Example sentences of "[verb] roughly [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interpreter operates at high speed : in simultaneous translation ( strictly speaking , simultaneous interpreting ) , he keeps roughly a sentence behind the speaker ; in consecutive translation ( interpreting ) the speaker waits for the interpreter to translate anything from a morpheme to a whole paragraph at a time . |
| 2 | Within two years of starting my apprenticeship I was having to do roughly a man 's work , but my wages were only half a crown a week . |
| 3 | I planned roughly the direction of my ‘ impromptu ’ . |
| 4 | The city is one of the most popular destinations on the visitors ' map … but accomodation bookings have fallen roughly a quarter over the past two years . |
| 5 | The 17.5 per cent stake represents roughly a quarter of Anglia 's market capitalisation , but David McCall , chief executive , said he believed ‘ the share price has a long way to go yet ’ . |
| 6 | IBM Corp is using the 88110 in its new X terminals but says it will probably migrate to PowerPC 601s when it 's got them in volume : a 40MHz 88110 offers roughly the performance of a 33MHz SuperSparc . |
| 7 | It will have roughly the performance of a diesel . |
| 8 | The results for high risk junctions illustrate roughly the pattern of findings that would have been consistent with Study 1 . |
| 9 | And the main conurbation formed by Greater Manchester and Merseyside follows roughly the line of the Irwell and Mersey valleys across the southern end of Lancashire but extending well into the Cheshire plain . |
| 10 | We can assess roughly the impact of Freud 's teaching and doctrine on the academic and clinical mind , but it is an immense task to document the slow , informal irrigation of society at large by new ideas . |