Example sentences of "[prep] about [num] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after about two hours the excess amount of insulin in the blood tends to have an effect which is n't at all helpful to the person seeking to control hunger and food intake . |
| 2 | After about ten minutes the game ends , and the team with the largest amount of ‘ heir own food is judged to be the winner . |
| 3 | Loaded up with about 45 pounds the carry was excellent , largely due to the very comfortable hipbelt and harness system . |
| 4 | That 's all and then I I I was looked after the production machinery for about fifteen years the top here . |
| 5 | For about four centuries the rulers of England had been trying to conquer and rule France , Scotland , and Ireland , but they had just lost their last foothold in France at Calais , their position in Ireland was as insecure as it had ever been , and the Scottish problem had taken an altogether new turn because Mary the Queen of Scotland could present a good claim to the English throne . |
| 6 | For about five seconds the two groups stood regarding each other . |
| 7 | For about thirty seconds the spectacle continued . |
| 8 | RUC were taking some time to settle down but once Davy Barbour had landed his first penalty from about 50 metres the lights went out and the Holywood stars faded . |
| 9 | Since a python 's skin begins to deteriorate in quality once it has grown to about fifteen feet the largest are left alone , which is just as well as each one must be caught at night , alive and by hand , with a lamp to attract them from their lairs , and at least four men to get them into the sack afterwards . |
| 10 | If using hangers , pad them to about three times the usual extent with acid-free tissue or with polyester wadding covered with white cotton ( which can also be used to pad out the shoulders and shapes of packed costumes ) . |
| 11 | seven ninety nine I do n't know how much the waistcoats have gone down to but they most probably gone down as well to about ten pounds the waistcoats . |
| 12 | It works by boosting the amount of serotonin in the brain to about ten times the usual level . |
| 13 | New investment per employed worker in US manufacturing in 1955 was running at about 1.6 times the European level , and nearly five times that of Japan ; by 1970 US manufacturing was investing about the same per worker as European industry and one-third less than Japanese . |
| 14 | At about 1150 hrs the pilot called Blackbushe and requested joining instructions . |
| 15 | At about 0230 hours the fishing vessel-cum-yacht Guiding Lights , which had figured on our suspect list since 1974 , but had never been sighted in British waters , sailed into the trap , heaving-to off Talland Bay , about half a mile off shore . |
| 16 | At about 50 atmospheres the carbon dioxide readily dissolves in water thus removing it almost completely from the hydrogen . |
| 17 | It is interesting to not that the values achieved in 1989 were broadly at about three times the turnover seen in these outlets , whereas today , a multiplier of approximately one , to one and a quarter times turnover , is far more appropriate . |
| 18 | Since the front of a slug travels downstream at about three times the speed of the rear ( Fig. 18.7 ) , there can be substantial variations in the fraction of the flow that is turbulent ( Fig. 18.8 ) and thus in the flow rate . |
| 19 | At about three weeks the kittens start to engage in rough-and-tumble actions with their litter-mates . |
| 20 | By about five weeks the embryo is around the size of the smaller illustration and is highly developed . |