Example sentences of "be [prep] about the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One instance where this can arise is if there are two males of the same , or closely-related , species and they are of about the same size . |
| 2 | Secondly , some of the faunas have not yet been dated accurately , and we must allow a tolerance of +-l — 5 million years for each one that is known , although we can work on the assumption that two faunas that have several animals in common are of about the same antiquity . |
| 3 | The point about the Urgonian limestones , say , is that we know that they are of about the same age throughout Europe in spite of the fact that fossil evidence shows them to have started and ended at different times in different places . |
| 4 | Obviously , if two objects are physically connected they must be at about the same distance from us , and yet many of these Arp associations include objects with redshifts that ‘ ought ’ to place them far apart along the line of sight . |
| 5 | It is important that blocks are at about the same level of complexity within one diagram . |
| 6 | It may have been at about the same time that monks were installed in the church of St Edmund at Bury . |
| 7 | The house next to Mrs. Sutton 's was of about the same age but as the pavement was almost a foot higher than the floor of the front room , it had two steps down inside the door . |