Example sentences of "three [noun] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With 1,465 golf courses now in operation and planning approval granted for 762 more , the heyday of farmers selling their land for three times its agricultural value may be past . |
| 2 | Her head was three times its normal size , one huge , crusty , black blister , her eyes like two slit tennis balls , and the lower half of her face seemed to have no features at all except enormous fat black lips that covered her nostrils and chin . |
| 3 | With this award the Programme will be expanded to more than three times its present size and become one of the University 's most important academic developments . |
| 4 | The storage area for raw materials , packaging and finished products is also being increased , by three times its present size , greatly reducing our reliance on external warehousing . |
| 5 | He also acquired an oak cupboard with linenfold panels of the same period made in Picardy for FFr380,000 ( £39,500 ; $68,730 ) , more than three times its low estimate and said after the sale only those unexpectedly high prices had prevented him from going for more . |
| 6 | Leave until it rises to three times its initial volume , then cook in a preheated oven ( 220C/425F/Gas 7 ) for 30 mins . |
| 7 | Even so , the IMF 's new figures still lift China 's share in world output to 6% — three times its previous weight , making it the world 's third-biggest economy behind America ( 22.5% ) and Japan ( 7.6% ) . |
| 8 | Shadow Education Secretary Ann Taylor accused the Government of cutting back on spending on school repairs but spending £6.8 million — almost three times its original budget — on education publicity . |
| 9 | In 1885 France was in possession of a colonial empire which , in 25 years , had grown to three times its original size . |