Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] about [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It starts with about $380m over five years to help national authorities exchange information in areas such as taxes and export controls , says national governments would have to provide at least $6,700m over five years , it said , and wants another $7,900m or so over seven years to help all the Community 's backward regions to build up their telecommunications and computer infrastructures ; it says helpfully that loans will be available from the European Investment Bank to help with the effort . |
| 2 | The £9,500 of 1911 equates to about £500,000 at 1990 values . |
| 3 | A week at the Hotel Victoria in Kandersteg costs from about £420 including flights , transfers and half board . |
| 4 | Like the previous species it grows to about 20cm in the wild , but is more likely to attain half this size in captivity . |
| 5 | In about thirty per cent of the cases ground tuition is free , while for others it ranges from about £2 per hour up to £18.40 per hour ex-VAT . |
| 6 | The premium is again relatively cheap , depending on the extent of cover , and varies from about £3 to £10 . |
| 7 | An easel can cost anything from £10 to £2000 , but the cost of a good studio easel varies from about £80 to around £200 . |
| 8 | An easel can cost anything from £10 to £2000 , but the cost of a good studio easel varies from about £80 to around £200 . |
| 9 | It calculated that the difference between a good school and a bad one accounts for about 20% of the variation in children 's progress ( between the ages of seven and 11 ) in reading , writing and mathematics . |
| 10 | The surface of Mercury , broadly speaking , can be divided into two types of terrain , heavily cratered terrain , which accounts for about 80% of the imaged hemisphere , and smooth plains , which accounts for the remainder . |
| 11 | Europe presently accounts for about 45% of the company 's sales . |
| 12 | According to data collated from International Data Corp , Dataquest and CMP Market Research for 1992 , the dynamic data visualisation tools market accounts for about 49% of the workstation graphical user interface market but is growing at less than 10% a year . |
| 13 | The usual coiled electrical flexible cable consists of about 5m of cable , with a plug on one end and the socket mounted on a reel at the other end . |
| 14 | The cost of therapy with natural growth hormone runs to about $5000 to $10000 per year . |
| 15 | The soundboard grain runs at about 40° to the spine , i.e. approximately at right angles to the bridge alignment . |