Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] about [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Questionnaires sent out as part of the HSC employment department 's 1990 labour force survey showed that only about a third of reportable accidents appear in official statistics , that 2 million people have illnesses they believe are caused or made worse by work , and that work related accidents and ill health are probably resulting in about 30m days off work a year in the UK . |
| 2 | In practice , not all fires were used at the peak , but even at the higher real prewar price levels , research had shown that only about a third of the costs imposed by the peak space heating demand were being recovered in contemporary domestic tariffs . |
| 3 | Calvin Hall 's large survey of dream content showed that only about a third of the total number of dreams reported contained references to colour . |
| 4 | If we now turn our attention to the hero-literature of ancient Greece , it is notable that just about every prominent hero does battle at one time or another , and sometimes repeatedly , with Amazon women . |
| 5 | Yet it took a script that just about every major actress in Hollywood turned down to make her a star . |
| 6 | However , it is worth noting that Sigma ( 4.7 ) , between Delta and Epsilon and in the same field with Epsilon , is one of the nearer stars , only 19 light-years away and only about a third as luminous as the Sun . |
| 7 | Norwich is the better bet because Ipswich is being redeveloped and only about a third of the space at the moment is being used for the , for shopping . |
| 8 | This town alongside a hugh lake where fishing , sailing , windsurfing , swimming and just about every other aquatic sport you can think of gets waterspace . |
| 9 | One pub we went in in Cov on that last day of the season had a group of about 20–30 Leeds ‘ fans ’ singing stuff against Munich , the Irish , the Scots , and just about every other ethnic group present in the place too . |
| 10 | Until recently Chandler have busied themselves producing guitar parts and accessories — everything from high-quality necks and exotic wood bodies to various pickups and just about every guitar-orientated nut and bolt you can think of . |
| 11 | Birchbank caters for a maximum of ten guests at any one time , so individual attention is assured and just about every outdoor activity is provided , including cross-country skiing . |
| 12 | There you were , come to save our pathetic little radio station , and just about the first thing you did was scoop that concert in Harare , and at the height of the cultural boycott , because you 'd emphasised our independent nature . |
| 13 | The most popular ethnic cuisines are Chinese , Italian , Mexican and Japanese , and just about the only restaurants you wo n't find in any great number are Indian . |
| 14 | No wonder Britain is a country heading for Third World status and just about the only people who are doing well in it are the Bailiffs . |
| 15 | The distinctive deep chin cowling , a feature of the PR.XI , along with the enlarged oil tank beneath has been retained in this faithful rebuild and just about the only non-authentic concession made in the rebuild has been the fitting of a standard armour plated framed windscreen instead of the one piece wrap-around frameless example , the latter giving the pilot a somewhat distorted view from the cockpit . |
| 16 | But the biggest , best organized and just about the nastiest was Famlio . |
| 17 | Well he does n't bother to mention that the king also had an official welcome at Carfax , which was the normal place , what was known as the Penniless Bench , which was at the end of St Martin 's Church , only the of that remains at the moment , now , erm and then was presented with the traditional gift of gloves by the mayor , and the not very generous sum of £520 , and just about the same time , Alderman Nixon and 12 others who agreed with him disappeared smartly from Oxford , and were n't to be seen for the rest of the war . |
| 18 | The volunteer work force comprises not only the five men of the company but also about a dozen regular helpers from the North West Loco Action Group . |
| 19 | Whereas only about a third of local residents paid full rates , most adults will pay the charge . |