Example sentences of "[noun] of about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time , Bethnal Green was a relatively compact borough of about 50,000 people concentrated within a very small area ( about 2 square miles ) , with no major roads running through it . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've managed to organize an association of about forty thousand home workers , small vendors and contract workers , by combining a trade union approach with co-operatives . ’ |
| 3 | A year ago Nicky , Rob 's girlfriend of about eight months convinced him to go back to the ice pack that nearly killed him . |
| 4 | The first review is to take place in August 1993 which implies a tariff of about 11 years . |
| 5 | His first review date therefore implies a tariff of about 15 years . |
| 6 | The first review is to take place in Arpil 1995 which implies a tariff of about 12 years . |
| 7 | Indeed , they were sufficient to allow an increase in the labour force of about 5 per cent at constant wages . |
| 8 | That could push the United States , with a pre-invasion force of about 13,000 troops in Panama responsible solely for protecting the canal , into the unwanted role of a long-term army of occupation . |
| 9 | Nez Perce bowcase , quiver and bandoleer of about 1870 . |
| 10 | This was at a time when cylinders were only used for dictation purposes , not for recording music , and a speed of about 100 revolutions per minute was found adequate . |
| 11 | Apart from the difficult steering in a heavy following sea our suspect could maintain only a speed of about five knots . |
| 12 | It 's known that the Migs approached each other coming out of a loop at a combined speed of about 300 miles per hour , in an area to the north east of the main spectator section at Fairford . |
| 13 | Without going through the long list of advantages that they possess , one or two are extremely appealing — a fast enough speed of about 60 miles an hour , low enough height for passengers to be able to enjoy the view and an ability to stop without falling . |
| 14 | He had opened the loose-box door and disappeared inside , returning leading a bay horse of about fifteen hands by the halter . |
| 15 | For readers of about ten , try James Gurney 's Dinotopia ( Dorling Kindersley £15 ) . |
| 16 | So in progressing through there , and I 'm sorry we have n't done it this way , we end up in terms of the County Council figure of nine seven hundred for Greater York , possible er provision from , collectively from the districts of about fourteen hundred , fifteen hundred short . |
| 17 | A small talismanic gold brooch of about 1300 AD was found . |
| 18 | Emigration abroad was also high ; a net loss of about 1.2 million between 1841 and 1911 . |
| 19 | Steers ( 1953 ) has quoted examples from the east coast : in Holderness in a thirty-seven year period towards the end of the last century the average loss from the coast was a strip 65 m ( 215 ft ) wide , or an average annual loss of about 1.75 m ( 6 ft ) , while the district suffering the most severe erosion lost 82 m ( 273 ft ) in the same period . |
| 20 | At least a million people of working age migrated to the the South East during the inter-war period , and Wales , as a whole , lost both its natural increase in population and an actual loss of about 450,000 people . |
| 21 | This will result in the loss of about one-third of power generated . |
| 22 | CAR giant Ford is considering a major restructuring plan involving tendering out work which would lead to the loss of about 3,000 jobs throughout Europe , including over 1,000 in the UK , according to a confidential report . |
| 23 | This entailed the loss of about 3,000 posts with some universities shedding 25 per cent of their staff ; some departments were closed and a number of institutions came close to bankruptcy . |
| 24 | Dr Mason said the move , which involved the loss of about 18 staff , went against Strathclyde 's long held policy of education pre-school children . |
| 25 | During sunlit hours , an ozone loss of about 1.6 parts per 10 9 by volume ( p.p.b.v. ) occurs between mid morning and late afternoon , followed by a replenishment to a similar starting concentration by about midnight . |
| 26 | In the same report ( UNEP 1982 : 265 ) , it is claimed that the total area being reclaimed by irrigation is probably about the same as is being abandoned through salinisation , alkalinisation and water-logging , and that these problems account for the loss of about 2–3 million ha of the world 's best agricultural land each year . |
| 27 | The disclosure of these plans forced a premature announcement that two plants — Cowley South and Llanelli Pressings — were to be run down and closed in the early 1990s with the loss of about 3,400 jobs . |
| 28 | ‘ It could mean the loss of about 65 jobs spread over all departments , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Meantime IBM Corp 's first quarter figures are due today and analysts are generally predicting an operating loss of about 50 cents a share on a decline in turnover of 10% or more — with a swingeing 20% or more decline in mainframe business : a year ago , IBM reported net of $1.12 a share before an accounting gain . |
| 30 | This resulted in the loss of about 20 staff , bringing the total headcount here to 100 . |