Example sentences of "[be] about [art] size " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cones are much rarer ; these are about the size and shape of an asparagus spear , with rows of cavities , which contained spores , so that if they are flattened they can appear almost segmented in the manner of an arthropod fossil . |
| 2 | The moths ( Cryptoses choloepi ) are about the size of a housefly . |
| 3 | Compact models are about the size of a microwave . |
| 4 | Also known as Black Hounds , these dangerous animals are about the size of a pony , and menace the Devonshire roads of south-western England at dusk . |
| 5 | These faecal pellets are about the size of a pollen grain , and like pollen they easily become airborne to be inhaled by humans . |
| 6 | Its fruit are about the size and colour of small oranges , and squirrels and hornbills feed on the fleshy pulp . |
| 7 | We have smell-detecting membranes in our noses that are about the size of a postage stamp . |
| 8 | Here the individual pixels are about the size of characters and you can Set and Reset them at will . |
| 9 | The emergency bakeries are able to bake about 1,500 loaves an hour and are about the size of ten army trucks . |
| 10 | The dippers are browny-black in colour with striking , snowy white breasts ; they 're about the size of a well-fed blackbird , but far more enjoyable to watch . |
| 11 | They 're about the size of a cigarette packet and come with a connector for one of the standard low-cost LAN cable types ( which usually means thin co-an and BNC connections ) . |
| 12 | If an atom were to be magnified to 100 metres diameter , the size of a large concert hall , then the nucleus in its centre would be about the size of a grain of salt . |
| 13 | If we could somehow persuade our planet to become a black hole , it would be about the size of a marble — but still possessing all the mass of the original Earth . |
| 14 | Rather than disturb the patients at the hospital any more , Ace and Petion had followed the Marines to their staging area at the customs receivership , which Ace judged to be about the size of an aircraft hangar . |
| 15 | Satellite observations reveal the area of major ozone loss to be about the size of the United States . |
| 16 | Instead of being about the size and shape of a coin , the fusulines are spindle-shaped , with a round cross-section tapering at both ends ; fusuline limestones again form thick rock sequences , particularly in Russia and the Orient . |
| 17 | Most volcanic bombs are relatively small , being about the size of a football , but much larger bombs can be produced in very violent eruptions . |
| 18 | Some of the smaller , and most certainly highly active dinosaurs were about the size of a chicken , and there is more than a passing similarity between a running ostrich and the kind of reconstruction that shows fleet-footed , running dinosaurs . |
| 19 | There were several species , most were about the size of those living today but with the dragonflies as with millipedes and other groups that have pioneered a new environment , the absence of competition allowed some early forms to develop to an enormous size , and dragonflies eventually appeared with a wingspan of 70 centimetres , the largest insects ever to exist . |
| 20 | The implant is about the size of a saucer , 3.5 inches ( 9cm ) across and an inch deep . |
| 21 | Selling space in a hypermarket is about the size of a … |
| 22 | The human heart is about the size of a fist and is a muscle filled with blood . |
| 23 | Each spring is about the size of a swimming pool and produces enough helium for use , after liquefaction , at the Cyclotron ( small nuclear accelerator ) in Calcutta . |
| 24 | The marking device is in the form of a microchip , enclosed within a tiny container which is about the size of a rice grain . |
| 25 | So I was able to make excursions throughout the state , which is about the size of Hampshire , admiring its astonishing number of traditional country houses , and enjoying the company of many of their owners . |
| 26 | You take the biggest of the logs , which is about the size of a man 's arm , and walk softly across the room to the bedroom door . |
| 27 | One is about the size of or the half size of a football . |
| 28 | Can you identify this hammered silver coin , which is about the size of a 10p piece ( 29mm ) ? |
| 29 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
| 30 | NCR has just introduced a model that is about the size of an A4 pad making it possible to walk around and make notes as you go . |