Example sentences of "is [adv] three time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each case , the proportion attending in one class is approximately three times the proportion attending in the other ; the similarity between the two numbers ( 0.36 and 3.16 ) , however , requires careful inspection to spot . |
| 2 | The input word far would never be correctly recognised , since the sequence ‘ fo ’ is approximately three times more common in English than the di-gram ‘ fa ’ . |
| 3 | His estimate that 150,000 Iraqi Shias had sought refuge in Iran is exactly three times the figure given by the Iranian interior minister ( although the Iranians have no obvious reason to underestimate the number of refugees ) . |
| 4 | Some results fit the prediction very well ( e.g. if the numbers of offspring with red eyes is just three times the number with white eyes ) ; some fit it quite well ( e.g. if 61 have red eyes and 23 have white eyes ) , and some would fit it very badly ( e.g. if all but one had white eyes ) . |
| 5 | The dash is always THREE times the length of the dot . |
| 6 | Despite what was until the Eastern Airlines strike a prosperous tourist trade , the percentage of people living in poverty on the islands is nearly three times that in the mainland United States . |
| 7 | Because the inadequate moisture levels are also highly changeable , year-to-year variation in Soviet farm output is typically three times greater than in the United States . |
| 8 | This fish is now three times the size when purchased and appears to be thriving . |
| 9 | The arm length is about three times the disk diameter . |
| 10 | The cost of forest loss through sulphur pollution is about three times the amount dedicated to controlling air pollution by European political leaders . |
| 11 | Last year 's deficit was about £125 million ( although this compares well with the comparable figure for the UK which is almost three times higher ) and this year the deficit will probably be about the same . |
| 12 | And the wealthiest woman in the country , shipping heiress CHRISTINE GOULANDRIS , is almost three times richer than the monarch with a fortune of £290 million . |
| 13 | Although Britain 's output of services is almost three times its manufacturing output , recorded exports of services are only half those of manufactures — and in the past 30 years , Britain 's share of world trade in services has fallen slightly faster than its share in manufacturing . |
| 14 | At present valuations , the figure being asked is around three times the price valuers working for the county council expect for common land with ancient rights over it … |
| 15 | This is around three times the average dose in the UK , and there is some evidence of an increase in cancer incidence . |
| 16 | Note that the average payment following the optimal strategy is around three times greater than the average payment following the myopic strategy . |
| 17 | ‘ The company is not going bust , assets are four times the current price and the yield on a cut dividend is over three times the UK average . ’ |
| 18 | One in 1,175 is over three times the average . |
| 19 | The time available for the motor to travel to the appropriate phase switching position is therefore three times the clock period . |