Example sentences of "more than double [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was immediately apparent that the main challenge to the ingenuity of the designers was the considerable width of the building , which , at 20m ( 66ft ) , was more than double the dimension usually found in residential buildings . |
| 2 | Company liquidation figures have been more than double the level of a year before , with about half the companies dying within the first five years . |
| 3 | The fines by which the clergy had bought their pardons for outlawry had yielded more than double the proceeds of the tenth collected in 1296 , but Edward was still desperate to find even more money so that he could launch a continental campaign , and he put a new demand to Winchelsey . |
| 4 | Investment activity by unit was more than double the percentage of North Side units contained by the neighbourhood . |
| 5 | The ministers approved a budget of 192,000,000 ECU for the period to 1992 , more than double the award for the expiring two-year phase ; they also agreed to open talks with the EFTA members with a view to extending the scheme . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , the bank said it will more than double the cost of counter charges for providing services for those who do not have an account or investment with the bank or financial services division . |
| 7 | The acquisition of Caradon , whose brands embrace Twyfords , Mira showers and Everest double glazing , will more than double the size of MB Group 's building products business which feature Stelrad and Henrad radiators , Ideal boilers and Stelrad Doulton sanitary ware . |
| 8 | The largest city in the world in 2000 will be Mexico City with a population of some 24.4 millions , more than double the size of any city in 1960 except New York . |
| 9 | That will more than double the size of the market to 2.5 trillion RPMs in 2005 . |
| 10 | That would more than double the income for the exchequer next year providing two point three billion pounds . |
| 11 | Worldwide , Lowe International won over £100m of new business in the first six months , more than double the total 1988 increase . |
| 12 | The expansion will more than double the plant 's manufacturing capabilities , making it one of the world 's largest silicone plants . |
| 13 | More than 50,000 passengers used Braathens services in the first year more than double the airline 's predictions . |
| 14 | For the year , revenues were $140m , up 10% , more than double the rate of growth of the workstation market as a whole ; profit and loss details were not given . |
| 15 | The annual growth in the number of patients treated , at 1.9 per cent per year , was more than double the rate of growth in spending ( Robinson 1991 ) . |
| 16 | It 's up to one pound eighty two , an increase of eight per cent , more than double the rate of inflation . |
| 17 | Around 40,000 people could be housed this way by next April , more than double the number last spring . |
| 18 | All told , it will more than double the number of computers in Californian schools . |
| 19 | The number of reported seroconversions has risen steadily since 1986 ; the number of cases in which transmission of HIV-1 was known to have occurred during 1990–2 ( 157 ) was more than double the number recorded during 1987–9 ( 74 ) . |
| 20 | In the same period , figures produced by the Council for Mortgage Lenders show that 221,900 mortgages ( 2.3 per cent of the outstanding stock ) were more than six months in arrears , compared with 109,370 ( 1.2 per cent of the outstanding stock ) a year earlier , and that 36,610 dwellings were repossessed ( 0.4 per cent of the outstanding stock of mortgages ) , more than double the number recorded a year earlier . |
| 21 | The proposed development at Meadow House , though not associated with any community , would more than double the number of habitable dwellings in the immediate vicinity . |
| 22 | The will point to his agreement , however reluctantly , to the introduction of the Compaq Grand Slam Cup last year — the ITF 's official end of the season competition — which offered $2m to the winner and $6m overall , more than double the amount on offer at the ATP Championships and which even some of the players , including Boris Becker and John McEnroe , described as exorbitant . |
| 23 | Mercantile last year returned net profits of £863,350 , and saw its assets grow to £115.9m , more than double the figure five ago . |
| 24 | In the whole of 1991 , 139,810 diesel models were registered , representing an 8.78pc penetration more than double the figure achieved five years ago . |
| 25 | I found that the power-management features could more than double the battery life . |
| 26 | Unfortunately for the credibility of the Northern Ireland administration , murders during December 1972 numbered twenty which was more than double the November figure . |