Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] about [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | our ILEA studies suggest that only about half the difference between reading scores of children from West Indian homes and their white counterparts may be accounted for by socio-economic factors . |
| 2 | Asking people to match the colours they could recall with colours on a standard colour chart revealed that only about half the dreams contained colour , and many of these were in pastel shades . |
| 3 | It was alarming that only about half the teachers responded adversely to the use of the word ‘ alien ’ in this question : |
| 4 | I think er what this exercise today has shown us is that only about half the factors in H two er have a strategic dimension in so far as they would affect a choice between broad sectors around York . |
| 5 | Once you get a fertile soil , the bully boys tend to take over and only about half a dozen plants flourish . |
| 6 | The strange thing is that not all amateur operators seem to understand this and only about half the country 's licensed amateurs are members of the RSGB . |
| 7 | A tank can be maintained without filtration , but more work is involved and only about half the number of fish can be kept . |
| 8 | And then about half an hour later Mark turned up completely out of his face ! |
| 9 | Not only were the Sinhalese underrepresented , but only about half the Sinhalese in the police professed Buddhism . |