Example sentences of "is [adv] twice the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There should be no need to cut them , as the length is exactly twice the width . |
| 2 | The fundamental transition energies are thus and , and the overtone energies are , which is not twice the fundamental energy . |
| 3 | One wave in 23 is over twice the height of the average wave . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This western portal to Box Tunnel is nearly twice the height required for modern traffic . |
| 6 | ( 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |