Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the temperature today at the base of the Cytherean exosphere rarely exceeds about 300 K , which is too low for the thermal escape of very much hydrogen even over 4600 Ma , and chemical escape might not make a lot of difference . |
| 2 | First , there seems at present less to complain about in most of our primary schools than in secondary or tertiary education . |
| 3 | The present owner of Miss Havisham 's house told of a fisherman she had met in Broadstairs one day who remembered ‘ Old Charley a-coming flying down from the cliff with a hop , skip and jump , with his hair all flying about ’ . |
| 4 | Ian only last about three or four weeks , he was gone . |
| 5 | These beliefs , attitudes and values obviously come about as a result of the pressures stemming from material , economic , political and other forces , but , once they are in existence , they exert an influence of their own on people 's behaviour . |
| 6 | For the United States , Mander ( 1978 , pp.19–20 ) notes , in all seriousness : ‘ During the early 1970s , all environmental groups together spent about $500,000 per year in advertising in order to offset an average of about $3 billion in corporate expenditures on the same subjects . |
| 7 | The election manifestos of the Conservative and Labour parties fundamentally disagree about how well a market economy works . |
| 8 | I have sufficient intellectual control so that my bats only last about three days — his would last sometimes as long as three weeks . |
| 9 | Unfortunately I do n't think they have n't confirmed as they usua most organizations usually do about a week beforehand er by phone , to make sure it 's alright , and I 've lost their letter . |
| 10 | Just then I glanced through the little bedroom window and saw all the women and kids still hanging about outside . |
| 11 | Taubman still owns about $185 million of Sotheby 's stock , but this year he sold eight million shares worth about $106 million . |
| 12 | They have been loyal with their money , as well as their feelings , to the 10m who still live in Greece ; their remittances still cover about a sixth of the trade gap ( see table 4 on next page ) . |
| 13 | The Review usually contained about four articles ( seventy . |
| 14 | The younger listeners also produce about three times as many simple requests as the older listeners . |
| 15 | According to Alliance Internationale de Tourisme the private car now carries about 75 per cent of all travellers . |
| 16 | American manufacturers typically take about twice as long before replacing similar models . |
| 17 | Allowed to buy only ‘ class B ’ shares , which account for 40% of stockmarket capitalisation , foreigners now own about 30% of the market . |
| 18 | Perhaps the confusion originally came about since the name ‘ schizophrenia ’ comes from the Greek root schizo , which means ‘ splitting away from ’ . |
| 19 | The execution of a provo murder gang in Coagh a few months ago brought about the usual uproar from the republican politicians . |
| 20 | Did you know that an average wedding today costs about £9,000 ? |
| 21 | The Apple deal reportedly came about because Echo used the Mac , theoretically the toughest nut to crack , as its proof of concept and showed the system to Apple last year , translating Macintosh programs to several unidentified RISC platforms . |
| 22 | Jean then set about teaching her the finest French ‘ Par quoi ele mout chier le tint ’ ( ‘ for which she held him very dear ’ ) . |
| 23 | The whole episode allegedly lasted about an hour and a half . |
| 24 | The whole episode allegedly lasted about an hour and a half . |
| 25 | The tobacco industry therefore spends about £2 per head on advertising for each person in the province whereas the Agency has less than 70p per head to spend on promoting all aspects of health such as nutrition , alcohol and sexual health . |
| 26 | E R F currently produce about six trucks per day , and they 're all powered . |
| 27 | Maggie only stopped about an hour this morning , she 's not feeling well . |
| 28 | My parents only live about five miles away and I try to see them about twice a week . |
| 29 | While the sky above darkened to a deep purple , the Marines below looked about , made nervous by the steadily increasing pace and volume of drumming that floated down eerily from the surrounding countryside . |
| 30 | Great soreness and restlessness ; stupor and mild delirium — child constantly tossing about ; very itchy rashes not relieved by scratching ; rash is also dry , hot and burning ; desire cold drinks . |