Example sentences of "[adv] than [num] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , HRP is only available for complete tax years in which earnings were less than 52 times the lower earnings limit . |
| 2 | Jackson , a woman who had told Robert the story of her dog 's operation no less than seventeen times . |
| 3 | But in the Lake District it was exceeded no less than 17 times , with the top of Great Dun Fell having the most severe recorded incidence with 97 parts per billion , compared with London 's worst at 63 parts per billion . |
| 4 | But fears of a bulk chemical downturn and worries about the dollar overshadow the ICI share price which at 1,175p sells on less than 8 times 1989 earnings . |
| 5 | I have probably discussed it less than five times in twelve years with the straits . |
| 6 | It was of course so important that it was recorded by the gospel writers no less than five times . |
| 7 | Roebuck revealed that his ankle dislocated no less than four times during the World Cup final . |
| 8 | The strident claims of the manufacturer — MSD — are supported by two references : of these one is quoted no less than four times , but on reading the small print this reference turns out to be ‘ data on file Merck , Sharp and Dohme Ltd ’ — hardly the most impartial of sources . |
| 9 | The scope of this immunity has been changed no less than six times in the last 20 years . |
| 10 | The fact that the pilot had clearly demonstrated his incompetence at instrument flying by failing to pass the instrument rating test no less than eight times before finally obtaining a pass must have meant that he was incapable of meeting the required standard on a regular basis and in the circumstances ought not to have been licensed to fly a public transport aircraft . |
| 11 | In the 100 metres was Ben Johnson , who had run under 10.10 seconds no less than nine times that season , a record for the era of electrical timing . |
| 12 | THE All Ireland schools ' finals take place tomorrow at the Baldoyle Centre in Dublin , and Coleraine Inst , who represent Ulster in the senior boys event , have had outstanding success since the early 80s winning the Irish title no less than nine times since 1980 . |
| 13 | Palace went to Reading and poor Dick Graham had to pick the ball out of our net no less than 10 times as Palace slumped to our highest scoring League defeat . |
| 14 | In thirty outings during the season , Proby 's vicious streak , and obsessive belief that all referees were illegitimate , led to him receiving his marching orders no less than eighteen times ! |
| 15 | This forwards and backwards movement of 4in ( 102mm ) of thread occurs no less than 32 times if the stitches are 1/8in ( 3mm ) ! |
| 16 | However , a small group of records have been accessed over 120 times , and another small group less than ten times . |
| 17 | The minimum latency period should be not much less than ten times the period between offline runs . |
| 18 | Mark Hammonds , marketing executive of BP Solar , recommends that a regulator should be included in a generating circuit if the capacity of the 12V battery is less than 50 times higher than the peak output current of the generator . |
| 19 | Although the share of national wealth invested in education as a whole has gone down , taxpayer spending on publicity by the Department of Education and Science has risen in real terms since 1979 by no less than 28 times . |
| 20 | The floors of the church and schoolroom to be washed out when needed and not less than three times a year . |
| 21 | It was a Follis of Maximinianus , who was Emperor no less than three times . |
| 22 | David Frost put it to the right hon. and learned Gentleman no less than three times that it would be an unfair burden on many people who are not rich if he were to carry out immediately his proposed taxation arrangements to pay for Beckett 's law — the abolition of the upper earnings limit for national insurance contributions and the 50 per cent . |
| 23 | Chaired by Michael Julien , it meets not less than three times annually to review the adequacy of the Group 's systems of internal control including those concerning the Group 's pension arrangements , the scope and findings of the external and internal auditors ' work , the half and full year financial statements prior to their submission to the Board , and the application of the Group 's accounting policies and any changes to financial reporting requirements . |
| 24 | Sent off no less than 20 times in his career , Johnson is a surprisingly quiet and tender man who lashed out at opponents , either on the spur of the moment or in the heart-felt belief that rational behaviour was for lesser talents . |
| 25 | July saw the purchase of Colbrook Equipment , a designer of food display units , for a maximum profits-related payment of £2.16m — less than seven times Colbrook 's pre-tax earnings of £329,000 in 1988 . |
| 26 | Nothing wrong with that , you might think , even if it does represent more than 70 times last year 's earnings — a price-earnings ratio of Japanese proportions . |
| 27 | The victims had been knifed more than 70 times . |
| 28 | The bristlecone pine 's life span is more than 70 times longer than ours . |
| 29 | Assuming a generational period of , say , twenty-five years , they would have gone through 5½ million generations — more than fifty times the prehistory of Man . |
| 30 | The officers struck or kicked the motorist , Rodney King , more than fifty times , causing serious head , leg and abdominal injuries . |