Example sentences of "[is] [verb] for about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the skunk has not squirted its glands for some time , then it is primed for about six powerful shots at the enemy , but it is unlikely to use all its ammunition at once because it will take about a week for replenishment and the animal can not afford to risk being cornered empty-glanded by a second predator . |
| 2 | Riverside is looking for about 50 to 60 franchisees in the next year and they estimate it is possible to earn about £1,500 a week . |
| 3 | I tell him — since this critic has n't liked anything he 's seen for about twenty years — ; it does n't matter if he comes on a wet Wednesday with no R in the month and a tram strike . |
| 4 | The house is abandoned when hunting is unproductive , the local fields are exhausted or the head of the village dies , so that in general one site is used for about six years . |
| 5 | On-site accommodation at Jordanstown is provided for about 680 students in residential blocks , six-bedroomed houses , flats and study bedrooms in Halls . |
| 6 | On-site accommodation at Jordanstown is provided for about 680 students in residential blocks , six-bedroomed houses , flats and study bedrooms in Halls . |
| 7 | This gradient is maintained for about 100 metres . |
| 8 | A single egg is laid , usually from November onwards , and is incubated for about eight weeks . |