Example sentences of "than double [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even before last week 's double blitz the Compensation Agency for Northern Ireland was facing record pay-outs this year — more than double the total for 1991–92 . |
| 2 | That would more than double the income for the exchequer next year providing two point three billion pounds . |
| 3 | But the effect of this series of pessimistic changes was to more than double the estimates for wave power up to a range of 8–12 p/kWh . |
| 4 | The existence of economies of scale in family life ( bulk buying , spreading fixed costs , etc. ) means that , although two can not live as cheaply as one ( it seems to us at least ) , cohabitation means that a given per capita standard can be maintained for two at less than double the expenditure for one . |
| 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 | Prior to World War I , infant mortality rates in the workhouses were more than double the rate for the entire population . |
| 7 | Trading profits in the communications division were more than double the figure for the first half year thanks to the cost control programme . |