Example sentences of "about twice the size " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erdinger is by far the biggest wheat-beer producer in Germany ( about twice the size of the other famous specialist , Schneider Weisse ) . |
| 2 | The number of voters missing in the Labour seats held by Ms Diane Abbott and Mr Brian Sedgemore is in each case about twice the size of their majority . |
| 3 | Then with the acquisition of Gascony in the mid-eleventh century they became rulers of Bordeaux and overlords of a number of counties and lordships extending from the mouth of the Garonne to the Pyrenees , in area about twice the size of Poitou . |
| 4 | She estimated that its body was about twice the size of the shuttle , but it seemed much larger because of the mottled membranes that extended like wings on both sides of the creature , and rippled lazily as it swam through space . |
| 5 | It 's just like the programme except the info in it is a bit more out of date and it 's about twice the size . |