Example sentences of "[prep] more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we consider an ordinary tree , by the time it is a few years old it has usually acquired a number of little branches , coming out more or less horizontally from the main stem or trunk . |
| 2 | In Scotland , the long time spring barley favourite , Golden Promise , has been delisted by the Committee after more than two decades . |
| 3 | The big moment came shortly before 7pm after more than two days of debate in the full parliament and much scrutiny and no few amendments in committee . |
| 4 | Anthony Irving inside the House of Pipes he founded at Bramber , in West Sussex , which closed yesterday after more than 16 years because of his ill-health . |
| 5 | He said that after more than two years of searching through war documents he was now certain that he flew from Klagenfurt on 22 May . |
| 6 | After more than 20 years of power-boating achievements , yesterday 's record attempt was billed as her graceful finale . |
| 7 | SYRIAN troops opened fire in Muslim West Beirut yesterday to enforce a ceasefire after more than 24 hours of fighting between rival Shi'ite groups . |
| 8 | Mr Segni says he resorted to referendums after more than ten years of fruitless debate within the party on institutional reform . |
| 9 | After more than 40 years of hostility , it is not surprising that there is an anti-American lobby too . |
| 10 | Martin Llowarch , chief executive of recession-hit British Steel , resigned after more than 20 years with the company . |
| 11 | He slipped into the obscurity of retirement , after more than thirty years in the Corporation , in much the same way as he had operated during his entire working life : unobtrusively . |
| 12 | Diseases in oilseed rape and winter beans , as well as wet soils after more than 180mm ( 7in ) of rain in June , are helping to paint a ‘ rather gloomy ’ picture this year , he adds . |
| 13 | After more than 16 hours of auctioning , every one of the 1,000 lots had found buyers , with none being sold for less than low estimate and many soaring to 10 times estimate . |
| 14 | Most of the former Soviet republics have started to erect customs posts on their borders ; and after more than 50 years of peaceful co-existence , the twin cities are again divided by a border . |
| 15 | Among all the fashion designs ( dull , dull , dull ) , the press photographs ( which the Queen apparently believes are chosen for maximum ugliness ) , the portraits and fashion plates , one image only shines out — the charming relief of the Queen 's head by Arnold Machin ( the catalogue calls him Andrew , but we all make mistakes ) , which , after more than 25 years , still appears on British coins and stamps . |
| 16 | After more than twenty years , when details have faded , my main impression of the Bonnington Conference remains the same — the conference of the sheep and the goats , very firmly divided the central aisle of the hall , Drama Organisers on one side , Training College lecturers on the other . |
| 17 | Whatever the facts may be the Crabb affair , even after more than 30 years , remains intensely embarrassing and many important documents relating to the incident are still withheld from public scrutiny . |
| 18 | After more than forty years , strangers now dwelt in the houses I knew at Wood Green . |
| 19 | ‘ All About Eve ’ and ‘ Kennedy ’ , are some of the few examples ) and even after more than 50 lyrical outings , the one-track mind persists . |
| 20 | After more than ten years he decided that it was time he retrieved some of the money , so from 1921 to 1923 he put the wages of his chauffeur on Arsenal 's expense account and in 1926 charged the club £125 for hiring , over two years , a motor car . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | After more than 10 years of studying vertebrate animals in motion , C. Richard Taylor is perhaps more aware of this than anyone . |
| 23 | AFTER more than nine years of negotiations the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the sea ( UNCLOS ) ended last December in Jamaica . |
| 24 | After more than two years of discussions they have decided to publish two separate statements , one from each country , in the next few weeks . |
| 25 | The company says it will be running some time this year , after more than three years ' work . |
| 26 | President Mitterrand 's government ( which has still to finalise its IT plans after more than 18 months ' deliberation ) will , so it says , build on French strengths and remedy the weaknesses . |
| 27 | In 1678 , after more than 5 years ' detention on the barren rock , he was tried in Edinburgh and , with 60 other Covenanters , was sentenced to be banished to Virginia for the remainder of his life . |
| 28 | Its first product , a pair of loudspeakers for £350 , was unveiled in June after more than four years of experimentation at Canon 's R&D centre in the University of Surrey Research Park — also the base for Canon Audio . |
| 29 | After more than 40 years , and with the encouragement of people like Primo Levi , he decided to tell his story : and discovered , like Levi , that even after more than 40 years those events were burnt into his memory . |
| 30 | After more than 40 years , and with the encouragement of people like Primo Levi , he decided to tell his story : and discovered , like Levi , that even after more than 40 years those events were burnt into his memory . |