Example sentences of "has [vb pp] to around " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the mid 1970s more than 25,000 Hereford calves were bred annually.Now that figure has plunged to around 8,000 . |
| 2 | Thirty African countries have agreed to co-operate in efforts to save the elephant , whose population in Africa has fallen to around 600,000 , compared with over one million a decade ago . |
| 3 | In the face of poaching , land clearance and logging , the world 's population of wild tigers has fallen to around 7,000 ; three of the eight main species have died out and a fourth is on the verge of extinction . |
| 4 | This world famous photo archive , which has grown to around 2.5 million images since Sir Robert Witt gave his collection of some 400,000 photos in 1944 to be freely available to any interested parties , is one of the most extensive in the world for paintings , sculpture and architecture . |
| 5 | At the end of the fifth month the length has grown to around 250 millimetres about half the length of a full-term baby but the weight is still only about a tenth of what it will be at birth . |
| 6 | Agricultural pesticides had a devastating effect on numbers during the 50s and early 60s but since certain chemicals have been banned the figure has risen to around 1,050 pairs . |
| 7 | At the turn of the century an amount equal to only approximately 2.5 per cent of the GDP was spent on social services ; by the outbreak of the Second World War the percentage had risen to 11–12 per cent , and since the war it has risen to around 40 per cent . |
| 8 | Government backing for the railways has halved to around £550 million in the 1980s and the new calculations of support have been struck before taking into account the estimated cost of safety measures demanded after the Clapham Junction disaster . |
| 9 | The cost of essential repair work on the Severn Bridge has increased to around £70 million after cracks and faults were uncovered in the 23-year-old construction . |
| 10 | After gaining 15.8 per cent of the national vote in the 1989 European elections , and achieving a membership high of approximately 18,500 the following year , the party has declined to around 6,500 members . |