Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] [noun sg] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now there is a much greater tendency to say if we were able to reduce family size to replacement level , zero population growth , for the developing world about two and a half children per family , by the year two thousand what would the situation look like ? |
| 2 | He set out for the presidential palace about 6 a.m. but heard the place was surrounded . |
| 3 | During the 1974 season about six individuals occupied such a position within the group . |
| 4 | Perhaps it was brought in by a refugee from the persecution of the Catholic church about that time , when thousands of British communicants , including the bishops of York and Carlisle , perished . |
| 5 | Zimbabwe Geological investigations are continuing in the Archaean Midlands Greenstone Belt of Zimbabwe as part of an integrated exploration project in which appropriate methods of regional structural analysis are being introduced as a basis for formulating sound gold exploration strategies and identifying targets for follow-up by the commercial sector.By the end of the second year about 1700 square kilometres ( or 70% ) of the project area has been tectonically mapped at scales of 1:25 000 to 1:50 000 , and selected areas , including over 80 medium-to-small gold mines , have been subjected to detailed structural analysis at survey scales of 1:200 to 1:2500 . |
| 6 | By the middle of the eighteenth century about 70,000 slaves a year were being taken across the Atlantic , half of them in British ships . |
| 7 | In the first ( for ileocolonic transit ) , a Tygon cannula ( external diameter : 1.22 mm ; internal diameter : 0.76 mm ) was placed into the distal ileum about 20 cm from the cecum , the cecum was opened , and the ileocaecal segment was rinsed of any residue with warm saline ( 37°C ) . |
| 8 | In the nineteenth century about 70 per cent of all Siberia 's ‘ Russians ’ lived in the three most westerly provinces ( Tobolsk , Tomsk and Yeniseisk ) , while only 30 per cent lived in the eastern half of Siberia . |
| 9 | Matilda , sitting in the second row about ten feet away from Miss Honey , put her.elbows on the desk and cupped her face in her hands , and this time she gave the order right at the beginning . |
| 10 | It is characteristic of him that he transmitted to us a document which gave the number of the soldiers in the Roman army about 225 B.C. and added the number of the men of military age but not under arms : the document distinguished between Roman citizens and allies , and gave specific figures for the main groups of allies ( 2.23–4 ) . |
| 11 | During the winter , the male digs a hole in the sandy earth about four feet deep and fifteen feet across and fills it with vegetation . |
| 12 | In the initial review about 70 per cent of the LEAs responded with information , as did nearly all GCE and CSE Boards , the City and Guilds and the RSA . |
| 13 | About 120 thousand Americans travelled to Europe in 1900 and by 1990 that figure had reached 7 million , but in the same year about 14 million US citizens travelled to Mexico and 13.4 million to Canada . |
| 14 | Cicero denigrated the Gauls in the Pro Fonteio about 69 B.C. because his client Fonteius had been accused by them . |
| 15 | We should note that over the next decade about half the children aged from 7–11 years will not have adequate conditions to attend primary school normally in terms of the law on the National System of Education and that many other older children will be likewise unable to attend school . |
| 16 | This points to the real worry about 1991 : not that it will not be good enough , but that it will be too good . |
| 17 | Kicking and bucking to keep her balance , she managed to draw to a shuddering halt close to the rushing torrent about ten feet below where he was standing . |
| 18 | Last weekend about 1,000 troops of the non-communist Khmer People 's National Liberation Front ( KPNLF ) attacked military outposts along Route 69 , which runs parallel to the Thai border about 20 miles inside Cambodia . |
| 19 | Then we saw a ‘ For Sale ’ sign on the old house about five miles down the road , where our shops and restaurant now are . |
| 20 | The fire brigade which was at the first blaze about 100 yards away extinguished the second fire in a short time . |
| 21 | er , at the back page about nine inch by six wi you , were cut-outs and you cut it out and stuck them together to make a little paper , well , thick paper model . |