Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [adv] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first was a continuation of the earlier sales because Iran had now promised that within about two months it would be able to arrange the release of the remaining five American hostages . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | For large bed filter plates it has been found that just about any ridged or semi ridged plastic will suffice . |
| 4 | Indeed , when Mosley addressed a meeting of 1,500 people at Leeds Town Hall in May 1934 it was estimated that only about 400 fascists were present , ‘ most of whom had come to Leeds by bus . ’ |
| 5 | One Chief Constable has estimated that only about 10 per cent of all crime is reported to the police . |
| 6 | From such studies ( Just and Carpenter , 1987 ) it has been determined that only about 65% of the words in a passage are fixated — substantial proof of the importance of higher level processing . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Research in Southwark , however , has suggested that only about 15% of recent referrals to residential care were inappropriate . |