Example sentences of "[prep] about [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adult Angels are rarely sold , and expensive , but youngsters reach breeding age after about six to eight months . |
| 2 | After about four to six weeks , when the temperature has dropped to about 4l°C , the heap should be turned , when a further surge of bacterial activity and a second heating will take place , causing further breakdown of the vegetable matter . |
| 3 | The numbers recorded each year have shown a large increase , from an average of about nine to 12 per year between 1947 and 1967 to one of about 45 per year between 1968 and 1976 . |
| 4 | Despite these problems most people get by and have a life expectancy of about 70 to 80 years . |
| 5 | So , taking account of the polonium , local people relying mainly on local milk , meat and vegetables could expect doses over a period of a couple of years of about 4 to 15 rems ; more incidentally , than people at Hiroshima within 2 km of the bomb . |
| 6 | This follows the traditional wisdom that a menu of about 4 to 13 items is most manageable by people . |
| 7 | Such a pan usually arises at a depth of about six to ten inches , caused by digging ( or more frequently rotovating ) always to the same depth . |
| 8 | All traffics using the southbound carriageway at the moment there are delays of about five to six miles on the southbound approach to those roadworks also quite busy northbound at the moment . |
| 9 | Chairman the , the mechanism is well practised and widely known it starts with the draft two two B in the January the Committee and after a period of about five to six months ' consultation within which the board programme of work of all capitalists are listed and put out to the community for response through their elected organization as to acceptability , five points of detail who were at relatively hirer one man to speak |
| 10 | Each seminar will be staged ( not simultaneously ) at five locations throughout Britain to encourage attendance from as wide a geographical area as possible , and will be designed for groups of about 10 to 15 people to encourage maximum delegate participation . |
| 11 | The sales forecasts amounted to 9 megabytes on Lotus , but now under Ark the amount of data has been reduced to 6 megabytes , and the number of presentation styles has increased by a factor of about four to between 10 and 12 . |
| 12 | In the first section , Standards Six and Seven were taught , the latter in a corner alcove , usually consisting of about twelve to fourteen boys . |
| 13 | Typical dimensions of the remaining crystallites were 46 nm long by 7.3 nm wide corresponding to bundles of about 100 to 150 chains in each crystallite . |
| 14 | The amplitude of the pressure waves declined after a latency period of about 2 to 3 minutes . |
| 15 | Included in the range of modules on offer within the master 's programme is one on Educational Evaluation and another — the Dissertation Module — which requires students to write a thesis of about 10,000 to 12,000 words . |
| 16 | If the poll tax really became a tax on voting , was it non-registering residents , rather than any enthusiasm for Major or Lang , that pushed the Tory percentage in Scotland up from a poll average of about 21 to an actual 25.5 per cent , and proportionately diminished the impact of the Labour and SNP campaigns ? |
| 17 | Although , perhaps it was fortunate in one sense that er it completely destroyed the main machine shop and er it , it all happened over a period of about twenty to twenty five minutes . |
| 18 | The container should have a water depth of about half to three quarters of an inch . |
| 19 | The human brain , particularly memory , works best for concentrated periods of about forty to fifty minutes . |
| 20 | He had a shot out of sand of about 35 to 40 yards into the wind which is probably one of the toughest shots in golf . |
| 21 | Recent records indicate a breeding population of about 50 to 60 pairs , but almost certainly under-estimate the true position . |
| 22 | Leave a gap of about 15 to 18mm between slabs |
| 23 | There is also a very big difference in the offer arrival rate in the young and old segments of the market , with the under-25-year old men facing an offer rate of about 12 to 15 times that of men over 24 years of age . |
| 24 | Says Michael Janson , a director at Grünert , ‘ The first Cologne Art Fair in 1967 was held in Gurzenich , with about eighteen to twenty galleries participating . |
| 25 | Many of the bigger musicals prefer to be in theatres with about 1,800 to 1,900 seats . |
| 26 | If however I had to single out one particular group of teachers to whom I hope the book will appeal , it is those who have been in the profession for about five to ten years . |
| 27 | 30 " He was dead when he went in , and as he 'd been dead only for about six to seven hours , it could n't have been longer than that . |
| 28 | On top of the head of S. marmoratus there are two pale lines running from the tip of the nose back for about two to three head lengths , with small pale dashes at the end . |
| 29 | I mean basically , I mean I do n't know where she 's getting the money from , the wife , but she 's putting savings away every year for about two to three grand . |
| 30 | But Ian Cartwright , Doncaster director and chairman of the ADSS disabilities committee , said : ‘ I do n't see how it could be included in the transfers because most residents will be away from their homes for about two to three weeks . |