Example sentences of "[adj] about [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1985 and early this year , the krona lost about 25% against the D-mark . |
| 2 | At pH 7.0 about 10% of total radioactivity of [ I ] bFGF was bound to sucralfate , whereas at pH 2.0 the binding increased to about 90% ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 3 | Cut out nine squares , each about 10cm x 10cm , from the tissue paper . |
| 4 | Bus stations at Wakefield and Castleford are each about 1km from the navigation . |
| 5 | In 1987 about 25% of all new private housing in the south east was built on small ‘ back garden ’ sites , and the loss of suburban open space is emerging as a major environmental problem . |
| 6 | By 1987 about 65% of the women were no longer under observation , mainly because they had moved from the recruiting doctors ' practice area . |
| 7 | Its value is about 0.00005 of that of the Earth , it is inclined about 12° from the spin axis , and its polarity is the same as that of the present Earth 's field . |
| 8 | In the absence of NCp7 , IN cleaved about 40% of the DNA template ( lane 1 ) while approximately 75% of the 28-mer was cleaved in the presence of 1.2 ng of NCp7 ( lane 5 ) . |
| 9 | Research shows that in 1990 about 60% of us received calls from telephone salesmen , yet three quarters of us object to them . |
| 10 | Be realistic about time in your planning . |