Example sentences of "[conj] three [noun pl] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those aged 70 and over are often charged double or three times the standard premium , though providing you are fit and healthy , Barclays , Thomas Cook and Pickfords charge the standard rate . |
| 2 | It is possible that within two or three years the left wing will not have a single executive member it can truly call its own in the constituency section . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , it was noted that the mean delivery time for all early and rare items supplied was , at forty minutes , more than three times the overall average of twelve minutes recorded for ‘ ordinary ’ books . |
| 4 | It was estimated that annual defence spending by developing countries totalled around US$170,000 million , or 5 per cent of their combined gross domestic product ( GDP ) , and more than three times the total value of aid transfers from the industrialized world . |
| 5 | This was more than three times the normal fare , and the astonished Annamese stood between the shafts of his vehicle staring after Joseph in amazement until he and Chuck disappeared inside the palace . |
| 6 | Estonia , again , published more than a third as many again books as the USSR average in the late 1980s , and museum and theatre visits were between two and three times the national average . |
| 7 | And even when you got into your second years you did get erm two hours off one day and three hours the next , which was usually five till eight . |
| 8 | Across nine sources and three purposes the Average mark awarded was 5.1 , almost exactly half marks . |