Example sentences of "[adv] about [adj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But their bid has been knocked back by the Government which claimed their independent valuation was only about half the real value . |
| 2 | The ending of the former child allowances and their replacement with tax-free child benefits in 1975 meant an increase in the problem of dependency , with only about half the 750,000 one-parent families in 1976 , for instance , able to rely on their income as means of support . |
| 3 | Not only were the Sinhalese underrepresented , but only about half the Sinhalese in the police professed Buddhism . |
| 4 | Not surprisingly the British economy had been growing at only about half the average annual rate of 5.4 per cent for the EEC countries since 1953 . |
| 5 | As a result of the current devolution in favour of the regions , the Arts Council will be directly funding only about half the 170 arts bodies it funded in 1991 . |
| 6 | For example , the experimental Peckham Health Centre ( opened in 1926 in the London suburb of Peckham as a community centre dedicated to the study and maintenance of the conditions necessary for health ) found that when it re-opened after the War only about half the original members ' families remained in the area . |
| 7 | Just about all the first team squad on call for tomorrow … two problems facing the new manager Les Robinson is doubtful with a back injury … and skipper Jim Magilton is fighting for fitness after taking a knock in the Ireland game |
| 8 | Just about all the major software companies have an upgrade policy . |
| 9 | They went short on just about all the basic resources including water , which had to be transported over the fields in a two-wheeled handcart . |
| 10 | Having tried out just about all the object-oriented databases out there , and signed agreements with the developers of quite a few , IBM Corp 's Programming Systems Division is phasing out all other agreements and signed a strategic partnership agreement with Object Design Inc ( CI No 2,156 ) . |
| 11 | The late Jack Kerouac , for instance , has every one of his works for sale , together with just about all the wild books written of his hard-driving life . |
| 12 | Here just about half the total area was dealt with by parliamentary act and award . |
| 13 | Whilst I was mooning about singing ‘ I 'm in love with a wonderful guy ’ , he was entertaining just about half the gay population of the town . |
| 14 | It 's a comfortable car to drive , assisted by power steering , and while leg-room in the back is just about adequate the low roof can prove irritating for tall rear seat passengers . |
| 15 | But they were there about seven the other week . |