Example sentences of "in about [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The broadcasters were able to enliven their reports by incorporating actuality clips from the Chamber in about one-third of their parliamentary news stories , and these clips averaged between 25 and 77 seconds in duration , depending on the programme , which usually comprised about a quarter of the story ( exceptionally , BBC2 's Newsnight had longer stories , averaging eight minutes , and its average actuality length of 49.5 seconds comprised only 10% of these items ) . |
| 2 | No sex differences were found in the rate of problems but the difficulties were found to persist for one year in about two-thirds of these children and to persist for over five years in about one-third . |
| 3 | At a temperature of 73–74°F John 's fish 's eggs hatch in about 2½–3 days , but the fry are another day or so before becoming free-swimming . |
| 4 | Dating of the volcanic rocks of the Hawaiian Islands has shown that each of the main islands was formed in about 1 Ma . |
| 5 | A recent application in our own hands has been in the treatment of multiple sclerosis where it has been found to be of value in restoring at least some nerve function in about 60–70 per cent of patients treated . |
| 6 | However , healthy skin rebounds back to a normal pH of 4.5 in about 10–15 minutes . |
| 7 | There 's a chance that he might have a moderately common anatomical abnormality of the penis ( present in about one man in 200 ) which makes it difficult to avoid peeing on the floor . |
| 8 | It was all gone in about one minute fifty seconds . |
| 9 | Once the concentration of calcium returns to its resting level , the inactive R H state converts back to the sensitive R L state in about one second , thus setting the stage for another spike . |
| 10 | 4 Temporary difficulty with passing urine after surgery occurs in about one third of hernia patients . |
| 11 | Nor are the blight years which affected potato crops in about one year in three , in the not so distant past . |
| 12 | A BASIC program running on a microcomputer can generate a single stream pattern in about one second . |
| 13 | Grade 2 was not interpreted as a sign of active colitis , since it has been found in about one third of patients with a normal macroscopic mucosa and no history of colitis . |
| 14 | I 've seen her in about one programme in the last five years |
| 15 | I hate it people go have got a lot a load of homework to do do all their bloody homework week 's homework in about one bloody day |
| 16 | We were endeavouring to develop the policy that would become the programme of a Labour Government who would take power in about 1990-91 and remain in office until about 1995-96 , by which time we would have the beginnings of the Trident programme . |
| 17 | " Ali Yegani ( Sinaneddin Yusuf : d. 945/1538–9 ) who taught in at least three medreses before reaching the Iznik medrese where , in about 921–2/1515–16 , he was receiving 45 akce a day . |
| 18 | In about 1891–2 Dowson was received into the Catholic Church , and produced certain religio-aesthetic poems , such as ‘ Nuns of Perpetual Adoration ’ and ‘ Carthusians ’ . |
| 19 | As the effects of training increase in an S shaped curve and plateau in about 13–14 weeks , patients leaving supervised programmes should continue long term exercise after adequate counselling . |
| 20 | Ellis compared the brands of the animal to the claimant 's name , and if he was satisfied , as he was in about two-thirds of the cases , he issued the claimant a certificate of ownership . |
| 21 | No sex differences were found in the rate of problems but the difficulties were found to persist for one year in about two-thirds of these children and to persist for over five years in about one-third . |
| 22 | This state can be induced in about three-quarters of the population ; the rest for some unknown reason can not achieve it even if they wish to do so . |
| 23 | BP Solar is developing a technology based on an alternative semiconductor that can absorb the whole solar spectrum in about one-thousandth of a millimetre of material . |
| 24 | In about 1813–14 he organized in Bermondsey a society of workmen which virtually constituted a Mechanics ' Institute , almost ten years before those established by Leonard Horner [ q.v. ] |
| 25 | The novelty of a golf course being built at Henley was interesting material to the proprietor of the Henley Standard , a certain 30-year-old Charles Luker who was to join the Club in about 1909–10 , and eventually become both its Captain and President . |
| 26 | All I need are your thoughts in about 700–750 of your own words , plus a good black and white ‘ mug shot ’ ! |
| 27 | Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis occurs in about 3/1000 live births . |
| 28 | Occasionally a mevleviyet was created by the combination of the kadilik with another post : Kutahya was made a mevleviyet in about 970/1562–3 by the joining of a muderrislik with the kadilik , while Kefe seems to have become a mevleviyet in 992/1584 by the joining of the offices of kadi and mufti . |
| 29 | " Abd Allah ( Hubbi/Hubbi Mollasi ) in about 970/1562–3 by combining the kadilik of Kutahya with the muderrislik of the Germiyanoglu medrese in the same city . |
| 30 | It is not certain whether Hippodamos was ever in charge of laying out a town but his plans and ideas were influential in the planning of some cities , for example , Piraeus , the port of Athens , in about 470–460 B.C. |