Example sentences of "[prep] [num] times the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polycrystalline silicone cells , which are 12 per cent efficient , are also used in solar panels for other applications , as are amorphous silicone and hydrogen and according to American manufacture Solarex , has a potential of 100 times the absorption of other crystalline types . |
| 2 | Extremely luminous water-vapour masers of 100 times the luminosity of the Sun , L and ; ( ref. 3 ) , have been detected within 1parsec ( 3x10 18 cm ) of its nucleus . |
| 3 | How can the Institute justify charging its members in excess of three times the cost of comparable courses ? |
| 4 | And on price , think of it as a car that costs only twice that of conventional luxury cars instead of three times the level of BMW/Jaguar/Lexus that RR charges for it more potent models . |
| 5 | MacLachlan , moreover , was not averse to seeking further advantages for himself , for while acknowledging Milton 's assistance in getting him a tack of two farms in Morvern for nineteen years , which would scarcely appear to be a short lease , he complained that he had been informed that other tenants had obtained tacks of three times the length of that which he had from the Duke of Argyll , urging that he could ‘ be as usefull as any in that Countrey by introduceing a cheap method of improvement and otherwise ’ . |
| 6 | With all the technological genius that can be raised in the USA to produce a B-1 supersonic bomber , they had to settle for a cruising speed of 1.25 times the speed of sound while the routine Concorde bus service across the Atlantic ticks over steadily at fully twice the speed of sound — and anyone who can afford to buy a ticket can experience it . |
| 7 | Twice as large as the Atlantic and getting on for three times the size of the Indian Ocean , it is bigger than all the land surface of the earth , including Antarctica , and with Africa counted twice . |
| 8 | Despite a disconcerting 85% plunge in net profits to just $94.5m , Fujitsu Ltd , bolstered by the acquisition of ICL Plc is putting rapidly increasing distance between itself and the other contenders for the title ‘ world 's second-biggest computer company ’ : some commentators illegitimately eliminate Fujitsu 's semiconductor sales from the total simply because the company sells more of its chip output on the merchant market than do IBM Corp , Digital Equipment Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co , but all of Fujitsu 's $26,640m annual turnover is information technology-related — and the company is now nearly twice the size of the $14,000m-a-year DEC , and well over a third the size of IBM ; only a decade ago , IBM was more like 10 times the size of the next biggest computer manufacturer . |
| 9 | This is something like twelve times the number of flights G-BEBP had carried out when the failure occurred . |
| 10 | Once launched the missiles are accurate enough to land a warhead with 10 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb on a tennis court 2500 kilometres away |
| 11 | A committee set up by the accountancy profession believes that the data protection registrar will have to cope with 10 times the volume of work , with less than half the staff . |
| 12 | So let's sum up , I treated a similar case with 5 times the amount of fluid than the article used , the case was solid the next day and was viewed for 3 days and had no greying off and the colour was really good . |
| 13 | But the question must remain as to whether a Japanese giant with five times the turnover of the Virgin group will be content to stay a minority player in the long term . |
| 14 | Sir : Your Outlook Column ( 3 October ) ended with the statement : But the question must remain as to whether a Japanese giant with five times the turnover of the Virgin Group will be content to stay a minority player . |
| 15 | Researchers have found fish there with 24 times the level of mercury considered safe by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) . |
| 16 | ATBC 's use in Britain has increased to 30 times the level of 1987 . |
| 17 | The effluent from paper making contains 10 to 100 times the amount of contaminants produced in the manufacture of polystyrene foam . |
| 18 | An article in a recent issue of the British Medical Journal , pointed out that babies in fluoridated areas who drink dried milk formulae made up with water containing 1 ppm fluoride , are ingesting up to 100 times the amount of fluoride they would obtain from mother 's milk ( vol 283. p 76 ) . |
| 19 | It 's essentially a low-power version of the R4000 being developed by NEC Corp which will operate at less than 2W at 80MHz , but deliver up to 10 times the performance of competing low-cost personal computers and notebook-sized systems , the firm claims . |
| 20 | By the end of 12 months the first group recorded 20 per cent lower medical claims than the other two , and the savings amounted to six times the cost of the health promotion package they had received . |
| 21 | The company is claiming it offers five to six times the performance of a 66MHz 486DX , and is fully PC-compatible , meaning you can run your shareware utilities on it . |
| 22 | The industry is dominated by Michelin , Goodyear and Bridgestone , each two to three times the size of either Continental or Pirelli . |
| 23 | It should be visible to the naked eye as a fuzzy patch ( without a tail ) two to three times the size of the Moon , and moving at a relatively high speed — by about its own diameter every hour . |
| 24 | The conversion process requires free space equivalent to three times the size of the file being converted . |
| 25 | The Gt1x 8-bit two-dimensional graphics adaptor offers two to three times the performance of the Gt1 ; most products ship May 28 , but the 23T follows June 4 , and the 23E upgrade and GT1x on the 220 are July 16 . |
| 26 | The Gt1x 8-bit two-dimensional graphics adaptor offers two to three times the performance of the Gt1 ; most products ship May 28 , but the 23T follows June 4 , and the 23E upgrade and GT1x on the 220 are July 16 . |
| 27 | 6 : According to the House of Commons Energy Committee , the price of PWR-generated electricity will be 6.5p per unit ( even with interest on borrowed money during construction omitted ) , two to three times the cost of fossil-fuel generation . |
| 28 | Either way , the amount of money you can borrow will be based , if you are at work , upon a multiple of your earnings — usually two-and-a-half to three times the value of your gross earnings per year . |
| 29 | As the traditional champion of the small farmer the LDP also benefited from the electoral system 's tendency to give votes in rural constituencies up to three times the value of urban votes . |
| 30 | Under the bill , anyone who falsely accused fruit or vegetables of being tainted with dangerous preservatives or pesticides could be fined up to three times the value of lost product . |