Example sentences of "at about [num] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If insects are being named at the rate of about 7,250 species a year and synonymized at about 1,450 a year , then these rates are within our capacity for entry into master inventories . |
| 2 | The number of total hip replacement operations performed in Britain is now starting to stabilise at about 40000 a year . |
| 3 | ‘ The demand for new houses is forecast at about 200,000 a year to the end of the century , ’ says the report . |
| 4 | At about ten-fifteen the previous evening she had heard a ‘ crack ’ followed by a dog barking — yapping , she said . |
| 5 | On this afternoon at about 1700 an estimated sixty bombers approached the island , Hurricanes being scrambled to intercept . |
| 6 | At about 16.15 the Scharnhorst succumbed to ceaseless bombardment and sank ; and at 17.45 , having fired all her ammunition and riven by shell bursts , Gneisenau 's captain ordered her to be scuttled . |