Example sentences of "ten times the [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kathy 's in Perth is one of only two shops in WA devoted to machine knitting — in a state more than ten times the size of the UK . |
| 2 | The two American editions — Pretence-Hall and Abrams — are more than ten times the size of the British one . |
| 3 | However , this was ten times the size of the Terran designs and had been built centuries before man had even discovered fire . |
| 4 | The cash deposit of £2,000 has led to an increase in loans and investments of £18,000 , so that total deposits have risen by £20,000 — that is , by ten times the amount of the cash deposit . |
| 5 | But it would take about ten times the age of the Universe to write it all . ’ |
| 6 | If you fine an oil-spilling company ten times the value of the spilt oil , its insurance rates merely rise . |
| 7 | It has ten times the luminosity of the Sun , and is pure white , with an A-type spectrum . |