Example sentences of "by more " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flare ( terminal portion of the sideburn ) shall not exceed the width of the main portion of the sideburn by more than one-fourth on the unflared width . |
| 2 | Fokine wanted to make dance rhythm visible by more than just marking the beats . |
| 3 | This page Business failures : Business failures soared by more than a third in the second half of this year . |
| 4 | That is why figures produced by credit insurer Trade Indemnity , showing the rate of business failures soaring by more than a third in the second half of this year , are so worrying . |
| 5 | The show is dominated by more than life-size naked bronze men inspired by the majestic Hellenistic bronze warriors rescued from the sea off southern Italy in the 1970s . |
| 6 | Sales — mostly of properties in the North-west of England , so far one of the more resilient areas in the slump - fell by more than a third , from 502 homes to 316 . |
| 7 | Priests in the Tambov area , the centre of peasant revolt in 1921 , reported in 1922 that church attendance had dropped by more than half as compared with pre-1914 . |
| 8 | For all the talk of Prime Ministerial government , one must remember the unequal battle which any incumbent , when confronted by more than a score of powerful departments , faces . |
| 9 | These are the symptoms of ‘ jet-lag ’ , and they are being experienced by more and more people as flights — many no longer a short journey across to France but spanning the globe — become more common . |
| 10 | The bus came and they boarded it , but to Erika it seemed less like the familiar old lumbering , lurching , yellow Berlin bus , and more a vehicle of romance , gliding through a night made mysterious by more than fog . |
| 11 | Long favoured by those long-lived Orientals , who recognise that touch can create powerful changes in our minds and bodies , massage is fast being acknowledged by more and more people in the West as a perfect antidote to our pressure-cooker lifestyle . |
| 12 | In financial terms the sale will be justified if private sector ownership improves efficiency by more than the huge point-of-sale loss to the Government plus the £175 million or so privatisation costs . |
| 13 | In financial terms the sale will be justified if private sector ownership improves efficiency by more than the huge point-of-sale loss to the Government plus the £175 million or so privatisation costs . |
| 14 | For official statistics have become tainted by more than disagreement : the charges being levelled against the service amount to the politicisation of knowledge , a form of intellectual corruption and a scandalous abuse of power . |
| 15 | ‘ The ferry operators undertook not to reduce services or increase fares by more than inflation during this period . ’ |
| 16 | In an historic decision to break with Moscow , the Lithuanian Communist Party has voted by more than 5-1 to declare itself an independent party . |
| 17 | We advertise extensively , so your property is seen by more people . |
| 18 | But the biggest loss will come if the giant Russian republic carries out its decision , taken last week , to cut its contribution to the central budget by more than four-fifths . |
| 19 | Between 1929 and 1933 America 's national income fell by more than half in money terms , and by more than a third in real terms . |
| 20 | Between 1929 and 1933 America 's national income fell by more than half in money terms , and by more than a third in real terms . |
| 21 | Société Générale , one of the country 's biggest banks , had to raise provisions against dud loans by more than half in the first six months of 1990 . |
| 22 | Singapore 's trouble is that as soon as its economy starts to grow by more than 6–7% , the labour market tends to get tight . |
| 23 | The real net incomes of beef and sheep farmers have fallen by more than half since 1984 , as have land prices in real terms . |
| 24 | Since last summer , revenues from , eg , M&A , property , issues of securities , and much corporate work have fallen by more than that . |
| 25 | Mr Gandhi 's murder came in the middle of a general-election campaign that had already been marred by more killing , intimidation and vote-grabbing than India had seen in any of its nine previous elections . |
| 26 | If the calls of the CBI and others for such a cut had not been so loud , the pound would probably have been stronger still , making it possible to cut rates even sooner , and by more . |
| 27 | The OECD , in its latest review of Ireland , forecasts that growth will fall by more than half this year , to 2.2% ; and it worries that the government 's hard-headed policies are going soft . |
| 28 | In the 1980s Britain 's public spending fell by more as a percentage of GDP than that of any other big industrial economy : from 47% in 1982 to around 40% last year . |
| 29 | If a business takes on more debt , its calculations can be thrown out by two things : if the interest cost of servicing the debt rises by more than was expected ; and if the cash flow earned by the business falls by more than had been planned for . |
| 30 | If a business takes on more debt , its calculations can be thrown out by two things : if the interest cost of servicing the debt rises by more than was expected ; and if the cash flow earned by the business falls by more than had been planned for . |