Example sentences of "be [adv] twice [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corrections — or interceptions by another name — are usually twice the number of degrees that you are off the desired track . |
| 2 | Levels around Hinckley Point are nearly twice the national average and , between 1969 and 1973 , cases of cancer were four times higher than the national average in people under the age of 25 living in a radius of 12.5km around Hinckley Point . |
| 3 | In order to keep the level of inflation down , will he have a look at what is happening with the six major grocery chains , the increased share of the margins that they are getting and the fact that their margins are now twice the level found in the major grocery chains throughout Europe ? |
| 4 | Christopher Morrison , prosecuting , said he had been almost twice the legal limit . |
| 5 | On the face of it , this is a very substantial flow of funds , being approximately twice the increase in building society funds . |
| 6 | She discovered there were seventeen pupils , ranging in age from six to twelve , and that they were housed in two so-called dormitories , which were divided by panels into cubicles , each being about twice the area of its narrow iron bed , just enough to hold a chest of drawers and leaving standing space in which to undress . |
| 7 | Of course ten billion is an enormous number of people , but it does n't seem quite so alarming a figure when you realise that it 's only twice the current population of the world . |
| 8 | That 's only twice the current UK population . |
| 9 | There should be no need to cut them , as the length is exactly twice the width . |
| 10 | A piano bar is open twice a week . |
| 11 | at half past eleven , but that 's when Gillian 's on doing the manager 's job which is nearly twice a , twice a year . |
| 12 | In contrast , the population of the inner ring is now nearly four times the size it was at the beginning of this century and the population of the outer ring is nearly twice the size . |
| 13 | This western portal to Box Tunnel is nearly twice the height required for modern traffic . |
| 14 | It 's just like the programme except the info in it is a bit more out of date and it 's about twice the size . |
| 15 | ( Stewart Island is roughly twice the size of the Isle of Wight , but has a population of less than 500 souls ) Much more exciting though , is to rent a Cessna from Invercargill 's Douthland Aero Club , get CFI Chris Thompson to come along as safety pilot , and to show you which of the beaches he recommends as landing grounds , since Southern Air a little jealous of other operators using their own airfield in competition to their service . |
| 16 | The advancing edge or step is now twice the normal height and so would require twice the amount of new material if it were to advance at the same rate as the other layers . |
| 17 | Because the Mariner 10 orbital period is about twice the orbital period of Mercury , and because of Mercury 's own synchronization , much the same hemisphere of Mercury was sunlit during each of the three fly-bys . |
| 18 | Was the income generation unit responsible for the policy adopted by New Cross hospital in Wolverhampton and the Mayday hospital in Croydon , whereby bedridden patients must hire a television for a minimum of three days at a cost of £1.95 a day — which is about twice the rate charged by high street television rental companies ? |
| 19 | This is almost twice the size of the only other ultraviolet telescope now in orbit , the International Ultraviolet Explorer , a joint American-European-British satellite . |
| 20 | David Murray , the club 's multi-millionaire chairman , yesterday disclosed the figure , which is almost twice the amount England were promised to win the European Championship in Sweden last summer . |
| 21 | Covering nearly 13,000 sq kms , Runtu is almost twice the size of its neighbour , the prolific Sanga-Sanga block and shares a number of similar geological features . |
| 22 | Eleanor was nearly twice the age he felt he deserved , and it had been his ambition for a long time to have a girl just at the point when it became legal . |
| 23 | Although the room was nearly twice the size of any of the other rooms , it was uncomfortably crowded with the dozen men packed into it . |
| 24 | And theirs was nearly twice the price of ours . |
| 25 | However , as can be seen from Table 4.1 , in 1986 the ratio , at 13 per cent , was nearly twice the required minimum . |
| 26 | One manufacturer declined absolutely to supply other than his own complete clocks and another quoted £3000.00 plus extras and VAT , which was about twice the budget for the entire project ! |
| 27 | She estimated that its body was about twice the size of the shuttle , but it seemed much larger because of the mottled membranes that extended like wings on both sides of the creature , and rippled lazily as it swam through space . |
| 28 | ( This was almost twice the amount spilled in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska , considered one of the worst oil tanker disasters ever . ) |
| 29 | Secretary of State for giving way , but when he made his proni provisional announcement on the er on the total S S A for Wales , was he aware that the er the various er salary review bodies would be bringing in a er a recommendation which was almost twice the current rate of inflation ? |
| 30 | Blood tests revealed he was almost twice the legal alcohol limit . |