Example sentences of "times [adv] than [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jupiter orbits the Sun well beyond the orbit of Mars , and though the solar radiation at Jupiter is about 25 times less than at the Earth , Jupiter is so large that only Venus , and Mars at the most favourable oppositions , outshine Jupiter in our skies . |
| 2 | The RF Central Bank announced on May 9 that in January-April 1992 , 143,100 million roubles were put into circulation — 1.6 times more than during the whole of 1991 . |
| 3 | To pull back just a few metres on an Alpine climb is a dozen times harder than on the flat . |
| 4 | Pollution in such places is claimed to be ten times worse than in the West and the tonnage of sulphur dioxide said to fall every year on the average square kilometre sounds like the equivalent of a heavy snowfall . |
| 5 | The MK/PLFA level in the concretion was two to three times higher than in the mud ( Table 1 ) . |
| 6 | UNEMPLOYMENT in oil-rich Grampian is rising three times faster than in the rest of Scotland , a report by regional economists revealed yesterday . |