Example sentences of "[noun] be [vb pp] to be about " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The costs of its route are claimed to be about £2.5bn . |
| 2 | From carbon dioxide preserved in bubbles in ice cores extracted from Antarctica and Greenland , pre-industrial atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations were found to be about 280 ppm . |
| 3 | We can not make forecasts , but in 1991-92 our aid is expected to be about 0.3 per cent . |
| 4 | Many were found to be dead and the total casualties were reported to be about a hundred . |
| 5 | The promised 80Mhz HyperSparc is thought to be about four months behind the 66.7MHz part — Richards says there is a single completed 80MHz module in existence right now . |
| 6 | In 1933 its total membership was believed to be about 300 , but the cost of a fund-raising appeal for £25,000 proved to be more than the sum collected and the movement went £800 into debt . |
| 7 | The distance is thought to be about 8000 light-years , and each cluster is 70 light-years in diameter . |
| 8 | The average monthly output is seen to be about 196.5 tons , which consisted of 72 parcels of various weights , copper percentages , and therefore values , ranging from £2 : 5s. : 1¾d. to £14 : 10s. : 9¾d. a ton ; rates being determined by the fluctuating Cornish Standard . |
| 9 | Its price is expected to be about £12,000 — which makes the Reliant a better bargain that even Del Boy could afford . |
| 10 | Recent corpora are significantly larger , the Birmingham Collection is reputed to be about 100 million words ( although sadly this corpus is very difficult to obtain ) and the Longman/Lancaster corpus of 30 million words . |
| 11 | Jack is believed to be about nine months old but is painfully small because of constant neglect , said Mrs Taylor . |
| 12 | The man who collected the cash-card is said to be about 30 years of age of medium build with black curly hair and clean-shaven . |
| 13 | The average wage is said to be about $25.00 a month . |
| 14 | Annual expenditure growth is expected to be about 15% and 19% respectively . |
| 15 | The price tag is expected to be about £150m . |
| 16 | His new salary is thought to be about £220,000 ( $137,000 ) a year . |
| 17 | Admission was expected to be about £4.00 full rate , and there would as usual be concessionary rates . |
| 18 | The upper critical field was estimated to be about 800,000 times stronger than the earth 's magnetic field , advantageous for applications of the superconductor . |
| 19 | The youth who slashed John is said to be about 6ft tall , of medium build with short hair and a ‘ Borstal spot ’ tattoo on his right cheek . |
| 20 | Although the death rate from asthma in England and Wales is reported to be about 2000 a year , clinical experience suggests that it is much rarer . |
| 21 | Our Earth is believed to be about 4.5 billion ( 4500 million ) years old , and life is believed to have begun on it around 3.5 billion years ago . |