Example sentences of "[be] [adj] than double [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The CBI points out that UK corporate taxes , at more than 4% of GDP in 1989 , are more than double the amount of state aid to industry . |
2 | Trading profits in the communications division were more than double the figure for the first half year thanks to the cost control programme . |
3 | Prior to World War I , infant mortality rates in the workhouses were more than double the rate for the entire population . |
4 | Thus , the benefit for a pensioner couple over 80 will rise from £88.45 a week to £96.15 a week — an increase of 8.7 per cent. , which is more than double the increase in the retail prices index . |
5 | If one is more than double the other , we should not fit a straight line . |