Example sentences of "or four [noun pl] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spittle-bug or frog-hopper is equally as soft as an aphid , but three or four times the size . |
| 2 | This is three or four times the number normally purchased each year by the government . |
| 3 | At a meeting of the Cairngorm Club he told a hushed audience ‘ For every few steps I took I heard a crunch as if someone was walking after me but taking steps three or four times the length of my own . |
| 4 | Every three or four hours the trawl was winched alongside and we battled to pass a rope round the " cod end " which held the fish , using the roll of the boat to help us . |
| 5 | The fresher the soot , the longer it needed to percolate through the hessian , but within three or four days the water would be nicely laced . |