Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we will enjoy happier times . ’ |
| 2 | If you use fresh herbs , generally you will need three times as much . |
| 3 | Yes she keep , goes on and do you know three times a day that poor dog walks |
| 4 | He was a big man in an unbuttoned dinner jacket , someone who could probably shave three times a day and still show a five o'clock shadow . |
| 5 | House prices may average three times incomes . |
| 6 | This manifesto does not promise good times just around the corner . |
| 7 | He realised first that a muon in the vicinity of a hydrogen atom would orbit 207 times nearer to the central nucleus than would the electron , and so the muon would get inside the electron 's orbit and take over the electrical attraction of the proton ; it is an atomic ‘ excuse me ’ dance routine . |
| 8 | In theory , one bile acid molecule could recycle several times , thereby generating several HCO 3 - ions in the canaliculus , and this would explain the ‘ hyper ’ choleresis . |
| 9 | As a result of this , it is now possible to leave a natural history museum knowing that some fleas can jump 130 times their own height , and that elephants can not jump at all , and that as many as a thousand dead ants have been found inside the stomach of a single mole . |
| 10 | The museum visitor who is told that some fleas can jump 130 times their own height simply has no idea where to go from that point onwards . |
| 11 | In a period of , say , 30 seconds , pattern A might repeat six times ( being of five seconds duration ) . |
| 12 | Sixty you could do six times six two sixes . |
| 13 | Most lenders will advance three times your annual income ( some go to 3.5 times , others limits it to 2.5 ) . |
| 14 | Could do three times three . |
| 15 | The answer depends on how much of the slump is attributable to exceptional circumstances whose impact will fade , how much to the business cycle whose fluctuations will bring happier times , and how much to the erosion of Europe 's competitiveness , which may take years to overcome . |
| 16 | Today an Alpine village with an indigenous population of 5,000 might easily accommodate three times that amount in peak season . |
| 17 | The pilot issue goes on sale in September and the magazine will appear three times a year . |
| 18 | First published in April , it will appear three times a year . |
| 19 | Campus Construction , believed to be the first journal of its type for students of construction , is being published by the Institute 's Commercial Directorate and will initially appear three times a year . |
| 20 | It was an experience which normally they would repeat many times in their lives , for they were expected to return to their home territories at the end of a year-long contract . |
| 21 | Then , placing my hands on my hips like I had seen Mum do many times when in a– temper , I looked her straight in the eyes . |
| 22 | The entity-type hyper-medium is in a 1 N relationship with pathitem indicating that each hyper-medium object can appear many times as a path item but that each path item refers to only one hyper-medium object . |
| 23 | Keep the circle flowing — you might only achieve 4 times to begin with . |
| 24 | Now it could fetch many times this amount when it 's auctioned . |
| 25 | This incident made me realise that our careful descriptions of the relationship between dialect and Standard English might be misread , and so in the final Report I insisted that we should reiterate many times that all pupils should learn , and if necessary be explicitly taught , Standard English . |
| 26 | Just do it that way which is what you 'd normally do , on your calculator , you 'd just do sixty times three point five . |
| 27 | He looked … he looked wonderful , and it made Robyn feel ten times worse . |
| 28 | He offered no denials , which made Ruth feel ten times worse for her accusations . |
| 29 | Local reports suggest he was carrying 20 cases of cigarettes from Gibraltar to Spanish territory where they can fetch 3 times the price . |
| 30 | By 1992 there will be more than 16 million miles of fibre-optic cable in place , each of which can carry 160 times more information than a copper wire . |