Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [det] than about " in BNC.
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| 1 | On contemporary art sales undoubtedly enduring a difficult period at present he noted that even at the highest point of the market , revenue had not amounted to more than about 20% of the house 's total sales . |
| 2 | If you speak for more than about a fifth of the total time this is not appraisal , it 's lecturing , or worse , pontificating . |
| 3 | You ca n't move at more than about fifteen miles an hour maximum down Hurst Road anyway can you ? |
| 4 | If the incipient spin has progressed for more than about half a turn because the pilot has kept the stick back , applying the full opposite rudder must be a good thing because it helps to stop the rotation and to even up the stalling of the wings . |
| 5 | You will have noted the additional appointment of at least one wine waiter : the fact that the total wages bill has n't increased by more than about 2.2 per cent suggests that there have been some compensating reductions , probably in the part-time staff , and almost certainly in view of the decline in trade . |
| 6 | If left for more than about 20 minutes after a run , it takes several turns of the starter before it fires . |
| 7 | However , theoretical and experimental studies of the accretional processes show that it is unlikely that a body with the low mass of the Moon could have accreted in less than about 10 Ma . |