Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Austria is probably the best bet for summer skiing because , as the skiing is only possible until about 2pm , the prettiness of the villages and the gorgeous , unspoilt alpine meadows give plenty of scope for non-ski activities . |
| 2 | It has been in the sub-contracting game for so long that about a third of Toyota or Nissan cars are to varying degrees made by other smaller firms . |
| 3 | I was growing , but I 'm now , I never got much higher than about five foot one and I weighed eight stone for a many years . |
| 4 | In addition , when a sample is analysed by different techniques the results sometimes show substantial variations , while no technique is more precise than about 5 or 10 per cent of the measurement indicated . |
| 5 | Forty pence out of a pound what would that , roughly is it about half or about a quarter or what ? |
| 6 | We are thinking of people between the ages of about 35 and about 60 years ; but one would not care to argue these limits to within five years or so . |
| 7 | This growth in membership , which had been fairly rapid since about 1906 , was the result of a variety of factors , particularly the improved economic conditions , the high demand for labour and the high wages which were paid in war time . |
| 8 | School started at about 8.30 till about 3.30 and I could n't miss any lessons . |
| 9 | Mozambique has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world , approximately 200 per 1,000 live births.4 Those who depend on emergency support because of war and drought number about 1,690,000 and about half the population is wholly or partially dependent on food aid . |
| 10 | Within observational uncertainties these are the same as the solar relative abundances , which are about 0.16 for He/H 2 and about 8 × 10 -4 for C/H 2 , compared with about 0.11 and about 8 × 10 -4 respectively for the Jovian atmosphere . |
| 11 | Mammal-like animals have been around for some 200 million years but did n't become particularly numerous until about 70 million years ago , around the time the dinosaurs became extinct . |
| 12 | Interflora florists can send flowers worldwide so the team at the Royal were quite unperturbed that about 10% of showgoers are international visitors . |
| 13 | With real mortgage rates on extra borrowing normally between 4 and 5 per cent , it is quite plausible that about a quarter to a third of the value of housing equity — estimated at £830billion at end-1987 — could be due to deregulation . |
| 14 | From the relative positions of the 1989 fracture and the gravity high ( Figs 1 and 2 ) , it appears that the intrusion is either vertical and about 100m west of the fracture , or inclined downwards west away from the fracture . |
| 15 | Only that he had been up at San Carlos about two years and had a wife that was supposed to be very pretty and about fifteen years younger than he was . |
| 16 | Most of us do not find it easy to imagine our futures and it is extremely rare to meet an individual capable of projecting himself mentally more than about five years ahead . |
| 17 | Turnout at general elections is seldom more than about 75 per cent so Gallup asked voters : How likely is it that you will go out and vote in the General Election ? |
| 18 | Indeed , it is the closest planet to the Sun and at its maximum elongations is never more than about 28° from the Sun . |
| 19 | Comparisons with previous records showed an extensive decline along the chalk cliffs , where Walpole-Bond recorded never less than about 30 pairs , and nearly 100 in 1919 , but the survey found only 10 pairs . |
| 20 | The French record market is very conservative and about 80 per cent of the records in their chart are actually French . |
| 21 | Wintering birds are usually found singly , but gatherings of up to six are not very rare and about 15 wintered at Church Norton in 1968/69 . |