Example sentences of "than three [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good deal of heat is lost through the roof of a house , a bungalow , or a top flat in a block , so this should be insulated by a layer of not less than three inches of insulating material . |
| 2 | A BRITON was arrested near Rome yesterday after more than three tons of cannabis , worth £17 million , was found on his yacht . |
| 3 | He is noted as drinking no more than three cups of wine or beer at a meal , and for punishing drunkenness among his followers . |
| 4 | It was noted of Henry I of Germany that he was merry in his cups , but never to the detriment of royal dignity ; and of William I of England that he was so abstemious that he never took more than three cups of wine after dinner . |
| 5 | proofs of entries occupying less than three columns of dictionary text may be obtained within ten minutes |
| 6 | roofs of entries occupying more than three columns of dictionary text may be obtained within four hours . |
| 7 | That was the impression Bowe and Lewis 's representatives gave after more than three hours of talks yesterday aimed at trying to reach an agreement to have the two fight sometime early next Spring . |
| 8 | With any cichlids it is territorial requirements that are the limiting factor and even though it is a good size it will not hold more than three pairs of Dwarfs ( or trios if you go for Apistogrammas ) . |
| 9 | With any cichlids it is territorial requirements that are the limiting factor and even though it is a good size it will not hold more than three pairs of Dwarfs ( or trios if you go for Apistogrammas ) . |
| 10 | P C Raymond Hall was shot last November in North London when he tried to arrest Kelly and an accomplice who were in a lorry which was found to be packed with more than three tonnes of explosives . |
| 11 | The General Board may dispense any professor from discharging the duties of his office during one term ( i.e. a term of sabbatical leave ) for every six terms of qualifying service , provided that ( i ) qualifying service shall normally accumulate up to a maximum of eighteen terms , from which six terms are deducted whenever a term of leave is granted , and ( ii ) not more than three terms of sabbatical leave shall be granted in any one period of three years . |
| 12 | The data bank 's research shows that 45% of Japanese property companies have debts greater than two years ' worth of their sales and 32% have debts greater than three years of sales . |
| 13 | None of these figures is very different from the earlier stages of weathering , and it would seem that even after more than three years of exposure to weathering , the damage and/or loss of bone is still very small . |
| 14 | Although a vineyard thus cultivated always appears to contain vines of no more than three years of age , they do of course all issue from their parent plants , thus a ‘ pre-phylloxera ’ vine nowadays will be either three or eighty years old , depending upon how it is viewed . |
| 15 | British executives spend more than three years of their working lives travelling and waste £7.5bn a year in lost time every year — equivalent to a 4p cut in income tax . |
| 16 | Indeed , I felt a little frightened of the prospect of being torn from there , torn like ivy from a solid wall that had borne me through more than three years of my short life . |
| 17 | A second limitation on actions contained in s11A(4) of the Limitation Act 1980 ( as inserted by the CPA 1987 , Sched 1 ) , is that claims for personal injuries or property damage can not be brought more than three years of becoming aware of the damage , the defect and the identity of the defendant , subject to the ultimate cut-off of ten years . |
| 18 | The contrast between her pre-accident state of health and quality of life and the plaintiff 's present position after three years of in-patient treatment and more than three years of devoted care at home from her parents is stock . |
| 19 | ‘ After more than three years of increasing car crime , we are now beginning to see a downward trend , ’ he added . |
| 20 | ‘ After more than three years of increasing car crime , we are now beginning to see a downward trend . ’ |
| 21 | Defeat became inevitable 24 hours earlier when the Progressive Democrats , junior members of Mr Reynolds ' coalition government , ended more than three years of partnership power . |
| 22 | This bowl mean these men and me already make more money today than three months of growing rice . |
| 23 | We have less than three months of the year left now , so from today the daily quota of trees to be treated by each one of you will be raised from three hundred and fifty to five hundred ! " |
| 24 | Birdsfoot trefoil accompanies blackberries and there are no less than three colours of clover , the usual white , the less common pink and a much less frequently seen deep magenta variety adding a splash of summer colour . |
| 25 | Proprietor Geoffrey Menary says that more than three quarters of its clientele are repeat customers . |
| 26 | The town 's factories now produce more than three quarters of all the wooden chairs made in Britain . |
| 27 | Twenty years ago more than three quarters of the College 's income came in the form of a government grant . |
| 28 | Twenty years ago more than three quarters of Imperial 's total income came directly from government in the form of a grant . |
| 29 | Late in 1295 with more than three quarters of the moiety already collected , and with its arrears added to those of previous years , the clergy were asked for yet another subsidy . |
| 30 | Though this again represents an unexpected finding on subgroup analysis , more than three quarters of men in the Medical Research Council 's trial were non-smokers , and one could argue that both studies observed increased cancer mortality in non-smoking men treated with atenolol . |