Example sentences of "more than [num] times the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than fifteen times the normal amount of ammonia was detected in parts of the river — conserationists say it could harm fish and other wildlife if it is n't tackled . |
| 2 | The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust sampled water in various parts of the river and discovered that in one area ; Gloucester , the amount of ammonia was more than fifteen times the normal level . |
| 3 | More than fifteen times the normal amount of ammonia was detected in parts of the river — conserationists say it could harm fish and other wildlife if it is n't tackled . |
| 4 | The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust sampled water in various parts of the river and discovered that in one area ; Gloucester , the amount of ammonia was more than fifteen times the normal level . |
| 5 | The underlying balance-of-payments problems stemmed essentially from the scale of government overseas expenditure and foreign investment , these amounting to more than eight times the aggregate current account deficit for 1946–50 ( see Table 1 ) . |
| 6 | The second prosecution was brought by the National Rivers Authority after a mistake had caused chemicals to overflow from a storage tank , leading to a concentration of copper in the works discharge pipe of more than 17 times the legal limit . |
| 7 | Clawbacks will be triggered if the public applies for more than 1.75 times the near-24 per cent of the issue provisionally reserved for small buyers . |
| 8 | Fifty million people breathe air containing more than 10 times the permitted level of pollutants ; 60 million more breathe in five times the permitted level of pollutants . |
| 9 | Moscow is one of 84 towns in Russia where air pollution is more than 10 times the permissible level ; 85 per cent of city dwellers breathe heavily polluted air . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , it was noted that the mean delivery time for all early and rare items supplied was , at forty minutes , more than three times the overall average of twelve minutes recorded for ‘ ordinary ’ books . |
| 11 | This was more than three times the normal fare , and the astonished Annamese stood between the shafts of his vehicle staring after Joseph in amazement until he and Chuck disappeared inside the palace . |
| 12 | It was estimated that annual defence spending by developing countries totalled around US$170,000 million , or 5 per cent of their combined gross domestic product ( GDP ) , and more than three times the total value of aid transfers from the industrialized world . |
| 13 | Between 1983 and 1990 the industrialised countries are expected to make an efficiency gain equivalent to more than ten times the present yearly energy consumption of the UK . |
| 14 | The top rate will be no more than 2.5 times the bottom rate . |