Example sentences of "at [adj] times the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall , the annual sales of the top performers grew at 4.5 times the rate of the underperformers ; their returns on those sales were 2.5 times higher . |
| 2 | New generations of memory chips normally arrive at 30–40 times the price of the industry 's mainstream product . |
| 3 | at six times the speed of the fastest projectile |
| 4 | The infrared picture is at 10 times the scale of the optical photograph , showing only the very centre of the galaxy . |
| 5 | For example , VCR products are growing at three times the rate of other audiovisual products ( Ohmae 1985 ) . |
| 6 | At these times the strength of personal relationships and conviction will be tested . |
| 7 | He gave detailed instructions for the procedure to be followed if no suitable dissertations were submitted , concluding : ‘ But if no such dissertations , worthy , in the opinion of the said Examiners , of any such reward as aforesaid should be offered for seven years , then a Medal , to be purchased with the said accumulations , shall be offered for the best dissertation on any Veterinary subject thought worthy by the said Examiners of such reward , but at all times the Foot of the Horse is to be the subject preferred , and next to that the nature , causes and treatment of Glanders , and the diseases of the Eye in horses : And if there should be no successful dissertation at the end of seven years , then the amount of the said accumulations shall be disposed of by the said Governors in such manner as they in their discretion may think proper , so as they are applied for the promotion of Veterinary Science ’ . |
| 8 | At all times the angle of climb and the combination of speed and height must be such that a safe recovery can be made if the launch fails . |
| 9 | However , it should be ensured that such considerations do not preclude the drafting of the document in as commercial a manner as possible , taking into account at all times the purpose of its production . |
| 10 | At all times the language of worship needs to be clear , but not banal . |
| 11 | However , the British civil courts have ruled that the payment was unlawful and that the money was at all times the property of Guinness . |
| 12 | The client must have confidence in the conveyancer and the conveyancer must maintain that confidence by undertaking each step in each transaction competently and carefully , and above all , must understand at all times the importance of communicating regularly and effectively with a client . |
| 13 | Briefly , their ‘ epidemic ’ model proposes that , from a stable endemic baseline , the number of new cases of heroin use ( incidence ) in a community increases rapidly for four years before peaking at ten times the level of initial endemic incidence in year five , and then dropping sharply to the previous endemic level during years six and seven ( see Figure 3.2 ) . |
| 14 | Although there are now trains which can travel in excess of 200 mph , supersonic planes which take passengers across the Atlantic in three hours , and spacecraft which can carry passengers at fifteen times the speed of sound , our ancestors used more stylish forms of transport . |
| 15 | The cost of the next stage after JET has been put at five times the cost of the Culham experiment and this would suggest the need for even wider collaboration . |
| 16 | At several times the backlog of unsettled trades has exceeded £5 billion . |
| 17 | Verderers and agisters were on occasion , however , appointed directly by the king or by the Justice of the Forest ; at other times the warden of the forest was ordered to see that vacancies were filled . |
| 18 | At other times the lines of his mouth were softer and she longed to lay her lips against his . |