Example sentences of "in about [adj] " 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 | That put us in about 15–20th place — — quite handy . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I looked down the other scores and confirmed that Jack was in about twentieth place , so he would need a very special round today to force his way back among the leaders . |
| 6 | I never ran marathons , but gradually increased my distance , starting with a 30-mile race , then the Isle of Man 40 on the TT course , where I did well , and the following week I ran from Edinburgh to Glasgow , which is about 50 miles and came in about second or third . ’ |
| 7 | Dating of the volcanic rocks of the Hawaiian Islands has shown that each of the main islands was formed in about 1 Ma . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | However , healthy skin rebounds back to a normal pH of 4.5 in about 10–15 minutes . |
| 10 | We probably came in about 130th but who cares ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was all gone in about one minute fifty seconds . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 4 Temporary difficulty with passing urine after surgery occurs in about one third of hernia patients . |
| 15 | Nor are the blight years which affected potato crops in about one year in three , in the not so distant past . |
| 16 | A BASIC program running on a microcomputer can generate a single stream pattern in about one second . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I 've seen her in about one programme in the last five years |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | It was presumably Bruce Davidson , who admired and was annoyed by Francesca in about equal measure , and therefore took an unremitting interest in all her activities , who had favoured him with this . |
| 21 | Greater and lesser frequency existed in about equal proportions , but nearly twice as many of this married population had intercourse only once a week , or less often , than had intercourse three times or more in a week . |
| 22 | Barristers and solicitors are appointed in about equal proportions . |
| 23 | Fizzy is less than pleased , but I have to admit that she adds to our amusement and wreaks havoc in about equal proportions . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | " 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | The premonitions began to pour in about Grand National winners , storm warnings , earthquakes and other disasters . |
| 28 | he comes in about late |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |