Example sentences of "an [noun sg] of more " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were more than three times as likely as the unemployed to be part of an income unit with an income of more than £100 per week ( 14 per cent and 4 per cent ) and half as likely to have an income of less than £50 a week ( 19 per cent and 41 per cent ) . |
| 2 | Moseley cites a University of East Anglia Survey in rural Norfolk which indicated that , in 1975 , only 8 per cent of households with an income of more than £2,000 per annum had no car , although even families with much lower incomes attempted to run cars in rural areas ( Moseley et al . |
| 3 | More significantly , under Chapter II university extension courses were now recognised as eligible for grant-aid — after an existence of more than fifty years . |
| 4 | Customers booking an apartment with an occupancy of more than 5 receive a 20% discount off the under-occupancy supplement . |
| 5 | The Commonwealth Tournament , which is held every two years , has attracted an entry of more than 200 competitors from a total of 15 countries , including Australia , New Zealand , Nigeria , Zimbabwe , Kenya and Hong Kong . |
| 6 | An advocate of more liberal government , Goh had already relaxed Singapore 's strict censorship regulations and promised greater spending on social services . |
| 7 | Senken Shinbun , a leading textile industry newspaper , has awarded a prize for marketing to the Tencel Kai , an association of more than 230 companies now actively developing and commercialising Tencel into fashion apparel . |
| 8 | Although his main tunings are the common ones ( open E — EBEG£BE , open A — EAEAC£E and open G — DGDGBD ) Sonny also has an armoury of more obscure minor , chromatic and combination tunings . |
| 9 | This suggests , too , that the very notion of ‘ permissiveness ’ , and its converse , is a slippery one ; in many cases it would seem to mean little more than an exchange of more overt physical controls for more subtle emotional controls . |
| 10 | In general , however , the various studios were happy to move into an era of more varied entertainment . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) Damage arising from a direct collision between vehicles insured by the parties to this Agreement and the Policy issued by one of those parties being a fleet insurance or part of a fleet insurance as defined hereunder a ) and not granting indemnity against such damage to the insured vehicle or b ) being subject to an excess of more than $100 in respect of such damage , that party shall pay a ) one half of the loss of the other party in respect of the damage to their Insured 's vehicle or b ) not more than half the excess save and except that if the amount recoverable is $50 or less this clause will be inoperative . |
| 12 | And Glow-worm 's Economy 24 heat generator , with an output of more than 7 kW , in one of the balanced flue range with an extension flue kit available for siting versatility . |
| 13 | An arrangement of more than four similar events into a circular orbit emphasises the centre , which may be occupied or not . |
| 14 | After an absence of more than two centuries , the Scots were back in England ; and for marginal political reasons but much clearer religious ones , the image of England began to change . |
| 15 | The wolf has begun to return to western Germany after an absence of more than 140 years . |
| 16 | Legislation was passed which required that persons who had been sentenced to an aggregate of more than three months imprisonment during the past seven years be committed to a superior court when charged with another offence . |
| 17 | Waugh spent three seasons at Chelmsford , from 1988 to 90 and , in his final year , scored more than 2,000 runs at an average of more than 77 . |
| 18 | But in the following two years this proportion rose to an average of more than 10 per cent . |
| 19 | The total milk yield might seem small in comparison with that of a Holstein at an average of more than 4,000kg per lactation , but the solids content is very high , with an average 5.3 per cent butterfat , so that the total yield of solids compares favourably . |
| 20 | If the figures below from audience surveys in 1960 , 1967 and 1973 are reliable , then the number of households with radio sets was growing by an average of more than 100,000 per year . |
| 21 | Its assets have grown by an average of more than 60% a year , to around $1.5 billion in 1992 . |
| 22 | Given that the men in our sample spend an average of more than 43 hours a week at work ( ie half their waking life ) , it 's hardly surprising that job satisfaction is the one factor mentioned by more than half of them as the most important thing in their lives ( see table , opposite page ) . |
| 23 | ( If we compare this figure with Figure 10.1 , we must remember that the picture before 1988 was an average of more or less varied individual curricula , whereas the picture after 1988 is , at least in its general outlines , the same for every child . ) |
| 24 | Between 1980 and 1985 interest payments by third world countries more than doubled from 9 to 20 per cent. , at the same time as average prices for their commodities fell by an average of more than 25 per cent . |
| 25 | Yields have remained at an average of more than 2.6 tonnes a hectare . |
| 26 | That 's an average of more than eight per day , or forty two per cent of the total number of calls . |
| 27 | BIG strides in reducing junior doctors ' working hours have been announced by health minister Dr Brian Mawhinney , who said : ‘ Posts with the longest hours those contracted for an average of more than 83 hours a week fell by more than 2,000 to 3,234 , in the last six months . ’ |
| 28 | If you are buying a house , watch out for mortgage indemnity ( or guarantee ) insurance : you will probably be required to take it out if you need an advance of more than 75% . |
| 29 | An exhibition of more than fifty works of art created by Luciano Fabro , a leading figure in the Italian school of Arte Povera , opens at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art at the beginning of this month ( 1 October-29 November ) . |
| 30 | We based ours on an example of more than 700 . |