Example sentences of "over about [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Colombian government agreed in October 1989 to hand over about 30,000 sq km of Amazon rainforest to indigenous Indian tribes in addition to the approximately 60,000 sq km transferred in previous years . |
| 2 | These each turn over about 900 gph . |
| 3 | Since the exposure extends over about 1800 flashes of the stroboscope , the clarity of the picture demonstrates the extreme regularity of the pattern in its initial stages . |
| 4 | Er there was a lady fell over about two months ago on that footpath just at the beginning of the winter , and the cathedral council offered to pay for the installation of a light and what we did we contributed seventy seven pounds which is sixty including V A T to enable a second light to be installed because of the two steps on that footpath , one at each end , erm |
| 5 | A minor modification to the program achieved this and , in addition to the average of chosen order , the program now delivers a measurement averaged over about an hour , and one averaged over about eight hours . |
| 6 | yeah they were coming in there and we nearly got knock got knocked over about five times actually there was another student car park at the back as well |
| 7 | For short words , the number of candidate strings produced can number in the hundreds , usually number in the thousands for longer words , and can reach millions for words over about twelve letters long . |
| 8 | The systems way of thinking was adopted successively by biogeography , soil geography , climatology and geomorphology and this adoption extended over about 35 years from 1935 to 1971 when Physical Geography : A systems approach ( Chorley and Kennedy , 1971 ) was first published . |
| 9 | Try a sample first over about 150 needles . |
| 10 | The product life of these systems was short , with sales peaking over about 3 years , and product improvements were being introduced continuously . |
| 11 | Bromley ( 1981 ) has shown how abundant biogenic and inorganic sedimentary textures can be revealed by lightly brushing thin mineral oil on a dry chalk surface and allowing it to ‘ develop ’ over about 30 minutes . |
| 12 | Similarly , a priori one would expect the same effect in TV , possibly over about 30 seconds . |
| 13 | After they 'd looked over about ten children , the doctor yawned and said , ‘ I do n't see any problems here . |
| 14 | As you will have heard perhaps on the radio or TV the Royal Bank of Scotland is to reduce its staff by 3,500 over about three years , mostly by natural wastage . |
| 15 | The country will , in effect , act as a banker , paying for new stations and being paid off from revenue over about three years . |