Example sentences of "be more than [num] times [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of tau neutrinos created in the big bang can be worked out ; if they did not decay into other particles , and weighed 17 keV , then the universe would be more than 200 times heavier than it appears — so heavy that it would have collapsed in on itself in a big crunch eons ago . |
| 2 | Though H pylori is recognised to be the most important acquired factor in the pathogenesis of DU the prevalence of the infection is more than four times that of DU . |
| 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 | The economy in the South East ( representing 36.3 per cent of UK GDP ) dominates the whole economy and its size is more than three times that of any other region ( refer also to Figure 9.2 ) . |
| 5 | For example , the number of women suffering from arthritis is more than three times that of men . |
| 6 | In 1981 , turnover of software houses from software development activities was more than five times that of 1975 , with annual growth rates as high as 60 per cent . |
| 7 | Upright reflux was more than three times greater than supine reflux ( p<0.01 ) ( Figs 2 ( A and B ) , Table I ) . |