Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] about a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition it was suggested that only about a quarter of the earlier sample of women had used birth control methods other than withdrawal compared with 57 per cent of the latter group . |
| 2 | Questionnaires sent out as part of the HSC employment department 's 1990 labour force survey showed that only about a third of reportable accidents appear in official statistics , that 2 million people have illnesses they believe are caused or made worse by work , and that work related accidents and ill health are probably resulting in about 30m days off work a year in the UK . |
| 3 | In practice , not all fires were used at the peak , but even at the higher real prewar price levels , research had shown that only about a third of the costs imposed by the peak space heating demand were being recovered in contemporary domestic tariffs . |
| 4 | Calvin Hall 's large survey of dream content showed that only about a third of the total number of dreams reported contained references to colour . |
| 5 | Algorithms detect most high risk patients , both young and old , and risk factor stratification shows that in about a third of them there is a likely or predominant initiating mechanism that is amenable to specific treatment — for example , paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with amiodarone ; an accessory pathway with ablation ; a gradient with β blockers , calcium antagonists , or myectomy ; conduction disease with a pacemaker ; refractory sustained ventricular arrhythmias with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator ; and relative ischaemia in the presence of normal coronary vessels with nitrates and calcium antagonists . |
| 6 | Now those were the issues that were leading us sir had left us to make an objection to this structure plan that we thought erm the detailed papers on it were sent to the county in our in our objections , they led us to by a series of calculations to come to the view that around about a hundred hectares would be more appropriate for Harrogate , this is in addition to its Greater York supplement , erm than what is now settled upon which is sixty hectares . |
| 7 | However , it is worth noting that Sigma ( 4.7 ) , between Delta and Epsilon and in the same field with Epsilon , is one of the nearer stars , only 19 light-years away and only about a third as luminous as the Sun . |
| 8 | Around half of those who replied ( 56% ) had never before visited the Library 's exhibitions , and only about a quarter ( 23% ) had previously visited exhibitions more frequently than once a year . |
| 9 | Norwich is the better bet because Ipswich is being redeveloped and only about a third of the space at the moment is being used for the , for shopping . |
| 10 | The female dog flea ( 1 ) lays her eggs on the floor ( 2 ) or in bedding and in about a week they hatch into larvae ( 3 ) which spin cocoons , inside which the pupae ( 4 ) develop into adults within two or three weeks . |
| 11 | All of whom have taken away bumf and seem interested , and in about a week I 'm going to follow it up by writing to them . |
| 12 | Quickly Robert inserted the needle into the thigh muscle , and in about a minute , the small body went limp . |
| 13 | I fancy I slagged it off and then about a year later I loved the whole album . |
| 14 | Now okay you know the , you know the one person you ca n't do anything for but it 's the way this lass looked you know and then about a week after that I 'm in Princes Street and I always try and er you know buy the , the Issues |
| 15 | I think it were about half past seven , and then about an hour after it started . |
| 16 | But only about a quarter of goods are imported , so a ten per cent devaluation would add 2.5 per cent to the cost of living . |
| 17 | Young men with periodontitis had a nearly threefold increased risk of death from coronary heart disease but only about a 50% increased risk of admission to hospital for coronary heart disease . |
| 18 | Thus a local manager could make new arrangements about National Diploma work in a school but not about a First Diploma . |
| 19 | The volunteer work force comprises not only the five men of the company but also about a dozen regular helpers from the North West Loco Action Group . |
| 20 | Whereas only about a third of local residents paid full rates , most adults will pay the charge . |
| 21 | About half British trade was with the Commonwealth and Sterling Area ( countries trading in British currency ) whereas only about a quarter was with Europe . |