Example sentences of "more [subord] double [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite good intentions and solid backing , the military published only fourteen papers with a circulation of about 70,000 copies , or little more than double that of Gudok alone . |
| 2 | The energy content of fat is more than double that of protein and nearly three times as much as carbohydrate . |
| 3 | In addition , the LDDC plans to spend over £200 million by the mid-1990s on road improvements with Docklands , and the Department of Transport is to spend more than double that figure on linking the area to the national road network . |
| 4 | Thus the proportion of all men belonging to occupational pension schemes is more than double that of women . |
| 5 | With more than half the world market , Boeing 's share is more than double that of its two biggest competitors : Airbus and McDonnell Douglas . |
| 6 | ‘ The taxman will get more than double that . |
| 7 | Losses on Commercial lines for the year were more than double 1991 , reflecting the difficult market conditions . |
| 8 | Hewlett-Packard Co says that in the UK , growth in orders was a storming 39% , and that orders for Unix systems are more than double this time last year : exports from the UK are up 16% , 80% of everything sold is now new business , and all new business is on the Unix side — as price-performance improves two-fold every year , it is selling four times as many Unix boxes each year . |
| 9 | Mr O'Gara now expects that proportion to shrink rapidly as sales of the PSV-2 more than double this year . |
| 10 | HP says that in the UK , growth in orders was a 39% , and that orders for Unix systems are more than double this time last year . |
| 11 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
| 12 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
| 13 | In 1989 , sales of unleaded fuel in Germany were more than double those in the UK . |
| 14 | The four ‘ little tigers ’ — Hong Kong , Singapore , Taiwan and Korea — have growth rates which , at between eight and eleven per cent , are more than double those for most of the rest of the world . |
| 15 | These omission errors are small compared with the effects of changes in diagnostic criteria : rates in our broad class are more than double those in the probable class . |