Example sentences of "[prep] about [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Merely the removal of about £100,000 from the League annually in TV fees and sponsorship can cause an icy blast to the Fourth Division 's infirm . |
2 | However , BWD Rensburg , the broker , is looking for pre-tax profits of about £1.2m in the year ending 31 March against £1.04m reported for last year . |
3 | The narrowing on its own was unlikely however to reduce speeds significantly , so pinch points were placed at intervals of about 50m along the road . |
4 | There has to be a gap of about 0.008in. in the magnetic circuit and this is best introduced by sticking a double thickness of ordinary drafting tape to the pole faces of one of the E-cores . |
5 | The number of cells expressing the lowest- M r isoform detected by the CD45R0 antibody ( UCHL1 ) increases thereafter , to reach the adult level of about 50% by the age of 10–20 years . |
6 | There has been a consistent increase in the number of well qualified applicants of about 30% to the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine , and we are able to admit only one in 18 applicants . |
7 | El Segundo , California-based Computer Sciences Corp says it expects to record a net gain of about $5m in the first quarter of fiscal 1994 on adoption of a new accounting rule covering income tax reporting . |
8 | In the early evening we took off and , speaking for myself , I was very glad that there was a drop of about 100ft to the sea when the heavily laden Whitley cleared the airfield boundary . |
9 | If the glider is down wind of the site , the decision to return must be taken before the glider gets to less than an angle of about 20° to the field in light winds , and 30–40° in windy weather . |
10 | Books , Materials and Equipment The standard maintenance allowance in grants includes a sum of about £246 for the purchase of books , equipment and materials . |
11 | from its low point of 106cm in the fourteenth century , it had climbed rapidly to more than 120cm in the seventeenth and was well on its way to the twentieth-century average of about 137cm at the withers . |
12 | The councillors argued that the company traditionally expatriated such large profits to the UK that it did not merit its share of about £150,000 of the grant . |
13 | With funds of about £150,000 from the district and regional councils and a similar amount from the private sector , the event ‘ just about breaks even ’ each year , a spokesman said . |
14 | Earth-based radar studies have determined the topography and the texture of about 25% of the Cytherean surface , but radar studies from spacecraft have been the main source of such information . |
15 | Overall , the modifications to the management of the system resulted in an increase of about 25% of the total agricultural output , with a change in emphasis towards fish production and export ( which makes economic sense because of the high value of fish in the marketplace ) . |
16 | If he is being moved onto a chair with fixed arms , the chair is placed at an angle of about 45° to the bed , and the patient 's foot which is nearer the chair is placed slightly forwards relative to the other . |
17 | Leave an uncovered gap of about 10mm at the top . |
18 | The topography of about 93% of the Cytherean surface has been mapped by the Pioneer Venus Orbiter . |
19 | ‘ There will be an overshoot of about £5bn on the public sector borrowing requirement and this will have to be paid for , ’ he said . |
20 | That which spreads northward is warmed in summer to a maximum of about 4°C at the Convergence , where it sinks below still warmer subantarctic surface water ; beyond the boundary it continues to spread north as the subsurface Antarctic Intermediate Current . |
21 | Assuming an oil price of about $33 for the fourth quarter of 1990 , and an average of about $30 for 1991 , inflation was expected to rise above 5 per cent in 1990 and stay at similar levels in 1991 . |
22 | ICI and GEC , two of Britain 's largest and best-known companies , have each reported total retained profits of about £4,500m over the last 20 years . |
23 | Jobless numbers would reach a high of about 3.25m towards the end of 1993 , said chief economist David Kern . |
24 | This is flanked by bends in the helix axis of about 25° towards the major groove ( Fig. 3 a ) . |
25 | It appears brightest when it is between inferior conjunction and a maximum elongation with about 30% of the Earth-facing hemisphere illuminated by the Sun . |
26 | Sir Phil , who walked away with about £70m from the takeover of Harris Queensway , has built Carpetright into one of Britain 's leading carpet retailers after opening his first store in London 's Canning Town in 1988 . |
27 | Sir Phil , who walked away with about £70m from the takeover of Harris Queensway , has built Carpetright into one of Britain 's leading carpet retailers . |
28 | Lonrho 's chief is expected to be left with about 7% of the company , which employs 137,000 people in international interests including publishing , car-dealing , mining and farming . |
29 | A joining of the two companies would have created a huge holiday company with about 30pc of the UK market . |
30 | Livestock , in the form of beef cattle and sheep , accounted for about 90% of the income . |