Example sentences of "[prep] twenty time " in BNC.
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1 | It was ten to twenty times more powerful than a candle , and thus encouraged the furniture into the room away from the fire , which had often served as supplementary lighting . |
2 | The former measurement is in terms of a value equal to twenty times the logarithm to the base ten of the ratio of the root-means square pressure of a sound to the reference pressure , which is normally taken to be two times ten to the minus five newtons per square metre , and the unit of measurement is on a uniform scale based upon ten times the logarithm to the base ten |
3 | The N R P B at Chilton has produced the report with the Royal College of Radiologists , and it 's revealed patients in one region , may receive up to twenty times the radiation dose of patients in another region . |
4 | Amongst them were the rare white , or pink , variety unique to the Toraja , with china-blue eyes like a Siamese cat , and each worth twenty times more than an ordinary buffalo . |
5 | Do n't forget , too , the Grand Opera House has two score of inexpensive slip seats sold only after ten of the clock on the day and they are excellent seats too — far better than seats at twenty times their price in great opera houses around the world . |