Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modern digital types have a sensor on about ten feet of cable . |
| 2 | In the New Forest the most important is common of pasture , which enables about 350 commoners to depasture some 3,000 ponies , 2,000 cattle and a few sheep on about 4,500 acres of open forest throughout the year . |
| 3 | A study by Harris , Sofianos and Shapiro ( 1990 ) of programme trading on the NYSE in June 1989 found evidence that programme trading occurs when the basis ( the difference between the futures and spot prices ; see Chapter 6 ) is wide , and that the programme trading is followed by the basis closing to its usual level within about 15 minutes . |
| 4 | her blanket on about ten . |
| 5 | Coleridge and Sara , in further disregard of the proprieties , first stayed at the cottage on about 20 August 1795 , over a month before their marriage . |
| 6 | The worst kind of burn gives painful blisters and general skin damage within about an hour after exposure . |
| 7 | With Thomas Bird , an electrical engineer , Hargreaves in about 1893 invented an electrolytic process for decomposing common salt , using an asbestos diaphragm . |
| 8 | Percutaneous aspiration cytology has been reported as confirming malignancy in about two thirds of pancreatic cancers and one half of bile duct tumours but can not be done unless a mass lesion is established on imaging . |
| 9 | He began his bookselling activities in about 1770 from his father 's shop , but had moved to 13 Aldgate High Street by the end of 1773 ; it was at this time that his first publications came out , among them the Ladies ' Museum ( 1773–1814 ) , and that he began to explore the possibilities of circulating libraries . |
| 10 | The group has a turnover of around £3bn , and with a presence in about 60 countries has fairly complex financial consolidation and reporting requirements . |
| 11 | I had been in the division only about three months , and barely knew what naphtha was . |
| 12 | Langdon 's maps , drawn of estates in about fifteen counties , are distinctive and their embellishments with Elizabethan strapwork ornamentation show his skills as an artist and draughtsman . |
| 13 | From where you park , there is another , minor , two-minute cable-car ride to the summit , or you can zigzag up on foot in about forty minutes . |
| 14 | It is the concern of the people in Hertfordshire following the woods only about three miles away , they now and many Hertfordshire residents , I 'm sure lots of people in this room use voluntary commission land where their , their on holiday . |
| 15 | The family moved to Inverness in about 1810 and Joseph attended the Academy there for three and a half years . |
| 16 | Bishop Eusebius ( c.260–340 ) quotes Papias , a Bishop in Asia Minor in about 140 AD , who in turn quotes John the Elder who says : ‘ … |
| 17 | Such was the message Lewis passed on , himself saying nothing for the moment of his own extraordinarily exciting find , but agreeing to pick up Morse in about ten minutes ' time , after briefly reporting in to St Aldate 's . |
| 18 | Interferon alfa is the most promising treatment for chronic viral hepatitis , suppressing viral replication in about 30% of patients with chronic hepatitis B or C. In patients with cirrhosis interferon alfa may improve the outcome of the disease and obviate the need for liver transplantation . |
| 19 | Homosexuality aroused revulsion in about a quarter of the respondents , another quarter seeing it as sick , odd or ridiculous . |
| 20 | It was compiled by the university 's research support and industrial liaison office and describes projects in about 50 departments . |
| 21 | ‘ We will shortly move our milk distribution depot to the site and plan to be packaging locally sourced milk in about a year 's time , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Anybody want anything he was there , his name was and he used to run up like er tally , tallyman he was you 'd pay at the most ten shillings down about two and six a week , something like that . |
| 23 | The custodian was taking it back to the clubhouse area , where it would be needed for the final ceremony in about an hour 's time . |
| 24 | Suppose I bring it up on a tray in about half an hour . |
| 25 | It has been estimated that , of the thousand people bitten by rattlesnakes annually in the United States only about thirty die . |
| 26 | Aphthoid ulcers and neoterminal ileitis develop in the early postoperative months in about 70% of patients . |
| 27 | I can give him two more injections in about half an hour , but — ’ she shook her head again' — it 's a losing battle , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 28 | erm the the order which one , one I concern , maybe we can discuss if to , if , if the defendants were prepared to undertake to erm provide any as to instruct within twenty eight days from today , the matter should be list on and this convention on a Friday , Friday in about two or two and a half month 's time from now , which will take us in the next term , I , I beg a suggestion |
| 29 | They said they 'd changed the wheel in about three minutes flat , I said well it was n't Friday the thirteenth was it ? |
| 30 | We 'll have it on telly in about fifteen minutes . |