Example sentences of "[noun sg] about [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following day we set off to walk the Clear Creek trail which winds along the Colorado river , following a high gritstone outcrop about 1,640′ above it . |
| 2 | Eighteen to 48 hours after thrombolytic therapy about 85% of vessels are open , with the minority remaining occluded , This patency rate is rather higher than that seen at 90 minutes following similar thrombolytic treatment ( 65–70% ) . |
| 3 | 2 days later we got to the point which up to now is a strictly no go area for Westerners , starting at Tiszanogyores , a village about 100km from Tokai . |
| 4 | All you will need is a piece of plywood , plastic or plain wood about 65mm x 200mm ( 21/2 x 8in ) and a couple of short lengths of dowel . |
| 5 | Mrs Harker said : ‘ At the moment about 85pc of our students are from the community . |
| 6 | Make a circle about 7cm across and cut out two strips of card about 1 cm wide and 5cm long . |
| 7 | When mounting the mercury switch S1 , position the switch body about 10mm above the board to allow it to be angled to adjust its sensitivity . |
| 8 | One fast-food bar owner reckons the ring of steel is costing his business about £1,000 per week . |
| 9 | Starting at about 4,000ft , the Vimy rapidly lost height , Jack fighting to hold the joystick , they came out of the mist about 50ft above the water and at a dangerous angle . |
| 10 | A stage with four or six legs , holding the platform about 2½ft above the surface to allow for fluctuations in water level , is far better in the long term . |
| 11 | The pillar box was mounted on a platform about 10ft above deck and you reached it by climbing up a ladder . |
| 12 | As the DNA predictive test is the most accurate predictor of not inheriting the gene , screening beyond 30 years will probably be necessaryin about 50% of subjects , especially if there is late onset in the family . |
| 13 | For the first year , the warrants will be exercisable at a price about 20% above the share price at the time of the offering . |
| 14 | The five pivoting pan supports may be swung together for ease of packing but lock firmly in place to create a pan base about 5.5in in diameter . |
| 15 | It was only a good six minutes later that this squadron of battleships , which had been steaming some 8km/5mls behind Beatty in his flagship Lion , turned ; this delay left the squadron about 16km/10mls behind Beatty 's battlecruisers . |
| 16 | There is another building about 50yds to the east on the same level , not included in the R.C.H.M. Inventory . |
| 17 | There continued to be a small sloughy area about 1cm in diameter in the centre of the wound . |
| 18 | tissue paper about 100cm x 100cm , in your chosen colour |
| 19 | Stephen Brown survived because he landed on a narrow ledge about 18ft below the cliff edge at Sandy Bay , Exmouth , Devon , Charles Barton QC , for the prosecution , said . |
| 20 | It is thought more likely that there will be an increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20% , or an extension of the scope of VAT to incorporate zero-rated goods , which could net the government about £9bn in extra revenue , or both . |
| 21 | IBM said that the cost of the actions will be approximately $2,100m net , on top of the $2,100m that it will take to cover the cost of the voluntary redundancies , the $4,200m total to be offset by adoption of Financial Accounting Standard 109(a) , which will allow the company to write back to the profit and loss account about $1,900m in money set aside for deferred taxes . |
| 22 | Using the Light Rifle about 10′ from a 22″ television set gave a reasonable degree of control over the game . |
| 23 | However , a number of small watches have been set up or are in the process of being set up and by the summer about 80% of the village will be covered . |
| 24 | However , a number of small watches have been set up or are in the process of being set up and by the summer about 80% of the village will be covered . |
| 25 | Place this line about 2.5cm/1in from one long side of the first sheet of filo pastry . |
| 26 | Chicken Tikka Masala , Chicken Français and Chicken Chinese cost about £1.80 for two , from most major supermarkets . |
| 27 | The Darlington service cost about £250,000 a year about £40 for each callout . |
| 28 | By the end of the year about 90% of everything Kmart sells will be subject to this centralised merchandising system . |
| 29 | Taken as a whole these measures would cost someone on a £30,000 a year salary about £825 of their after tax income . |
| 30 | This temperature difference may in fact have significance in that the WLF equation has an infinity for a temperature about 50° below Tg and there is some evidence that the extrapolation of plots of equilibrium data below Tg gives intercepts at about 50° below Tg . |