Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start there were no agreed criteria for subdividing the cerebral cortex into regions , and criteria were not destined to be developed for about another century . |
| 2 | The improvement in trading which I reported a year ago rapidly evaporated as recession regained its grip in the United Kingdom and gained momentum in the important Continental Europe and Japanese markets which themselves account for about one half of the sales of our United Kingdom businesses . |
| 3 | Canada and Australia account for about another 10 per cent , producing cobalt as a by-product of nickel . |
| 4 | Place the beans in a casserole with water to cover , bring to the boil and then simmer for about 1 hour . |
| 5 | Pour in the stock , bring to the boil , then cover and turn down to a gentle simmer for about 1 hour and cook until tender , stirring occasionally . |
| 6 | Add the chopped , skinned peppers and peeled prawns to the onion mixture , and cook for about 1 minute to soften the peppers . |
| 7 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 8 | German radar at St Marc or lookouts at about this time reported 17 ships , so the coastal batteries were closed up for action against ships . |
| 9 | I mean just out of Heathrow and Gatwick I think traffic has dropped by about twenty per cent over the erm past two weeks , but that 's now beginning to pick up again . |
| 10 | The ocean cooled by about one degree down to depths of three thousand metres , an enormous amount of heat was extracted from the ocean . |
| 11 | Roast for about 1 hour until the meat is pinkish . |
| 12 | Another undated scrap about Ivy must date from about this time , when she still invited people to luncheon : |
| 13 | I understand from 's nephew that the electric convector in the sitting room is dead , and shall speak to about some kind of replacement , though there is of course the second convector in the bedroom which should suffice at this time of year . |
| 14 | The Company did very well despite this attitude to its imports ; in the 1660s it made a number of loans to the government , amounting altogether to £130,000 , and in the 1680s it regularly paid 10,000 guineas a year , which came to about 1 per cent of the King 's total revenue . |
| 15 | It came to about one and three halfpence an hour . |
| 16 | speak to about this . |
| 17 | Try to find an adult ( parent , youth leader , etc ) who you trust enough to be able to talk to about all of your friendships . |
| 18 | In most research studies of bereaved people it is recorded time and time again that , so long as the people involved have somewhere to go and someone to talk to about this major loss in their life , then they may well cope . |
| 19 | The latter , in addition to recording the histories of Anglo-Saxon kings and churchmen , chronicled that of Glastonbury Abbey at the request of its monks , and several other monasteries , including Abingdon , Ely , Evesham , Peterborough and Ramsey , also had histories written at about this time . |
| 20 | People in the square outside the museum panicked and ran when the bomb exploded at about 1 pm , shortly before the afternoon rush hour . |
| 21 | The total amount of growth hormone that is secreted per day increases to a maximum at about the time of puberty and is partially responsible for the growth spurt that is seen at about this time . |
| 22 | If this contribution is to be representative of the burial environment within a 30 cm radius , it is best measured in situ , either using small metal capsules containing a highly TL-sensitive material buried for about one year , or using a calibrated gamma ray spectrometer . |
| 23 | Cover and leave to marinate for about 1 hour . |
| 24 | It consisted of about one thousand words and purported to be an interview with the new Governor , putting down to him statements which would obviously arouse considerable concern with Government authorities in London . |
| 25 | He said Advanced Micro 's announcement it plans to ship ‘ hundreds of thousands ’ of 80486 chips this year amounts to about one week of Intel 's total productive capacity , and as for the latter 's plans to line up a manufacturing partner to boost production in 1994 , he said he doubts the company will find much excess capacity in the industry — and any company acting as a partner with Advanced Micro could face legal action , but he would not say what Intel might do . |
| 26 | If we project that against total revenues expected in that year , it amounts to about one single day of revenue being allocated to the budget to implement the safety regime in the North sea . |
| 27 | Butomus umbellatus ( flowering rush ) grows to about 1 metre high |
| 28 | Growing to about one inch in length , rasbora maculata is a very peaceful species that is an ideal addition to a community environment . |
| 29 | Valued at about one million francs , these are said to have been sold by von Keller to an English jeweller by the name of Mawe . |
| 30 | After 1855 his grip on the business slackened ; in 1864 , when the partnership was converted into a joint-stock company with industrial assets valued at about one million pounds , Vaughan became deputy chairman of Bolckow , Vaughan & Co . |