Example sentences of "[adv] it [be] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm On social security and health together it 's about ten percentage points higher in West Germany erm and about six percentage points higher in France than in the U K And I must say I do wonder why in West Germany erm you 've got half as many again doctors per hundred thousand of the population of the U K and only about two-thirds as many nurses , which does suggest , you know , differences in national approaches to things like health care . |
| 2 | Well here 's the specification , length , Escort four two six eight so it 's about two point three , sorry two hundred and thirty millimetres longer , so it 's less than a foot |
| 3 | er The first day we reckon we 'll have to cycle about er eleven hours , and the second day , slightly less time — ten hours probably , so it 's about twenty one hours cycling . |
| 4 | So it 's about seven an seven grand they 're looking for that ? |
| 5 | So it 's about forty quid a night and there 's Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday . |
| 6 | You only need to one file combine , that 's one advantage , instead of three , so it 's about three times quicker . |
| 7 | and then if you 'd been off sick at all you had to make that time up as well so it was about four years and six months I did there altogether . |
| 8 | Aye we were gon na chuck it , cut it out yesterday it was about twenty five pence or thirty pence was n't it ? |
| 9 | Infant mortality in Leicester , Preston , Manchester , and other large towns in 1871–80 was over 200 per 1,000 births per year when nationally it was about 150 and under 100 in favoured rural areas ( Woods and Hinde 1987 ) . |
| 10 | That 's like it 's about fifty beats |
| 11 | Well it 's , it 's about it 's about ten minute walk to Chudleigh is n't it ? |
| 12 | Now it 's about half and half . |
| 13 | Today it is about 75 per cent Palestinian . |
| 14 | Well it 's about fifty pence a cubic metre if you have a er a metered water supply in Severn Trent , which is about point O five pence a litre . |
| 15 | Well it 's about right , well it certainly would n't want to be much later . |
| 16 | Well it 's about four hundred pound a week int it ? |
| 17 | Well it 's about fifteen quid and that leaves us the opportunity to get six or eight |
| 18 | Forty seven point eight per cent , well it 's about forty eight per cent . |
| 19 | It 's difficult as far as the alternatives are concerned , is that no alternatives , but effectively it 's about four times the cost to administer , because you can dip a hundred sheep off one of the er , packs and it 's a smaller pack . |
| 20 | Ah , maybe it 's about three hours . |