Example sentences of "at twice the speed " in BNC.
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| 1 | About one in five of all trips are made for business purposes and the business travel industry is growing at twice the speed of tourism . |
| 2 | Their thirteen examples are still flying safely and reliably and at an operating profit , and unless and until a new design is embarked upon ( undoubtedly requiring massive joint international investment ) then Concorde will almost certainly be the only way civilian passengers can travel at twice the speed of sound until well into the next century . |
| 3 | Right , here we went at twice the speed , and it finished up half the time . |
| 4 | As a result they push it beyond its design — a bit like trying to fly a plane at twice the speed and height that it was designed for . |
| 5 | It was reported on March 1 that , although the construction of the tunnel was behind schedule , geological problems relating to the chalk seabed had now been overcome , and digging was now advancing at twice the speed of a year earlier . |
| 6 | Unable to stop the spell which has made the broom fetch water , the apprentice breaks it in two only to have both halves doing the job at twice the speed . |