Example sentences of "[adv] twice [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The building was rectangular , generally twice as long as wide and had an apse at one or both ends . |
| 2 | The Martian year is nearly twice as long as Earth 's , although its ‘ day ’ is virtually the same . |
| 3 | That is nearly twice as long as patients should have to wait according to the John Major 's Patients ' Charter . |
| 4 | It also criticized the manufacturers and contractors for lax planning and supervision of the project , the first aircraft having taken nearly twice as long as planned to build . |
| 5 | What is more important , the complex algorithm is shown to take roughly twice as long as the simple algorithm across all window sizes . |
| 6 | ‘ It is about twice as fast as conventional dipping , ’ claims Glyn Williams , UK distributor of the franchise . |
| 7 | Older people also consult their GP about twice as often as younger people . |
| 8 | It will be about twice as long as the goods brake and , as Colin 's article states , it will be carried on No. 5 's bogies and used as a mobile shop/ticket office/refreshment car . |
| 9 | Snooker frames with Julian last about twice as long as they do with anybody else . |
| 10 | The adoral shields are about twice as long as broad not particularly wing-like and not separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 11 | The adoral shields are large prominent about twice as long as broad and only just separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 12 | The adoral shields are larger about twice as long as broad , slightly curved , and do not separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 13 | The adoral shields are large , about twice as long as broad , and do not separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 14 | The radial shields are irregularly tear drop shaped about twice as long as broad and separated along their entire length . |
| 15 | The radial shields are about twice as long as broad , separated by a wedge of plates , nearly half the disk radius in length . |
| 16 | The radial shields are equal to or less than half the disk radius , about twice as long as broad and contiguous only distally . |
| 17 | The radial shields are about twice as long as broad , small triangular . |
| 18 | The radial shields are about twice as long as broad and contiguous only distally . |
| 19 | The radial shields are about twice as long as broad ; in small specimens they may be contiguous along their whole length , in larger specimen they become separated by a single triangular plate or by a wedge of plates . |
| 20 | I had seen it when I had taken a detour from Arequipa into the Colca , reputedly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon . |
| 21 | ‘ It is manifestly unfair that the alcoholic content of Scotch Whisky should be taxed almost twice as heavily as that of beer or wine . |
| 22 | The Act 's 238 sections and 13 schedules make it almost twice as long as the 1944 Education Act and it is certainly comparable in significance . |
| 23 | The average working week of housewiv es in this sample is seventy-seven hours — almost twice as long as an industrial working week of forty hours . |
| 24 | This innovation makes it possible to produce rugs that are almost twice as long as the distance between the horizontal beams . |
| 25 | Multiprocessors should perform at least twice as fast as the current top-end Model 755 workstation which goes to 150 SPECfp92 and 80 SPECin92 . |
| 26 | If you want to get somewhere else , you must run at least twice as fast as that ! ’ |
| 27 | Bill the dog always seems to walk at least twice as far as I do , running ahead for a while and coming back to check that I 'm following before he dives down a hole after rabbits that he never catches . |
| 28 | Despite this , most people persist in proposing their ideas at least twice as often as they suggest them ! |
| 29 | In fact , depending on the size of the excavation and the range of finds , more people may be engaged in the post-excavation analysis than during the actual excavation ; and whatever the size of the site , the post-excavation analysis takes at least twice as long as the excavation itself . |
| 30 | In the male , the body is at least twice as long as the manubrium , while in the female , it is relatively shorter . |