Example sentences of "for three [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet in the end it sold the site for three times the amount that the City expected to obtain by demolishing the buildings . |
| 2 | If the wretched woman had n't taken herself off to war work in a factory canteen for three times the money , or so she had said . |
| 3 | Twice as large as the Atlantic and getting on for three times the size of the Indian Ocean , it is bigger than all the land surface of the earth , including Antarctica , and with Africa counted twice . |
| 4 | Basically this provides that controlling persons who ‘ knowingly or recklessly ’ fail to supervise their employees properly , with a view to preventing insider dealing violations , can be made liable for three times the profit made or loss avoided ( this may not exceed a $1m fine ) for violations committed by their employees or other controlled persons . |
| 5 | There is also provision for private litigation , whereby private parties can sue for three times the damages inflicted upon them by violations of the law . |
| 6 | For three generations the Spring family played a dominant part in this , and when Thomas Spring III died in 1523 he was wealthier than many of the nobility and was the richest commoner in England outside London ; he owned 26 manors in eastern England and held property in 130 parishes ( 82 , pp.13 , 94 , 152–3 ) . |
| 7 | For three centuries the common law courts have recognised the value of the visitor acting as the judge of the internal laws of the foundation and have refused to trespass upon his territory . |
| 8 | Slowly , however , the Romans had to learn to govern Celts , and this became an even more pressing responsibility when Spain was organized in two provinces in 197 B.C. For three centuries the Romans were steadily engaged — among their multifarious commitments — in annexing territories which were partially or totally Celtic until they came to control the greater part of the Celtic-speaking world . |
| 9 | ‘ For three years the Government has been cutting help to the unemployed , depriving them of the training they need and reducing their ability to find their way back to work . |
| 10 | For three years the war was just a large scale Radio thriller . |
| 11 | For three days the discussions and arguments went on . |
| 12 | ‘ It was as if they had all been locked up for three days the way they rushed in , ’ said a security man who saw the 8.30am rush . |
| 13 | For three days the light of the sun is blotted out by " thick darkness " ( probably a khamsin duststorm ) ( 10:21–29 ) . |
| 14 | For three days the murder room was the haunt of SOCO and the Detective Chief Inspector as they quartered every inch in search of fingermarks , blood or saliva samples and other prey for their relentless , questioning minds . |
| 15 | For three weeks the Price Is Right celebrity was in a deep coma at Bristol 's Frenchay Hospital . |
| 16 | For three weeks the fortified monastery had been their prison . |
| 17 | for three numbers the Maltese heavy stared at him — while all his henchmen stood at the back of the club watching him watching John . |