Example sentences of "nearly [num] [noun pl] as [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And even Hoggatt 's Laboratory , blood or no blood , had been part of the village for over seventy years , while Chevisham Manor had stood for nearly three times as long . |
| 2 | Le Monde of June 9-10 estimated that in the 50 major , policy-determining laws of the 270 passed during Rocard 's term as Prime Minister , Rocard had relied on the support of the right and centre nearly three times as often as he relied on the PCF . |
| 3 | The increased sophistication of the system used by dolphins is necessary because sound travels nearly five times as fast in water as in air . |
| 4 | This means that at any frequency , sound waves in water are nearly five times as long as they would be in air , and so provide poorer resolution . |
| 5 | ( Germany grew at 2 per cent during the period 1973–84 ; Hong Kong grew nearly five times as rapidly . ) |