Example sentences of "three times the rate of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Akers said the industry would keep expanding at two to three times the rate of world economic growth and that IBM would participate fully . |
| 2 | In the past year , prices have risen by three times the rate of inflation , says National Utility Services , which advises industry on costs . |
| 3 | For example , VCR products are growing at three times the rate of other audiovisual products ( Ohmae 1985 ) . |
| 4 | Can the right hon. Gentleman explain why the Department of Transport , whose budget has increased three times the rate of that of the Scottish Office , can find £1.5 billion for additional railway improvements in the south of England , but can not find £80 million to electrify the Edinburgh-Aberdeen railway line ? |
| 5 | ‘ In the year to October 1991 the average price of a pint of beer went up by about 13pc , more than three times the rate of inflation . |
| 6 | The latest big rises to leading businessmen a 17.6pc rise for British Gas chairman Robert Evans and an 11.3pc rise for ICI boss Sir Denys Henderson are four and three times the rate of inflation respectively . |
| 7 | Over the next few years we are projecting very high rates of growth , not less than double and up to three times the rate of inflation . |