Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] than about [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A heated propagator will maintain a higher temperature than the ambient air , but do not expect it to achieve a lift of more than about 10°C ( ie , if you wish to maintain 21°C/70°F , the greenhouse should be heated to 10°C/50°F ) . |
2 | The agriculture of small farmers remained undeveloped , while the industrial sector which was small but had considerable potential with the influx of the coastal refugee population received no single investment of more than about $28,000 in the whole period . |
3 | Not all results are shown ; all giving a reading of more than about 30% of the white card reading are omitted . |
4 | As for NT , Microsoft is back describing it as primarily a server operating system , and acknowledging that vendors are unlikely to bundle it with more than about 10% of the desktop machines they ship . |
5 | As for NT , Microsoft is back describing it as primarily a server operating system , and acknowledging that vendors are unlikely to bundle it with more than about 10% of the desktop machines they ship . |
6 | Ground with less than about 50% cover is called fellfield ; below about 20% fellfield becomes polar desert . |
7 | It is probably fair to say that you can not really hope to run an adequate national TV campaign in the UK for less than about £750000 ; or a national poster campaign for less than £250000 . |
8 | 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 . |