Example sentences of "about [num] times the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost and the estimated monetary value of the worktime lost came out to $1,231 , which is about 30 times the legal monthly minimum wage . |
| 2 | In England Sheila Brayford from Staffordshire died from brain damage in 1981 when she absorbed about 100 times the normal level of aluminium in dialysis . |
| 3 | Over the centuries Cornwall 's tin output has totalled about 10 times the annual quantity the world produces now . |
| 4 | Associated reasons for her death were the severe injuries to her nose and mouth , which was broken and swollen , the multiple attempts that had taken place to strangle her and the fact that she also had a large quantity of alcohol in her body about six times the legal level for drivers . |
| 5 | That 's about six times the present number . |
| 6 | If using hangers , pad them to about three times the usual extent with acid-free tissue or with polyester wadding covered with white cotton ( which can also be used to pad out the shoulders and shapes of packed costumes ) . |
| 7 | The band 's legal bill alone was £10,000 , about three times the usual cost . |
| 8 | The usual rule is that the tax is imposed only on income exceeding about three times the average net personal income per worker in the social sector of the given republic or province . |
| 9 | New investment per employed worker in US manufacturing in 1955 was running at about 1.6 times the European level , and nearly five times that of Japan ; by 1970 US manufacturing was investing about the same per worker as European industry and one-third less than Japanese . |
| 10 | It works by boosting the amount of serotonin in the brain to about ten times the usual level . |
| 11 | Before the year was out four thousand prospectors had converged on the scene , to be joined in the following year by another hundred thousand , about five times the total white population of the state before gold was discovered there . |
| 12 | In the first response the stepping rate is about 0.6 times the natural frequency and therefore the rotor is behind the equilibrium position and has a low velocity when the next excitation change occurs . |