Example sentences of "[det] [be] about [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This is about a factor of 3 smaller than current best estimates of the neutron star radius . |
2 | Again this is about the procedure that we 're following , but we 're talking now about rules procedures for branches and I have to say that I 'm up here without the support of my region on this one . |
3 | However , half-dozen such lines would be more than the ‘ patience ’ argument could comfortably dismiss , and this is about the number of good alignments that are known at present . |
4 | And this is , this is about the leaflet is it ? |
5 | This is about the rate of a standard teleprinter , or a Bren machine gun . |
6 | This is about the energy that would be released if a hydrogen atom could be totally converted into energy . |
7 | Our members are proud of the job they do and this is about the quality of that job . |
8 | This was about the year 1200 ( the charter is undated ) , but there is the fishpond today . |
9 | Dana Gillespie : ‘ This was about the time The Beatles were just starting and they were considered to have long hair , but if you look at the pictures of them in those days , they had almost crew-cuts compared to David 's which was honestly long , bright yellow , bleached blonde from a bottle . |
10 | information about a particular piece , so , Simon and I sort of , we were talking kind of fairly casually about that , but erm , what we agreed to do is , this was about the time when we first got the equipment I think and it , it occurred to me that you , and I 've checked this now , that you can actually plug a cassette , you know , a Walkman type of player into either the microphone for the |
11 | The council insisted on erecting another — this was about the time I arrived — and it got delivered in handy , fit-together sections . |
12 | He was the first big money(950,000) signning by Allan Clark , personally I think Clark just signed him because everybody else was spending absurd amounts money on crap , this was about the time malcolm allison was spending 1 to 2 million quid every other week on unknown bits of shit , so clarke thought lets join in . |
13 | Cones are much rarer ; these are about the size and shape of an asparagus spear , with rows of cavities , which contained spores , so that if they are flattened they can appear almost segmented in the manner of an arthropod fossil . |
14 | However , after it had been explained that the former was aimed at the past and present situation whereas the latter was about the future , responses were forthcoming and are included in Table 9 . |
15 | That is about the ticket . |
16 | that 's about the remit is n't it ? |
17 | ‘ That 's about the size of it . |
18 | ‘ That 's about the size of it . ’ |
19 | that 's about the size of things . |
20 | That 's about the size of the place yeah . |
21 | ‘ That 's about the way I had it figured too . |
22 | So that 's about the voice itself now under paralinguistics also comes that the concept of words . |
23 | Oh that 's about the answer in the back of the book , so I must have just gone wrong on the last bit here . |
24 | That 's about the show which is over |
25 | That 's about the limit of my writing endurance time , so you 'll have to make do with it ! |
26 | Stack provide three games on cassette with the Light Rifle but that 's about the limit of the support provided . |
27 | I think that 's about the lot really . |
28 | on and on and on and on and on as a border , now she thinks that 's about the washing machine ad you know the Ariston washing ad , on and on . |
29 | Well you used to took er take one length bet from one s er erm er straw up to the other , that was about a yard . |
30 | That was about a human . |