Example sentences of "[vb base] about the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence , the histamine releasing and trophic effect of gastrin on the enterochromaffin like cells show about the same concentration dependence with regard to the minimal concentration of gastrin causing maximal effect . |
| 2 | Boys and girls show about the same amount of pro-social behaviour . |
| 3 | change their mind , there must be there must be nine other posts that if they look round they could civilianise not I mean they have n't got to tell the public much it have they you still talk about the same amount of officers being civilianised . |
| 4 | I think about the same time as Walter for the war was declared when we were down there on the third of September . |
| 5 | Normal measures of drinks contain about the same amount of alcohol . |
| 6 | Very roughly , a glass of beer ( half a pint in the UK ) , a small glass of wine and a standard measure of spirits contain about the same amount of absolute alcohol . |
| 7 | And I am terribly bored by my colleagues in art history , who always write about the same thing . |
| 8 | While we absorb about the same amount of protein as fat , it is the fat which causes the biggest problem to the figure-conscious , since it stores more efficiently , becoming even harder to shift . |
| 9 | Mothers and daughters tend to develop a close grooming association which tends to persist so that these close relatives have about the same rank , the daughter 's being contingent upon that of the mother . |
| 10 | As far as noise reduction is concerned , sealed double glazing units have about the same value as having the window reglazed with glass twice as thick as the original glass . |
| 11 | The inhabitants of area A of Umhausen have about the same lifetime radon exposures as one category of uranium miners in West Bohemia ; given about equal levels of lifetime exposure , the ratio of observed to expected lung cancer deaths is about the same ; and mortality from cancers other than lung cancer is not significantly raised . |
| 12 | Third , Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police who have about the same job as Security but are more up-front , more visible . |