Example sentences of "[num] times the [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number density of energetic ions and electrons is so high that were you or I to cross the belt we would receive 500 times the lethal dose of such particles . |
| 2 | At St-Aubin , soil contains 30 times the acceptable level of radioactivity . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The amount injected was 10 times the minimum amount of SIV required to infect and cause the Aids-like illness . |
| 5 | Some dolphins had 10 times the accepted level of PCBs in their bodies , according to Alex Aguilar , head of the Vertebrates Department at Barcelona University biology faculty , who agreed with Costa 's view . |
| 6 | Measurements carried out by the National Rivers Authority revealed 10 times the permitted level of 6 micrograms per litre in the brook , where waste water from the sewage works is discharged after being treated . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Senator Dodd , who had attempted to bring more amphetamine use under control , argued that Hoffman-La Roche ‘ paid a Washington law firm three times the annual budget of the Senate subcommittee staff to assure that their drugs would remain uncontrolled ’ ( Graham 1972 : 22 ) . |
| 9 | Levi ( 1987 ) found that commercial fraud recorded by the London fraud squads represented nearly three times the total cost of all property crimes in London , and that 40 per cent of companies in the survey reported at least one fraud costing over 50,000 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | London has three times the national percentage of GPs over 65 , twice the proportion of single-handed GPs and a higher incidence of large lists . |
| 13 | People living in the areas had been exposed to three times the acceptable level of ionising radiation . |
| 14 | One specimen was found to have 5,000 times the expected concentration of plutonium in its flesh . |
| 15 | Andrew Venables , 20 , of Lilac Grove , Whitby , Ellesmere Port , was found to have taken 11 times the toxic dosage of the drug . |
| 16 | Residents eating locally-grown vegetables were consuming up to 11 times the maximum amount of lead regarded as safe by the World Health Organization . |
| 17 | According the Sierra Club , a law requiring new cars to use 40 per cent less fuel by 2001 would save ten times the anticipated output of the proposed Arctic wells . |
| 18 | So if you have ten male offspring , nine of them will be wasted , they 'll never have any reproductive success , but the one that does will have ten times the reproductive success of all the others and you end up evens . |
| 19 | At Knossos alone fragments of over 3000 Linear B tablets were recovered — nearly ten times the total number of Linear A inscriptions so far recorded . |
| 20 | He spun symbols bright as sugar-crystals : the poor , dim brothers who were not human yet who spun the glassy fibres ten times the tensile strength of steel along which optical messages could be sent , for surgeons , for miners ; or incredibly strong strands to link the orbiting colonies . |
| 21 | This is nearly ten times the projected output of oil wells in the Arctic . |
| 22 | Tests show he 's carrying ten times the acceptable level of mercury . |
| 23 | The inquest into his death found he 'd taken nine times the usual dose of LSD … but recorded an open verdict . |
| 24 | and again rotates it through another so square root of minus one times the square root of minus one is the same effect as multiplying by minus one . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The exact cost , and hence the viability , of the energy source remains to be determined , though it is projected to be about 10 pence a unit , five times the existing price of coal but only twice the cost of nuclear power . |
| 28 | However , recent studies in patients on maintenance treatment with omeprazole for reflux oesophagitis have demonstrated that about 10% achieve serum gastrin values exceeding five times the upper limit of normal . |
| 29 | The pooled samples were homogenised for 20 minutes in five times the faecal weight of cold water using a Stomacher 3500 ( Seward , London , UK ) . |
| 30 | 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 . |