Example sentences of "to about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nut on the Rockwood is made from bone-substitute plastic and is well cut to about the right height . |
| 2 | MCI Communications Corp says capital spending will peak at about $1,600m in 1993 versus $1,400m in 1992 , and return to about the 1992 level after it completes construction of its long-distance link between Chicago and Salt Lake City . |
| 3 | The Jovian atmosphere has been observed down to about the 1 bar altitude , and throughout this region the predominant motion is east-west . |
| 4 | In particular , her hatred of her body and her description of her breasts as ‘ useless lumps of flesh ’ echo the feelings of other girls I spoke to about the female body . |
| 5 | they probably want it to about the nearest metre |
| 6 | Oh yes , there were Well , all the erm boys from up to about the fifth form , in the old pupil-teachers training centre went , er was formed by joining that and school , they took boys from there . |
| 7 | They have been radiocarbon dated to about the 9th or 10th centuries AD and seem to have been intended for use in ceremonies associated with an important priest . |
| 8 | okay , round the base of your thumb , basically what we want to do is we want to clamp these fingers in so they ca n't come un unstuck , we want to push them together because she ca n't keep them shut like that , but the next thing is that you come round to the back where the little finger is , the next time you come round here , you 're gon na come round to about the first thumb joint okay and then you 're gon na go over the top okay and if you come round again the little thumb , by , by the little finger , you come round again to the thumb joint okay , come over the top again , round , we 're just making really like the figure of eight , but all the time we 're keeping off of this wrist here and I 'm keeping her fingers in , are you alright still ? |
| 9 | At the end of the first teaching practice I asked the teacher tutors ( who had all had experience of the previous system ) to make any comments they cared to about the new set-up . |
| 10 | Three living dolphin groups have a record that extends back to about the late Miocene period some 11 million years ago . |
| 11 | it comes to about the same |
| 12 | And erm we erm when you got to about the third class I think you you was allowed to participate int he woodwork and metal er class , you used to go across for half a day a week . |
| 13 | Presumably it 's also a lot to do with isolation , a lot to do with the fact that there was no one to talk to about the sexual experiences you were having and the only surrounding attitude was one of , ‘ This is something which should n't happen ’ , whereas the situation when I had my first sexual experience was one where I knew other people who were gay whom I could talk to . |