Example sentences of "about [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today there are about 35,000 species of crustacean — four times as many as there are of birds . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'll need a … crowbar or something , about fifty metres of rope and a torch . |
| 3 | He was considerably younger than Jonadab , being about fifty years of age . |
| 4 | But within the next few weeks labourers will start digging the foundations for a plant at Gwithian , on Cornwall 's northern shore , which will produce about 500 tonnes of tin per year . |
| 5 | The rapid progress with the construction of the railway , the past couple of weeks having witnessed the excavation of a cutting and preparation of about 500 feet of track bed , had enabled about 200 feet of track to be ready for the open day . |
| 6 | On a recent trip with caravan the vehicle used about 500 ml of oil in 188 miles . |
| 7 | But according to him it 's quite simple to make a bomb provided you can get hold of about eight kilograms of plutonium , a lump about the size of an orange . ’ |
| 8 | By about eight months of age most infants are capable of retrieving completely hidden objects ; but between eight and twelve months they show another intriguing pattern of errors . |
| 9 | Half the remainder die in old age , losing about eight years of life . |
| 10 | About 120 bales of barley straw , valued at about £1,400 , were destroyed in the blaze at a Dutch barn in Long Road , Lawford , near Manningtree . |
| 11 | Tatham 's subsea satellite gas well is producing about 12.5 million cubic feet of natural gas and about 2,300 barrels of condensate per day . |
| 12 | Unravel and flatten about 1.5 metres of paper twist and cut in half along its length . |
| 13 | The plethora of dams will uproot over a million people — including many tribals — and submerge about 850,000 acres of forest and 500,000 acres of cultivated land — almost as much as it will irrigate . |
| 14 | Policy in the northern agency during the research called for compliance in about 70 percent of routine samples ; with the review of consents , the agency has become seemingly less tolerant , calling for compliance in 95 percent of samples . |
| 15 | About 70 ml of bile rich duodenal juice was collected by continuous low suction , and the AN20 tube was then repositioned into the stomach , about 48 cm from the insicors . |
| 16 | There are about 2,700 species of snake in the world , yet only 50 or so are highly venomous . |
| 17 | 18 ‘ units ’ is in ¾ bottle of spirits OR about 2 bottles of wine OR 9 pints of beer . |
| 18 | Properly drained and topped with about 2 metres of sand , they have become playing fields or ornamental gardens , with the seed-mulch mixture being spread by a machine much like an asphalt spreader . |
| 19 | Every wash uses about 2 ml of rinse aid , and , in a hard water area , you 'll use about 0.5 kg of salt a week . |
| 20 | ICI produces about 2 Mt of chlorine each year and this is used both in-house and by other chemical producers to make a variety of different types of chemicals , including polymers , solvents , rubber chemicals , agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals . |
| 21 | It was just before low tide , and the whales were in about 2 m of water . |
| 22 | A ‘ loom ’ found at Bourton-on-the-Water ( Gloucestershire ) ( Dunning 1932 ) was represented by postholes 2.3 m apart , suggesting a maximum width of about 2 m of cloth . |
| 23 | Pink Fizz Mix the juice of 1 lemon with 1¾ pints/1 litre tonic , about 2 tbsp of grenadine and sugar to taste . |
| 24 | Ideally , the ratio of calcium to phosphorus should be about 2 parts of calcium to 1 of phosphorus , and at its very lowest 1:1 . |
| 25 | The audience laughed nervously but Fleischmann remained serious : ‘ If this device worked as effectively as the small scale experiment we have done , it would be generating about 800 watts of power . ’ |
| 26 | It has been calculated that there has been an average of about 30 feet of deposition close inshore during the last 5000 years . |
| 27 | About 30 tons of turf and top soil , and several tons of burned tarmac , were removed from the area over which the aircraft had broken up and come to rest ; the tyres of vehicles , footwear of personnel , and all items of equipment used at the site , were taken to the hanger and cleaned of mud and grass . |
| 28 | In the human female fetal ovary the maximum number of pachytenes occurs at about 26 weeks , although they appear as early as 14 weeks and continue to about 30 weeks of gestation . |
| 29 | In fact there are about 30 types of mosquito in the UK . |
| 30 | These comprise about 30 units of accommodation , and we have to regard each of these as a profit centre . ’ |