Example sentences of "about a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | With real mortgage rates on extra borrowing normally between 4 and 5 per cent , it is quite plausible that about a quarter to a third of the value of housing equity — estimated at £830billion at end-1987 — could be due to deregulation . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'll leave Thunder Bay at about a quarter to one , ’ Nell said , ‘ so we 'll have lunch soon after . |
| 3 | A herd of zebras , hence , produces about a quarter to a third of its weight in prey carcases per year . |
| 4 | I get up when the children wake up about a quarter to eight . |
| 5 | Some twenty minutes later , at about a quarter to five , he is seen on the third floor of the Polytechnique , in one of the corridors lined with student lockers , pressed against the wall and holding a long object in the green garbage bag , with a smaller white plastic bag by his side . |
| 6 | And in the afternoon I think er it was about a quarter to three till four , and that was er Sunday School . |
| 7 | He had n't got the information I was waiting for but he rang me back at about a quarter to ten . |
| 8 | If what he told Rose was true , he could n't have been at the belvedere after about a quarter to nine . |
| 9 | The balance-of-payments deficit was expected to fall by about a quarter to FMk18,000 million . |
| 10 | An analogue watch user will just glance at the timepiece and say , ‘ … it 's about a quarter to five ’ . |
| 11 | So we talked to him but erm we did n't actually see Mrs until about a quarter to eleven . |
| 12 | If you want , you can walk right into the cirque from the mouth , over grass first of all , but then across the stone-strewn floor ; it is just about a mile to the furthest rock face . |
| 13 | It calls for a review by the heart institute of the supervisory practices and research procedures at the hospital 's cardiac research laboratory , where Dr Darsee worked , in about a year to ‘ confirm that these procedures are adequate . ’ |
| 14 | After about a week to ten days the fry will be able to take newly-hatched brine shrimp and from here on the growth rate is very rapid . |
| 15 | The prospectus will be released in the last week of May by brokers , Allied Provincial Securities Ltd , and the share placing should take place about a week to 10 days later . |
| 16 | In 1977 , J. Ekstrand demonstrated that when a healthy adult male weighing 60 kg swallowed 10 milligrams of fluoride , the levels of ionic fluoride in his blood peaked after about an hour to just over 0–4 ppm per kg of body weight ( European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology , vol 12 , p 311 ) . |
| 17 | In an NHS clinic this may be only ten to fifteen minutes , but the average practitioner seeing a patient privately likes to give about an hour to the first interview , so that a good idea of as many facets of the patient as possible can be ascertained . |
| 18 | Because this week I 'm I 'm doing a five day course I tend to add on about an hour to my time every day . |
| 19 | This move formed the basis for the human sciences which , through their organization around the figure of man , once more brought about a unity to History . |
| 20 | The immediate setting up of a Conference representing all interested parties in the region to bring about a resolution to the Palestinian problem and a programme of disarmament on an equal basis throughout the region . |
| 21 | Middlesex , the other championship joint leaders , had Durham in trouble at 27 for three at Gateshead Fell but an unbeaten 85 by Paul Parker brought about a recovery to 175 for seven . |
| 22 | It is essential that all nations and their institutions co-operate with one other to bring about an end to this madness . |
| 23 | ‘ Sincerely believe that RR can be instrumental in bringing about an end to Iran/Iraq war — a la Roosevelt w/Russo Japanese War in 1904 , ’ North wrote to Poindexter in September 1986 . |
| 24 | He is stable and , all being well , will remain so for some considerable period of time.5 The motive for turning off the ventilator in this situation may be evil , or it may be good , as , for example , in the case of involuntary euthanasia intended to bring about an end to misery and suffering . |
| 25 | And he did n't forget the man he had beaten , and to whom he acknowledged America owed a debt : ‘ I want all of you to join with me tonight in expressing our gratitude to President Bush for his lifetime of public service , for the effort he made from the time he was a young soldier in the second world war , to helping to bring about an end to the Cold War , to our victory in the Gulf War , to the grace with which he conceded the results of this election tonight in the finest American tradition . ’ |
| 26 | How could History have failed to bring about an end to history ? |
| 27 | It tells the story of the development , testing and eventual use of the atomic bombs which brought about an end to the Second World War . |
| 28 | The Government , together with their European partners , should go immediately to the Security Council of the United Nations and call , in the first instance , for full and effective sanctions against the Serbian Government , including an oil embargo ; and for the authority that is necessary to allow the Community to take whatever further measures , including military measures , may be necessary to bring about an end to the Serbian Government 's aggression should Lord Carrington 's latest efforts fail . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's an historic moment that hopefully will bring about an end to 100 years of bloodshed , misery between the Palestinians and Jews , between Palestinians and Israel , ’ Rabin said . |
| 30 | There 's still no news from the talks in London which are trying to bring about an end to the ambulance dispute . |