there on the Step and banging away like a couple of baboons , which he saw in the eyes of more than one person who wished him good morning when he went into town to pick up his mail . |
| 15 | If one suppresses the name , one does not suppress the rest of what is reported , so it is reported that someone , or perhaps more than one person who has been defamed , has done something in the course of the case and it may be that he or she is not known to the public and is of no interest to the public . |
| 16 | ‘ What you 're saying is , there could be more than one person who hated Angy enough to do that to her . |
| 17 | The strengths of using written communication is that it 's on paper there 's a record , of course that can be a weakness sometimes , be careful what you put down , it means more you get hold of more than one person you 've said it to more than one person who can be quite difficult to get hold of . |
| 18 | Years later this lady of character was to write a rather moving piece entitled ‘ The Love Song of T. S. Eliot ’ secretary ( Confrontation , Long Island University , Winter 1975 ) ; and from what Eliot said once , though half-jocularly , when he and his wife and I were having a meal together , there was more than one secretary who could have composed such a Love Song , or at least who had the necessarily incentive or excuse , I vaguely recall the lady as of ample build and very cheerful , so she was able to put good face on her sad plight . |
| 19 | The Treasury reaped a record £454,000 in lost deposits from more than 900 candidates who failed to win five per cent of the vote . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Many of the coup participants surrendered to General Noriega personally , and more than 200 soldiers who backed the uprising were arrested after nearly five hours of fighting . |
| 22 | Each overhaul involves a team of more than 200 contractors who augment the permanent section engineering team of 20 . |
| 23 | It was the larger employers of more than 200 workers who had greatly expanded their temporary recruitment since 1980 . |
| 24 | The attack on Warrington may simply mean that there remains intact in that area of England a small cell of perhaps no more than two activists who escaped detection and arrest in operations following the gasometer explosion . |
| 25 | Members of the Nottingham Graduates Group in Nottingham — NoGGIN — were among more than 400 people who thronged the University 's New Arts Centre on Valentine 's Day , February 14 , for a private view of the Centre 's inaugural exhibition . |
| 26 | Yesterday police spoke to more than 1,000 people who regularly use the road behind Richard 's house . |