Example sentences of "about [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our bill , with service , Sancerre and a good house claret from a very decent list , came to about £74 for two . |
| 2 | The healing rates achieved by a six to eight week treatment of erosive reflux oesophagitis are about 50% for potent histamine H 2 receptor antagonists ( for example , ranitidine ( 150–300 mg twice daily ) ) and up to 90% for omeprazole , a proton pump inhibitor . |
| 3 | Water absorption from rice based solutions in the secretory state was about 70% of that in the normal state compared with about 50% for all other ORS . |
| 4 | ITV is this weekend expected to sign a deal believed to involve about £3m for exclusive coverage of the British astronaut project , the Juno mission , writes Mary Fagan . |
| 5 | The Darlington service cost about £250,000 a year about £40 for each callout . |
| 6 | Miss Emma Nicholson , MP for Devon West , a member of the delegation , said that would work out at about £20,000 for each victim . |
| 7 | About £35 for two . |
| 8 | Government unpopularity resulting from the state of the economy in general and high interest and mortgage rates in particular had provided Labour with an opinion poll lead of about 10% for some months . |
| 9 | Despite the cost — from about £15 for 30 minutes — all our testers loved salon back cleansing treatments , and found them well worth the price . |
| 10 | Assuming an oil price of about $33 for the fourth quarter of 1990 , and an average of about $30 for 1991 , inflation was expected to rise above 5 per cent in 1990 and stay at similar levels in 1991 . |
| 11 | Alarms cost from about £5 for basic models , to £15 to £20 for types with safety lights and extra test facilities . |
| 12 | Den Bosch , Netherlands-based Tulip Computers NV reported a loss — the first in its history — of about $8m for 1992 , and said it is cutting out the dividend , but the shares improved about 8% after the company said that it expected better 1993 results — and the loss was not as bad as had been feared : analysts had seen a loss of as much as $13m . |
| 13 | Well yes , but there is a limit , which you hit when you find you are paying about £80 for two , excluding drinks . |
| 14 | The total cost of each additional job is estimated at about £8,500 in the zones , and about £23,000 for additional jobs within the local area as a whole . |
| 15 | He sat in it for fourteen hours a day , hoping to get about £2,000 for all the appeals which lay before him . ’ |
| 16 | I AM trying to obtain a loan of £5,000 but loan companies appear to want interest of about £500 for each £1,000 borrowed . |
| 17 | Add to this the price of rinse aid ( between £1.29 and £3.50 for 500 ml ) and salt ( about £1.40 for 3 kg of supermarket own brand ) , and a litre of washing-up liquid seems a bargain . |
| 18 | In that year the electricity bill for one of the winter quarters was just over £25 but before today 's Society Stewards become too wistful they should also reflect on the fact that the average Sunday offering then through the envelope system was below £17 , or about 7p for each subscriber . |
| 19 | Chicken Tikka Masala , Chicken Français and Chicken Chinese cost about £1.80 for two , from most major supermarkets . |
| 20 | If you choose steps , do n't forget when estimating quantities and cost that only three walls are needed , and allow about 1.2m for seven normal-size concrete steps into a shoulder-deep pit , and about 2m overall in front of the car . |
| 21 | About £65 for two . |
| 22 | From about £300 for 60 cm base unit with door and drawer . |