Example sentences of "for about a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overhauling an industry that consumes $100 billion a year and accounts for about a seventh of the national economy merits delay . |
| 2 | Used to cry her eyes out sometimes when she 'd had a few , and say she 'd be in purgatory for about a million years . |
| 3 | These coins give no immediate clues as to their place of minting or indeed their date , for similar coinage in the name of Alexander continued to be made on a large scale for about a hundred years after his death . |
| 4 | The ground heaved for about a hundred metres , more turf broke through and the smell increased . |
| 5 | For about a hundred years following the publication of Lamarck 's book , the common dog-whelk was known as Purpura lapillus ( L. ) -the brackets to show that Linnaeus had described his type under a different generic name . |
| 6 | Even if we did something like jumble sale clearance , and get people 's old clothes , you could sell that for about a hundred pounds a ton . |
| 7 | And now he 's , they 've got one and I think it was about five hundred pounds , they bought this one s but they managed to sell the other one for about a hundred and fifty they say . |
| 8 | they were going for about a hundred thousand . |
| 9 | In the first Whitehall study risk factors such as age , smoking , systolic blood pressure , height , and plasma cholesterol and blood glucose concentration accounted for about a fifth of the twofold to threefold grade differences in mortality from coronary heart disease . |
| 10 | Total investment , which includes spending on all types of capital goods by firms , accounts for about a fifth of total expenditure in the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | But when curiosity got the better of us we found ourselves almost immediately drawn to a highland community where , like a long-awaiting gift , we were invited to build a house for about a thousand pounds on a verdant piece of property . |
| 12 | The Sian area is an absolute treasure house of archaeological and historical relics — the seat of Chinese imperial government for about a thousand years up to 9th c . |
| 13 | buying old say a scrapped a written off Sierra you know , picking them up cheap for about a thousand quid from the scrappy |
| 14 | The oilbird 's click lasts for about a hundredth of a second and is not a single sound but a burst of pulses , each only about a thousandth of a second long . |
| 15 | Social security accounts for about a third of total public spending in most western states . |
| 16 | Out of the married women sector , who accounted for about a third of abortions in 1980 , about 3% were because of Reason Four . |
| 17 | The thematic map work , accounting for about a third of staff effort , was commissioned by the Department of the Environment ( DOE ) . |
| 18 | Groundwater accounts for about a third of the public water supplies in Britain ; in the south and east of England dependence on supplies from groundwater is locally much greater . |
| 19 | In the Whitehall II study , differences between subjects in health , health related behaviours , psychosocial aspects of the work environment , and social circumstances outside work accounted for about a third of the threefold to sixfold differences in sickness absence by grade . |
| 20 | And it is a a very important pathogen responsible for about a third of the cases of meningitis in in this country almost exclusively in children . |
| 21 | Keyboard studies remain paramount for about a third of music college undergraduates although opportunities are provided for the learning of a second instrument or singing . |
| 22 | Each partnership authority has a different spending pattern , but overall expenditure on social projects such as recreation and personal social services accounts for rather more than two-fifths of the total ; that on economic projects , such as site works , accounts for about a third ; and that on environmental projects , such as restoration of derelict land and housing , for a quarter . |
| 23 | Voluntary schools in England account for about a third of primary schools and a fifth of secondary schools ( see Figure 6.9 ) . |
| 24 | But Keebler , the troubled biscuits and snack maker , which accounts for about a third of UB sales , has been caught short by price competition in a recession-stricken US market . |
| 25 | IT IS NEARLY TWO YEARS SINCE ICI Chemicals & Polymers was formed on New Year 's Day in 1987 as a new group within ICI responsible for about a third of the Group 's total assets and turnover . |