Example sentences of "than eight time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The underlying balance-of-payments problems stemmed essentially from the scale of government overseas expenditure and foreign investment , these amounting to more than eight times the aggregate current account deficit for 1946–50 ( see Table 1 ) . |
| 2 | The fact that the pilot had clearly demonstrated his incompetence at instrument flying by failing to pass the instrument rating test no less than eight times before finally obtaining a pass must have meant that he was incapable of meeting the required standard on a regular basis and in the circumstances ought not to have been licensed to fly a public transport aircraft . |
| 3 | People in the top band in Wales will pay only three times the council tax of those at the bottom , although the value of their property is more than eight times greater . |
| 4 | In the USA , the financing of unusually high federal government deficits ( averaging over $150 billion throughout the 1980s ) has produced a government bond market of a size equivalent to more than £1,000 billion or more than eight times the size of the UK government bond market . |
| 5 | But by using an auxiliary collecting tank I am able to increase the capacity by more than eight time , thereby avoiding having the empty the vac so frequently . |