Example sentences of "numbers [prep] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the second and third years … drama , dance and music are taught together , but with three staff timetabled ; so at any one time we split the groups up we 've got group numbers of about 20 — three staff between two forms — and they 'll say work in drama on a theme for six weeks , then move on and explore that theme in music , then move on and explore that in dance . |
| 2 | Individualised portraits , however , had been produced on coins and other media in large numbers from about 300 BC to AD350. portraits had been very infrequent earlier in the classical world , since the ideals of the Greek city-state precluded the glorification of an individual . |
| 3 | In Finland , which is probably the world 's most northerly agricultural country , there has been a similar fall in dairy-cow numbers to about 607,000 in 1986 and the main milk breed is the Finnish Ayrshire , which now represents about 80 per cent of the national herd , the country 's only other breeds being the Friesian ( 17 per cent ) and the amalgamated Finncattle ( 2 per cent and decreasing ) . |
| 4 | However the balance has been somewhat redressed by recruitment to the BA courses and by in-service courses for qualified teachers which in 1982 raised its student numbers to about 385 . |
| 5 | Er it 's a large business is Severn Trent , er it 's a growing business except we are in s in the water business in the U K water we are reducing numbers by about two percent a year . |