Example sentences of "be about [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am about the only person who ca n't speak Portuguese here , even knows Spanish well , and is giving his course in Spanish . |
| 2 | Some of the rooms are about a two minute walk away in the Loutrouvia annexe . |
| 3 | Stories of his private life are rife , the latest headlines are about a broken marriage , custody of the children and the inevitable dressing-room disagreements . |
| 4 | Well , the unit that we use there is the light year , which is the distance that light can travel in one year , and the nearest stars are about a light year away . |
| 5 | In a sense such questions are about the right level at which to study memory . |
| 6 | Not to my way , gentlemen Those creeks on Winter Marsh are about the best oyster grounds in Europe ! |
| 7 | ‘ But for clubs going from the fourth to the third sums between £50,000 and £100,000 are about the going rate so £200,000 from the second to the Premier does n't seem unlikely , ’ he said . |
| 8 | The uniform 's are about the only thing that 's changed . |
| 9 | With the passage of time , demons are about the only form of unpleasantness not recorded in accounts of the wetlands . |
| 10 | We are about the only organization that can operate at all these levels . |
| 11 | However if you go in there and there 's no one to disturb , I always look and make sure there is n't anyone first , and look at all the wall cupboards , the wall cupboards the wood has been cleaned , actually are about the largest collection of late medieval ironwork in England . |
| 12 | No , whoops , I might have put one on top of the other when it should have been the other way round , so always have this check , er does the answer look , I mean , no , you ca n't always tell , but sometimes you can , sometimes you can think well those two are about the same price per gram , are n't they ? |
| 13 | We are about the same size , no ? |
| 14 | Nigel and I are about the same size , so no adjustments were needed , but the instant impression , on moving the black semi-circular yoke atop the long curving control column , was of absolute silky smoothness . |
| 15 | In his new job Mr Riddell will be chief executive of the UK and European operations , which are about the same size as the whole group was when he left . |
| 16 | Top footballers the world over are about the same standard but the hun-grier , more aggressive animal is the victor . |
| 17 | In T.buttikoferi the light and dark bands are about the same width , but in T.joka the dark ones are about 3–4 times as wide as the light . |
| 18 | You and Matthew are about the same age . |
| 19 | ‘ They are about the same age and build , a man and a woman , but beyond that — Some inflammable substance had been poured on them , almost certainly petrol . ’ |
| 20 | That is , roles are normatively defined : the expectations are about an ideal pattern of behaviour to which actual behaviour only approximates . |
| 21 | They 've got two strikers that can cause problems have n't they , Colin Clarke , he 's been about a fair bit , and Guy Whittington had one really good chance where Ken Vasey made a very good save ? |
| 22 | The questions regarding us as citizens have been about the likely impact of ‘ the wired society ’ on such matters as individual privacy ; the distribution of income , wealth , and power within any one society ; and relations between developed countries and the Third World . |
| 23 | I told him it must 've been about the Royal Garden Party . |
| 24 | House Funnily enough I was going to say to you when we were out at erm Dartington instead of buying that ice cream , we should of had a cup of tea probably would of been about the same price , and so |
| 25 | The ships are worth Something , and they 're about the only hope of securing creditors about 5p in the pound . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're about the same size as me , skip … |
| 27 | You 're about the same size as your Aunt Molly … ’ |
| 28 | We 're about the same size . |
| 29 | Still you 're about the same height , and they 're obviously such good clothes . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We did try swapping while our youngest children were tiny — they 're about the same age — but found that the erratic routines caused havoc . |