Example sentences of "[prep] about [noun] [num] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | One cu m will cover an area of about 20sq m to a depth of 50mm . |
| 2 | He is also attempting to push through a plan to increase the EC Budget by 30 per cent — costing British taxpayers an additional £1 billion a year — with the aim of raising the Budget from its present level of about £4 billion to £30 billion by 1997 . |
| 3 | I remind the House that since 1979 the Government have approved over £7.5 billion of new investment and have provided for grant aid of about £17 billion to the industry . |
| 4 | Total loans for house buying has more than quadrupled from about £9.1 billion to £43 billion , with the number of mortgages increasing by 62 p.c. from 6.5m to about 10m . |
| 5 | It is an increase from about £6 billion to about £9 billion . |