Example sentences of "be twice as [adj] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Map 2 ( page 11 ) shows the true dimensions , but it appears to be twice as long as it actually is . |
| 2 | There is an entrance hall of perfect proportions , which is twice as long as it is square , and leading off it are three reception rooms of great height and elegance . |
| 3 | So when my parent is handing out the parental investment , I will be selected to want the parent to give the investment to my sibling if the benefit is twice as great as it would be to myself . |
| 4 | Unemployment is rising in every European country except in Spain , but there it is twice as high as it is in Britain . |
| 5 | Moreover , so successful were the numerous methods for delaying marriage ( the mean age of which , by the early twentieth century was higher than at any other time in British history , 27 for men and 25 for women ) , that for the typical Edwardian the gap between leaving school and the full independence of marriage was twice as long as it is today . |