Example sentences of "more [conj] [noun] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Taylor suggests that in more than 50% of cases of acute H pylori infection , hypochlorhydria lasts for several weeks . |
2 | More than 50% of people with AIDS are now surviving longer than one year . |
3 | In controls , this value was 6.4% which increased to more than 50% in patients with oesophagitis Grade 0 , I , and II , and to more than 70% in patients Grade III and IV . |
4 | For 20 years it has been an offence for anyone to drive a motor vehicle if he has more than 80mg of alcohol in ever 100ml of blood . |
5 | In following the July 18 recommendation of the Select Committee on Ethics , the Senate also ordered Durenberger to pay more than $120,000 in restitution for improper expense claims and the receipt of gifts and honoraria ( in the form of speaking fees ) in excess of the prescribed limit . |
6 | Marcos fairy tale A touching story has reached me from the Manila Times of how Ferdinand Marcos had planned to bequeath more than £2.5bn in gold to his beloved people , but fell ill before he could sign the will . |
7 | You may not receive any extra money if you or your spouse already receive a state benefit , and your taxable earnings should not be more than £30 per week after the deduction of reasonable expenses . |
8 | Think in terms of ease more than possibility of movement for the number of people you anticipate . |
9 | GIROBANK will charge card holders a £12 annual fee from October , but hopes to keep them sweet by insurance for goods that cost more than £50 on plastic for loss , theft or damage . |
10 | This means that an average serving would contribute more than 16g of fibre to the diet , which is more than half the quantity that the average Briton consumes in a day on his fibre-depleted diet . |
11 | On 31 July , he again signalled his frustrations about lack of support from the Eighth Army to the Deputy Director of Operations : ‘ As impossible function more than 20% of capacity under existing arrangement with army , I suggest that L detachment comes under temporary R.A.F. control . |
12 | The frequency of agents found in our patients was similar to those reported in earlier studies from Western Europe and the USA , except for cryptosporidium which was detected in 5% of our patients , ina bout 10% of patients in the USA , but in more than 20% of patients in Great Britain and France . |
13 | Own-label products now account for more than 20% of sales in some European supermarkets ( see chart ) . |
14 | Mr Breslauer paid no more than $12,000 per sheet for them . |
15 | The wash-down coincides with a sharp rally in gold prices , which rose by more than 15% since March before falling back slightly . |
16 | If you have more than £3000 in savings between you , this will make a difference of the amount of help you can get . |
17 | This is consistent with previous studies which have shown that more than 90% of gastrin in serum consists of G17 and G34 in both duodenal ulcer patients and healthy volunteers . |
18 | More than 90% of phospholipids in human bile are species of phosphatidylcholine but the presence of small amounts of other phospholipids has been observed . |
19 | More than 90% of patients with duodenal ulcer are carriers of H pylori . |
20 | The CBI points out that UK corporate taxes , at more than 4% of GDP in 1989 , are more than double the amount of state aid to industry . |
21 | BRIDGEND helped to raise more than £2,000 for charity on their recent trip to Ireland — and thoroughly enjoyed themselves as they scored 13 tries in a 64–15 win over a Wexford President 's XV . |
22 | EMPLOYEES at Tuscan organised a lunchtime white elephant stall which raised more than £100 for Children In Need . |
23 | As he started a 112-day sentence in London 's Pentonville prison for failing to pay more than £10,000 in maintenance to his estranged wife Becky , the 37-year-old aristocrat also faced new charges of attacking police sent to arrest him . |
24 | The heir to the £100m Blenheim estate is set to serve 112 days for failing to pay more than £10,000 in maintenance to his estranged wife Becky , and now also faces new charges of attacking police sent to arrest him yesterday . |
25 | However , only 43 per cent were paid more than £5 per week above the minimum , and full-time male farm workers in 1977 still earned only 77 per cent of the average earnings of all male manual workers . |
26 | Furthermore , only 20 per cent of the women were getting more than £5 per week in non-state pension income , as compared with 50 per cent of the men . |
27 | MIRROR Group Newspapers has paid more than £12m in fees to its advisers since the death of Robert Maxwell and the discovery that the company and its pension fund were the victims of a massive fraud last November . |
28 | MIRROR Group Newspapers has paid more than £12m in fees to its advisers since the death of Robert Maxwell and the discovery that the company and its pension fund were the victims of a massive fraud last November . |
29 | A ROUND-the-clock charity climbing relay to climb all 81 routes in Classic Rock has ended in success and already raised more than £4,000 in aid of motor neurone disease , a crippling affliction of the nervous system . |
30 | This jumped more than £70m to £501m for the year to September but the recession has torn a gaping hole in the value of its hotels , restaurants and pubs . |