Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meeting also agreed to the provision of about dollars 2,000 million in aid for the financial year 1989-90 . |
| 2 | We headed along the ridge for about three miles . |
| 3 | Though the initial approval ratings for Mr Bush 's handling of the Gulf ( which were above 75% ) have not been sustained , he has consistently maintained the support of about 60% of Americans for his general policy . |
| 4 | He had experimented in administering the powder to about fifty people over a period of five years ‘ and never failed in the cure ’ , except in some cases of severe or chronic ague , which required the addition of some grains of quinine . |
| 5 | This has been the case since about 1965 ( Gurtner v Circuit [ 1968 ] 2 QB 587 ) . |
| 6 | Such is the case for about 50% of our patients . |
| 7 | Well I have n't seen her feeding the ducks for about three or four months . |
| 8 | Our postman looks as if he tips the scales at about twenty stone . ’ |
| 9 | Grill the sardines for about 5 minutes on each side , turning carefully once . |
| 10 | ‘ She insisted she 'd seen you heading out through the woods at about half-past nine , shortly before she missed it . |
| 11 | The government is reviewing the cases of about 60 people sentenced for political or security offences to see if they might qualify for pardon . |
| 12 | Merely the removal of about £100,000 from the League annually in TV fees and sponsorship can cause an icy blast to the Fourth Division 's infirm . |
| 13 | It is estimated that to construct one of the larger houses at Cowdery 's Down , C12 , would have required the removal of about 81 tonnes of topsoil , clay and chalk and the use of a total weight of timber , daub and thatch amounting to some 70 tonnes ( Millett 1983 , M5/02 , M5/03 ) . |
| 14 | Such cases are only reliably detectable by laboratory analysis , which will reveal the presence of about 40 per cent HbS . |
| 15 | The ensuing communal violence was the worst since the massacre of about 200 people in Hyderabad in October 1988 . |
| 16 | Yesterday the shares ticked on another 10 to 579p before settling at 574p , putting the rating at about 15 times on Smith New Court 's expectations of a 9 p.c. growth in earnings this year . |
| 17 | While most young male dogs go through a period of excessive sexual behaviour and can be a little too pushy for their own good with older males between the ages of about ten months and two years , they usually calm down and become more sociable with other dogs and less strife to have around the home . |
| 18 | We are thinking of people between the ages of about 35 and about 60 years ; but one would not care to argue these limits to within five years or so . |
| 19 | A more careful look at Fig 1 , reveals that , between the ages of about 15 and 18 years the age at first marriage has little or no effect on the age when the first birth occurs . |
| 20 | These schools take children between the ages of about 8 and 13 and prepare them for competitive entry to the public schools . |
| 21 | This is caused by the corneo-retinal potential — a standing potential across the retina of about one-tenth of a volt . |
| 22 | Hipper , steaming northward parallel to Beatty , again sighted his enemy to the west at about 17.40 ; he immediately turned east but was then bombarded by Hood , who had inadvertently taken up a wrong station . |
| 23 | It has been suggested that the USSR will need to finance imports of food , high technology and machinery to the value of $42 billion between 1984–1987 and would therefore need to increase energy exports to the West to about 150 MTOE per year . |
| 24 | But the country 's production facilities lag the west by about ten years . |
| 25 | They are seeking public and private funding for the installation of about 30 cameras to provide 24-hour monitoring of city centre streets . |
| 26 | Registered unemployment in the ACCs rose from around 8 million at the end of the mini-boom to about 15 million in the spring of 1975 . |
| 27 | Increase oven heat to crisp the pork and cook the stuffing for about twenty minutes . |
| 28 | Place one baking sheet of truffles in the freezer for about 30min . |
| 29 | Cook the vegetables for about 5 minutes , then add the garlic , ginger and stock . |
| 30 | A notebook in which Mr Thompson had listed the titles of about 90 pornographic videos was presented to the court . |