Example sentences of "about [adj] [noun pl] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'll need a … crowbar or something , about fifty metres of rope and a torch . |
| 2 | He was considerably younger than Jonadab , being about fifty years of age . |
| 3 | But within the next few weeks labourers will start digging the foundations for a plant at Gwithian , on Cornwall 's northern shore , which will produce about 500 tonnes of tin per year . |
| 4 | The rapid progress with the construction of the railway , the past couple of weeks having witnessed the excavation of a cutting and preparation of about 500 feet of track bed , had enabled about 200 feet of track to be ready for the open day . |
| 5 | But according to him it 's quite simple to make a bomb provided you can get hold of about eight kilograms of plutonium , a lump about the size of an orange . ’ |
| 6 | By about eight months of age most infants are capable of retrieving completely hidden objects ; but between eight and twelve months they show another intriguing pattern of errors . |
| 7 | Half the remainder die in old age , losing about eight years of life . |
| 8 | About 120 bales of barley straw , valued at about £1,400 , were destroyed in the blaze at a Dutch barn in Long Road , Lawford , near Manningtree . |
| 9 | Tatham 's subsea satellite gas well is producing about 12.5 million cubic feet of natural gas and about 2,300 barrels of condensate per day . |
| 10 | Unravel and flatten about 1.5 metres of paper twist and cut in half along its length . |
| 11 | The plethora of dams will uproot over a million people — including many tribals — and submerge about 850,000 acres of forest and 500,000 acres of cultivated land — almost as much as it will irrigate . |
| 12 | 18 ‘ units ’ is in ¾ bottle of spirits OR about 2 bottles of wine OR 9 pints of beer . |
| 13 | Properly drained and topped with about 2 metres of sand , they have become playing fields or ornamental gardens , with the seed-mulch mixture being spread by a machine much like an asphalt spreader . |
| 14 | Ideally , the ratio of calcium to phosphorus should be about 2 parts of calcium to 1 of phosphorus , and at its very lowest 1:1 . |
| 15 | The audience laughed nervously but Fleischmann remained serious : ‘ If this device worked as effectively as the small scale experiment we have done , it would be generating about 800 watts of power . ’ |
| 16 | It has been calculated that there has been an average of about 30 feet of deposition close inshore during the last 5000 years . |
| 17 | About 30 tons of turf and top soil , and several tons of burned tarmac , were removed from the area over which the aircraft had broken up and come to rest ; the tyres of vehicles , footwear of personnel , and all items of equipment used at the site , were taken to the hanger and cleaned of mud and grass . |
| 18 | In the human female fetal ovary the maximum number of pachytenes occurs at about 26 weeks , although they appear as early as 14 weeks and continue to about 30 weeks of gestation . |
| 19 | In fact there are about 30 types of mosquito in the UK . |
| 20 | These comprise about 30 units of accommodation , and we have to regard each of these as a profit centre . ’ |
| 21 | The man who collected the cash-card is said to be about 30 years of age of medium build with black curly hair and clean-shaven . |
| 22 | The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution whose report finally prompted the government to make its decision , estimates that some people are taking about 300 micrograms of lead a day from their drinking water . |
| 23 | We know that this can be done at about 12 months of age and in future it is quite possible that farmers will use these measurements in selecting their bulling heifers . ’ |
| 24 | It is not to change the policy or feel some humility about 12 years of failure . |
| 25 | About 700 tons of graphite and 70 tons of uranium fuel from the core of the reactor , all lethally radioactive , spewed on to the tarmac and the roof of the turbine hall . |
| 26 | After a letter to the Home Secretary in 1934 complaining that the IFL speakers had stated at these meetings that they would clear all Jews out of the country , and if this was not possible they would starve them and murder them , Special Branch reported that a Mr Pipkin and a Mr Smith of the IFL , both about twenty-one years of age , had made reckless and rash statements at such occasions . |
| 27 | The fires had burned for approximately eight months , consuming about 2,000,000 barrels of oil at a cost to Kuwait of US$100,000 million . |
| 28 | After about seventy-two hours of sleep loss , " it is impossible to prevent subjects from obtaining brief " microsleeps " " which ( when EEG measures are made ) have been shown to be indistinguishable from brief periods of natural sleep . |
| 29 | The US owns about 100 kilograms of tritium , including what is stored in bombs . |
| 30 | The starter kit , the cheapest way of buying the car , requires about 100 hours of work by the buyer , once all the parts are to hand . |