Example sentences of "[be] about the [det] size " in BNC.
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1 | We are about the same size , no ? |
2 | Nigel and I are about the same size , so no adjustments were needed , but the instant impression , on moving the black semi-circular yoke atop the long curving control column , was of absolute silky smoothness . |
3 | In his new job Mr Riddell will be chief executive of the UK and European operations , which are about the same size as the whole group was when he left . |
4 | ‘ You 're about the same size as me , skip … |
5 | You 're about the same size as your Aunt Molly … ’ |
6 | We 're about the same size . |
7 | They were about the same size and thickness as credit cards . |
8 | The water vole is about the same size as a brown rat , but with blunter features , smaller ears , a furry tail and a more gingery coat . |
9 | It is about the same size as Rye . |
10 | Traditionally , however , the fine-boned Gloucester , which is about the same size as the Dairy Shorthorn , is a milk animal happy not to try and compete in the beef market with the neighbouring Hereford , and it has become a handsome , elegant house-cow or single-suckler , or a useful milk producer for the small-scale farmhouse cheese-maker . |
11 | The new slimline Lynx 2 is about the same size as the Game Gear . |
12 | It is about the same size as its jungle relative , weighing up to 100 lb ( 45 kg ) and measuring , nose to tail , as much as 7 ½ ft ( 2.3 m ) . |
13 | You see , there 's Venus which is about the same size , Mercury 's a small one , Saturn is huge , Uranus , Neptune they 're big ones and Pluto 's another one about the same size as earth . |
14 | At 13″ high , 13″ wide and 11″ deep , it 's about the same size as a Polytone Minibrute or a 40-watt Roland Cube , but do n't be fooled ; it weighs a healthy 29lbs and the power section pushes 120 watts into 8 ohms — in this case an eight-inch coaxial speaker with a separate tweeter . |
15 | That 's about the same size as earth you know . |
16 | And she 's about the same size round but about five foot two . . |
17 | There were so many children that each one of the mothers and nursemaids thought that he must belong to somebody else , but as he was about the same size as the children and not much different to look at , he was able to make friends with some of them . |
18 | The shuttle was n't much like a London bus in shape , but it was about the same size . |