Example sentences of "more than [num] times [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report found that groundwater next to one of the two waste dumps at the centre contained chemical levels more than 220 times above those permitted by European Community . |
| 2 | In real terms , it expanded by more than twelve times between 1973 and 1984 , increasing from a low point of 0.16 per cent of GDP to 0.90 per cent . |
| 3 | This is because his opponents in Congress set the rules and can change them whenever they want ; Congress amended the constitution more than 300 times during 1992 . |
| 4 | The banking and finance sector has grown more than 20 times in real terms over the past 30 years so that it now accounts for almost 20% of GDP , compared with 5% in 1960 . |
| 5 | Those people checked by officers on patrol ‘ more than three times in 28 days are made suspected persons , ’ according to internal Suffolk documents . |