Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was known that fees in secondary schools would shortly be abolished , that grammar-school education would be developed for about 20 per cent of the population , and assumed that secondary modern schools would be provided for the rest . |
| 2 | Demand came from those brave fund managers acting in the belief that a reactive fall in the market after a Tory defeat this morning will be limited to about 150 points on the main index . |
| 3 | Will Free Range Eggs be limited to about 15% of the total U.K. Egg Production ? |
| 4 | It soon became apparent that the working time each week would be limited to about two hours . |
| 5 | The board 's scientists estimate that radon in Wales can be blamed for about 110 deaths a year , or 6pc of the 2,000 lung cancer deaths , mostly due to smoking cigarettes , and about 85 ( 1pc ) of the 8,500 deaths annually from malignancies . |
| 6 | Unofficial EC estimates suggest that provision has had to be made for about £2 billion in the £28 billion borrowing requirement for 1992–93 as a result of the policy shift . |
| 7 | In all , Barratt considered that an effectual trial on the Bonsor Lode could be made for about £1,000 . |
| 8 | But erm , that one you 'll be looking for about five hundred for the ways |
| 9 | Round about , as a erm a ball park figure , because it does vary on the dealer 's claims rate , but you 'd be looking at about a hundred and seventy five . |
| 10 | We know that this can be done at about 12 months of age and in future it is quite possible that farmers will use these measurements in selecting their bulling heifers . ’ |
| 11 | By combining all three methods , a sketch can be done in about 30 minutes . |
| 12 | They should be thinned to about 25cm ( 10in ) apart , and will thereafter seed themselves . |
| 13 | The first production versions of Audi 's Cabriolet were on show , although it does n't go on sale until April/May in Germany and the UK launch has been delayed until summer 1992 , when it 's expected to be priced at about £25,000 . |
| 14 | The hoard can therefore be dated to about 625 , some thirty years earlier than ha previously been thought . |
| 15 | An enormous bowl of mussels cooked in a delicious liquor with celery , onion , parsley and plenty of black pepper can be had for about £4 . |
| 16 | He was still distressed , however , by the prolific trade in mutton bird feathers , two-and-a-half tons of which could be taken in a season — the produce of roughly 112,000 birds — and which would be sold for about 6d per pound in Launceston . |
| 17 | When fully charged , it can be used for about 10 minutes on ‘ max ’ . |
| 18 | At present , a good stallion could be bought for about £25,000 . |
| 19 | ‘ Low mortgage rates — a £30,000 flat can be bought for about 30 per cent less than it can be rented — has undoubtedly triggered off a renewal in confidence . ’ |
| 20 | In Reading , Wokingham Road , that route is closed because of a fractured gas main and it 's gon na be closed until about 8 ‘ o clock this evening . |
| 21 | I think something like that one could be going for about eighty five thousand . |
| 22 | Robert Layton will be flying at about 2,000 feet to stay below commercial flight routes , low enough to run into bad weather , or his worst nightmare , fog as he crosses the Channel . |
| 23 | Tennis courts in Cannigione can be hired for about £5 an hour from early June . |
| 24 | After it has risen 11 m , to the ‘ historical ’ level of 391 m below sea level , the discharge will be reduced to about 1.2 billion cu.m/year to stabilise the sea 's depth . |
| 25 | The party and state apparatus that was responsible for the management of the economy would be reduced to about a tenth of its present size ; and democratic practices would be revived within the CPSU , primarily through party-wide discussions and votes on major issues . |
| 26 | Whatever the label , it will be numbered from about 88 to 100 plus . |
| 27 | We will be menstruating for about 30 years of our lives . |
| 28 | I wo n't be starting until about nine months when , after I 've done my test . |
| 29 | Given the sight distances actually available , speeds should be restricted to about 8 km/h , but cars are unlikely to travel this slowly unless physical measures are put in place . |
| 30 | Personally I think it should be restricted to about four weeks and get more exhibitions in there for wider variety and also there 's a number of er travelling exhibitions around the country that come down North er from up North down to the South to show around here that you can book these any time you want er I talked to somebody organised an exhibition in London and they are quite willing to come to Harlow you book us and we have nothing like this at all . |