Example sentences of "three [noun pl] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On all three continents where Mr Murdoch rules his titles support businessmen , governments and their ambitions . |
| 2 | Since they won their independence from the Ottoman empire 170 years ago , there have been only three times when Greeks could justifiably feel the world was smiling on them . |
| 3 | Cu Sith usually moved in complete silence , though would bark loudly three times when hunting his prey . |
| 4 | The case went before the Bishop three times when John Heryng pleaded that he had already been accounted before auditors appointed by the Bishop and that the account was in possession of John Ie Baker , now churchwarden . |
| 5 | But he always has two or three times more possession than most . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ People living in houses eight times more expensive will only pay three times more council tax . ’ |
| 7 | But the nucleus of a pre-malignant cell takes up two to three times more dye than a normal cell , the researchers find . |
| 8 | The prescribing unit is a weighting factor created by the Department of Health , based on the observation that elderly patients receive overall three times more prescription items than others . |
| 9 | The large steam chamber has a one litre capacity , allowing up to one and a half hours of continuous ironing with three times more steam per minute than a conventional iron . |
| 10 | Depression in the previous twelve months was experienced by three times more women who had experienced maternal loss or separation ( of at least one year ) in childhood than by women with no such childhood experiences . |
| 11 | Generally speaking , compared with being sedentary ( sitting watching TV , working at a desk ) , you will burn around three times more calories walking at 3 miles an hour . |
| 12 | It is understood samples taken for analysis showed three times more iodine 129 than permitted was released into the atmosphere . |
| 13 | It just does not look that way sometimes because there are as many as three times more losers than winners from the economic transformation . |
| 14 | Men normally have higher BMRs than women because a larger part of their total body weight is muscle tissue , and muscle tissue can burn up to three times more energy than fat tissue , even when it is inactive . |
| 15 | However , the big tin-can already has three times more room for experiments than the present space station , which could render the modules redundant . |
| 16 | The 10 per cent guar loaf has 25 per cent less digestible carbohydrate , and hence 25 per cent fewer calories , than white bread , yet it has three times more fibre . |
| 17 | A kitten requires three times more nourishment , relative to body weight , than a fully grown cat . |
| 18 | The Bank of England stepped into the currency markets three times yesterday morning , selling dollars and buying pounds . |
| 19 | Three times yesterday morning at 10am , 11am and noon a man contacted the Samaritans telling them where Gareth was . |
| 20 | Three times yesterday morning at 10am , 11am and noon , a man contacted the Samaritans telling them where Gareth was . |
| 21 | There may be three reasons why court proceedings follow the Children 's Hearing . |
| 22 | There are at least three reasons why changes in profitability might be associated with changes in private sector investment : |
| 23 | We distinguish three reasons why governments may wish to nationalize industries . |
| 24 | Three reasons why Peaford continues |
| 25 | It is usual to distinguish three reasons why people want to hold their assets in the form of money . |
| 26 | Colour another piece of fondant black , roll out and cut three strips about 2cm ( ¾inch ) wide and long enough to wrap around the rocket . |
| 27 | Three hours later Paul is leaning against the wall in a hospital corridor . |
| 28 | But three hours later Anthony , 36 , crashlanded in a Cornish field after running OUT of fuel on his solo round-Britain test flight . |
| 29 | Three hours later Drew found her there . |
| 30 | Three hours later Jack tied the last suture and stood back to survey his work . |