Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [num] [noun pl] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had undermined pillars erected to give extra support to the roof of the workings and about 6 p.m. that day the pillars gave way and about 200 feet of the roof collapsed . |
| 2 | In June 1990 , the Marxist Platform held a large conference in Moscow attended by representatives from six republics and about 40 regions of the USSR . |
| 3 | Following on after that , we had a public meeting to which erm Mrs Dick was invited , and about 90 members of the public . |
| 4 | Alas , they failed to make a complete list and about 60 names of the fallen were left off the temporary plaque . |
| 5 | I looked down , could n't see much and around three quarters of the way along asked Tony whether there was much of a drop , ‘ Not really ’ , came the reply , ‘ about 60ft ’ . |
| 6 | Although the poster exhibition failed to capture the imagination of the local press , it did attract a large number of visitors and over 200 copies of the historical booklet that accompanied the exhibition were sold . |