Sentence examples for for about three times from inspiring English sources

This was contrarian in 1997 and we ended up buying Morgan Stanley for about three times their 1999 and 2000 earnings.

But it goes on for about three times as long as need be.

But American commanders in Afghanistan have been pleading for months for about three times that number.

The 90 homeowners there will get checks for about three times the value of houses.

Cars can be individually crated, for about three times the price.

The 90 homeowners here will get checks for about three times the value of houses they probably could not have sold anyway.

Microsoft Office sells for about five times that price.

(A similar ad on the Super Bowl sells for about six thousand times that rate).

"In convenience stores, a case of Red Bull sells for about six times the amount of a case of Coke or Pepsi," said John D. Sicher, the editor and publisher of Beverage Digest, a trade publication.

Analysts look for EPS to jump 44% into 2009, and it trades for about eight times '09 estimates.

(Its Taiwan-traded shares go for about ten times projected 2001 earnings, roughly half that market's average).