Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [num] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 4-megabit chip ought to sell for five times as much as a 1-megabit device , the price premium justified by the smaller space and lower power needed to provide four times the amount of memory . |
| 2 | Use a variety and put it in more than one spot , if you have space , to allow more birds to feed at one time . |
| 3 | A committee set up by the accountancy profession believes that the data protection registrar will have to cope with 10 times the volume of work , with less than half the staff . |
| 4 | Here Revelstoke was in his element ; acute intelligence and charm , capacity for meticulous work , presence and eloquence , fluency in French and Spanish , and , above all , financial acumen made him a match for the wiliest of South American presidents , North American railway barons , European finance ministers , and the members of the British cabinet with all of whom he had to deal at one time or another . |
| 5 | If you 've actually be wangling system on your way up , which is what most of us seem to do at one time or another . |
| 6 | No , cos you only have to go round five times do n't you ? |
| 7 | ‘ We 've got a lady at the moment who was able to paint at one time , quite successfully . |
| 8 | There was too much to explain at one time . |
| 9 | Opponents of the curfew claim that forcing every bar to close at one time or , as proposed , requiring nightclubs to close their doors at 1.30 while allowing drinking until 3am or 4am , would lead to a flood of pub-goers hitting the streets at once , exacerbating the problem . |
| 10 | When the sewage treatment plant comes into operation in 1998 it will be able to cater for four times the population of Whitby . |
| 11 | Batch processes are designed to cater for five times as many entries as are currently stored in tables . |
| 12 | It is up to 50 feet high , overhanging throughout and wide enough to allow 15 or more teams to operate at one time . |