Example sentences of "more [conj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | GRANTS totalling more than £37,000 for a host of projects being run by organisations in Cleveland have been agreed by the county council . |
| 2 | The Jolly Roger Quaffers raised more than £400 for charity , which will be used to take a party of under-privileged children to Drayton Manor park and zoo . |
| 3 | Despite their chefs ' and St Trinians outfits , they managed to clamber up poles and leap over jumps in relay and raise more than £400 for charity . |
| 4 | The thresholds for small companies are increased to not more than £2.8m for turnover and not more than £1.4m for the balance sheet total , although the number of employees remains the same at an average of 50 . |
| 5 | The US Air Force was reportedly paid more than $1,000,000 for the use of the facilities and tracking stations . |
| 6 | Mr Stern 's costings tell him it is not worth paying more than £750/acre for bare arable land if he is to make a reasonable living . |
| 7 | If Spot , who won more than £1,500 for owner John Adams before being struck down by cancer , can resume his winning ways , it 'll be a bonus for his connections , who had to find more than £250 for his two operations . |
| 8 | But Ellis intervened and insists he wo n't pay more than £2.1m for the striker . |
| 9 | A CONSORTIUM led by GEC Alsthom , the Anglo-French turbo-generating manufacturing , has won an order worth more than £550m for a 1,310-megawatt coal-fired power station in Guangdong province , China . |
| 10 | She was expecting a bill of no more than £50 for the short job , presenter John Stapleton told viewers . |
| 11 | He also led Chrysler 's 1991 and 1993 stock offerings , which raised more than $2,000m for the troubled company . |
| 12 | Mr Sharp is refusing to proceed , not least because the fees would amount to more than £80,000 for some clients . |
| 13 | The lawyers mounting the defence , however , rarely get more than $1,000 for the entire case , says Mr Stafford Smith . |
| 14 | Previous efforts resulted in removal of more than 17,000 tons of scrap from the North Slope , while earning more than $300,000 for the Prudhoe Bay Environmental Alliance , composed of BP , ARCO , Exxon and other oil field producers , as well as their contractors . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | FLASHY drivers are expected to bid more than £2,000 for the registration number 123 GO at an auction in Edinburgh next month . |
| 17 | The Water and Drainage Department 's WaterAid committee has raised more than £2,000 for the charity in the last nine months . |
| 18 | DAVE Buck , Chris Jones and Ian Davenport hope to raise more than £2,000 for Warrington District General Hospital 's neonatal unit by doing the famous 200-mile coast to coast walk from Robin Hood 's Bay , near Scarborough , to St Bee 's Head , near Whitehaven , Cumbria . |
| 19 | Last year , it raised more than £70,000 for local good causes . |
| 20 | Last year , it raised more than £70,000 for local good causes . |
| 21 | Now it fetches £35 to £50 , or more than £100 for an unusual colour variation . |
| 22 | EMPLOYEES at Tuscan organised a lunchtime white elephant stall which raised more than £100 for Children In Need . |
| 23 | The Ashbourne House appeal raised more than £4,000 for the raffle and Wedgwood winners were . |
| 24 | Perhaps there are others who have been overcharged by more than £40 for a meal . |
| 25 | Well , in the beginning the price for a game was very high ( more than £40 for a simple game like Frogger on the Atari console ) . |
| 26 | In addition , the new regulations continued the pre-war advantages for university-provided liberal adult education which further weakened the relative position of the WEA so much so that the Ashby Committee reported that university income for adult education had exceeded £550,000 in 1951–52 in contrast to the WEA 's income of little more than £130,000 for that year . |
| 27 | FORMER Tory Treasurer Lord Beaverbrook — who raised more than £38million for the party — is broke with debts of more than £1million . |
| 28 | Kelly herself helped raise more than £15,000 for the Kelly Good Appeal . |
| 29 | Mark Thwaites is to pound his way around the capital on April 12th in an effort to raise more than £1,000 for the charity Tusk Force . |
| 30 | GENEROUS donors shocked at the sudden death of a little girl have raised more than £1,000 for vitally-needed equipment . |