Example sentences of "about [num] times [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yeah , they need walking about three times a day do n't they ? |
| 2 | The report concluded that there had consequently been a major increase in defaults and arrears during 1990 , with some $85,000 million of interest and capital repayment outstanding at the end of the year , about three times the level recorded in 1985 . |
| 3 | The cost of forest loss through sulphur pollution is about three times the amount dedicated to controlling air pollution by European political leaders . |
| 4 | It is interesting to not that the values achieved in 1989 were broadly at about three times the turnover seen in these outlets , whereas today , a multiplier of approximately one , to one and a quarter times turnover , is far more appropriate . |
| 5 | Issued about nine times a year to celebrate the richness of life in Britain , they are collected by enthusiasts from every corner of the globe . |
| 6 | It 's difficult as far as the alternatives are concerned , is that no alternatives , but effectively it 's about four times the cost to administer , because you can dip a hundred sheep off one of the er , packs and it 's a smaller pack . |
| 7 | At present , subsidies to owner-occupiers in terms of mortgage interest tax relief and capital gains tax forgone on owner-occupied dwellings amount to £5 billion per annum : a sum about four times the total spent on National Health Service hospital buildings — i.e. capital spending ( Social Trends 18 , 1988 , Table 7.33 ) . |
| 8 | With ‘ sleep apnoea ’ ( difficulty in breathing during sleep ) , sufferers literally stop breathing about 400 times a night leading to disrupted slumbers and daytime drowsiness . |