Example sentences of "about [adj] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process goes on until you have about half a teacupful of ravel left . |
| 2 | Only about half a minute of the first half remaining and er certainly Whitlow has hardly put a foot wrong at the back for Leicester so far . |
| 3 | At the far side of the church , old Mr Pugh , who had swallowed about half a kilo of compost , was coughing furiously . |
| 4 | A few minutes later the Deruta vase containing about half a kilo of assorted chocolates had been placed on the rear seat of the Volvo and he was sitting in the front watching Cinzia tear up the parking ticket which had been tucked under the windscreen wiper . |
| 5 | The needs of knitwear design software in this respect are fairly small — most need only about half a megabyte of RAM — some other programs that I have used need two megabytes , or four times as much memory . |
| 6 | Whisper it not at the British Heart Foundation , but we knew that , as well as the salt , into that dinner had gone a dozen eggs , a couple of pints of cream , half a pound of butter , a quarter-pound of sugar and about half a pint of Calvados . |
| 7 | Conversely , where an uneven and granulated wash is desirable ( such as in a mixture of ultramarine and burnt umber , which tends to separate and granulate in a very attractive way and is a good alternative to the deadening effects of lamp black ) then water with a high mineral content should be used by stirring a teaspoonful of cement powder or plaster into about half a pint of water , allowing the solids to settle and using the relatively clear overlying liquid . |
| 8 | In the centre put the crushed clove of garlic , the bay leaf and twig of thyme ; mill a little black pepper over the meat and add about half a pint of cold water . |
| 9 | The last time I made about half a pint of bread sauce , I lost half the bread sauce all over it ! |
| 10 | About half a sample of consumers who had used the Building Societies Ombudsman or the Insurance Ombudsman felt their schemes were not fair enough and nearly a third questioned their independence . |
| 11 | Allow about half a bottle of wine per person or the equivalent in other drinks . |
| 12 | Anyway he must have had about half a bottle of whisky . ’ |
| 13 | top of the after shave , used about half a bottle of after shave , and he 's just gone started around , I thought he was throwing a I thought that must of well stung . |
| 14 | Hidden in a bus and estimated to contain about half a ton of dynamite , the bomb ripped a wall of the nine-storey DAS building and badly damaged nearby buildings . |
| 15 | Hidden in a bus and estimated to contain about half a ton of dynamite , the bomb ripped a wall of the nine-storey DAS building and badly damaged nearby buildings . |
| 16 | She 'd lost a few stone since the last time he 'd seen her and put on about half a ton of make-up . |
| 17 | Salome was in a metal frame bed with about half a ton of bits and pieces surrounding it so it did n't escape . |
| 18 | Every acre of sunflowers produces about half a ton of oil which will be turned into low fat margarine . |
| 19 | ‘ There must be about half a pound of sugar in that pot . ’ |
| 20 | They dug out about half a hundred-weight of 9 millimetre and two-two rounds . |
| 21 | In general terms , a paragraph should have several sentences , and might cover about half a page of A4 ( about 100 to 150 words ) . |
| 22 | Pour about half a litre of near-boiling water into a bowl and add two to four drops of essential oil . |
| 23 | To make a hot compress , sprinkle about 6 drops of essential oil to about half a litre of water , as hot as you can bear . |
| 24 | About 1970 a number of young adult women were found to have a rare cancer of the vagina : the appearance of several cases close together prompted enquiry about possible causes . |