Example sentences of "[verb] about twice the " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Israel 's Ministry of Industry & Trade the country has about twice the number of scientists and engineers per capita involved in research and development work than the US and Japan and five times the number in South Korea : 135 per 10,000 in the workforce against 70 per 10,000 in the US , 65 in Japan and 25 in South Korea . |
| 2 | This data takes the form of a cross-section in one year to show the average wage in each of the age groups , so 44 year-old men for example earn about twice the wage paid to men aged 20 . |
| 3 | Not because they 're tastefully designed , extremely cleanly built and a pleasure to play — which they are — but because both the guitars we 've reviewed have a quality of sound that would rival a number of US-made guitars costing about twice the price . |
| 4 | Standard sealed units cost about twice the price of an equivalent-sized pane of pane of plain glass , and there will probably be no difference in the frame price . |
| 5 | This , or a mini-survey — a modified scheme suggested by the RICS ( Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ) — costs about twice the basic building society report and provides concise details on the state of repair and condition of the property you are intending to buy , together with an opinion of its open market value . |
| 6 | The meeting noted that while Africa had hosted about twice the number that Asia had hosted , this was in no sense a criticism of either . |