Example sentences of "than double [art] [noun sg] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The growth in occupational pension provision for women was even more marked with more than double the proportion of 60–69 year olds having them ( 32 per cent ) compared with the over-80s ( 15 per cent ) . |
| 2 | The largest city in the world in 2000 will be Mexico City with a population of some 24.4 millions , more than double the size of any city in 1960 except New York . |
| 3 | The proposed development at Meadow House , though not associated with any community , would more than double the number of habitable dwellings in the immediate vicinity . |
| 4 | They comprise some 21 per cent of rural housing stock on average , and Shucksmith ( 1981 ) indicates that , during 1968–73 in England and Wales there were usually more than double the number of local authority houses being built per 1,000 population in urban than in rural districts . |
| 5 | Even 17.8 per cent , however , was still more than double the growth of average earnings over that period . |