Example sentences of "three time the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In 70% of all species , young leaves suffered more than old ones , though they have two to three times the phenol concentrations . |
| 3 | The sterling rate of return is 54.7 per cent , nearly three times the dollar rate of return . |
| 4 | At present valuations , the figure being asked is around three times the price valuers working for the county council expect for common land with ancient rights over it … |
| 5 | I 'm told that unit sales should normally yield about three times the building costs , and that he gets this back within three to five years . |
| 6 | The time available for the motor to travel to the appropriate phase switching position is therefore three times the clock period . |
| 7 | A Bank of England probe revealed some charge nearly three times the base interest rate on loans . |
| 8 | This heading is quite extravagant on fabric and needs fullness of three times the track length for true box pleats which butt up against each other . |
| 9 | It was found to have almost three times the risk factor at which BR should have become concerned . |
| 10 | It was found to have almost three times the risk factor at which BR should have become concerned . |
| 11 | Bull reckons its systems integration business is growing at three times the market rate and claims to be the fourth largest systems integration business in Europe . |
| 12 | The move follows six months of negotiations during which the City of London , which owns some of the land on which the polytechnic is built , stuck out for a rent that one expert said was three times the market value ( New Scientist , 6 January , p 7 ) . |
| 13 | The arm length is about three times the disk diameter . |
| 14 | This having been said , the consultation generated almost three times the volume correspondence as the last major consultation on the revision of the practice rules in 1990 , and roughly four times as many responses as were received in connection with the consultation on multi-disciplinary partnerships in 1987 ( although more local law society responses were received to the 1987 consultation ) . |
| 15 | After checking this balancing they increased the current further to three times the starting value , and discovered an excess heat output of ten per cent over and above what they could account for going in . |
| 16 | Car makers General Motors , Ford and Chrysler are co-operating with the US government on a programme to develop vehicles with three times the fuel economy of today 's models . |
| 17 | It had also successfully lobbied for a prestigious residential development under the Community Development Block Grant programme , although the sale prices far exceeded the borrowing capacity of the majority of local residents ( median income was less than $7,000 in 1980 , whilst unemployment stood at three times the city average ) . |