Example sentences of "twice the national [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unemployment has risen in Cadiz province above 30 per cent , nearly twice the national average . |
| 2 | Levels around Hinckley Point are nearly twice the national average and , between 1969 and 1973 , cases of cancer were four times higher than the national average in people under the age of 25 living in a radius of 12.5km around Hinckley Point . |
| 3 | Economists estimate that Galway 's unemployment rate will soar above its present level of 34% — already twice the national average . ’ |
| 4 | In 1986 the poorest 20% of households received less than half the average final income , whilst the richest 20% received nearly twice the national average . |
| 5 | Their rate of natural increase is more than twice the national average , and their numbers increased by 214 per cent between 1971 and 1981 . |
| 6 | For instance , in 1981 almost 36 per cent of Clacton 's population were of pensionable age , over twice the national average of 17.5 per cent , and people of older working age — either those taking early retirement or moving in anticipation of retirement after their children had grown up — are also strongly represented here and in similar resorts like Eastbourne , Worthing , Hastings , Llandudno and Torquay . |
| 7 | Across Kent crime rose by fifteen percent in nineteen ninety two that 's more than twice the national average . |
| 8 | Much was made by Labour campaigners of the high level of unemployment among the Russian-speaking immigrants , reported as being close to 25 per cent or twice the national average , and even affecting highly qualified professionals . |
| 9 | Unemployment in Newfoundland already runs at twice the national average . |
| 10 | Some of the worst figures are to be found in Gloucestershire where police say they 're up by more than twice the national average . |
| 11 | Since the pool opened in June 1991 it has been used by 59,500 customers — twice the national average . |