Example sentences of "[ex0] be only about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , there are only about thirty of you in Formula One , and there 's no denying that the Press turn you into sort of demi-gods … ’ |
| 2 | Theirs was once a common line of business , but now there are only about two dozen professional burners left in the country . |
| 3 | It is serious , and children are most at risk , but there are only about two cases per million people each year . |
| 4 | There are only about two thousand Red Pandas left in their natural habitat , the foot hills of the Himalayas . |
| 5 | they would n't shore that up because there are only about eight houses up there , so it does n't pay them |
| 6 | There are only about 550 Grade I listed properties in Norfolk , more than 400 of which are churches . |
| 7 | I mean , considering there are only about five hundred people in there were just on forty people present in the room which is quite a good average or percentage of them and er a lot of the questions were quite positive and the Chairman sort of took them , there were one or two people there who obviously erm wanted to have everything either exactly as it was or whatever , but it looked very much from the conversation that I had with the ramblers afterwards that in large part this scheme could be accepted . |
| 8 | There are only about six mechanisms you actually need to know . |
| 9 | By 15 September there are only about 10 000 . |
| 10 | But the programme 's producer , Peter Kinkead , says it is more than a gimmick — despite the fact that there are only about 5500 Prestel sets in TVs 's catchment area . |
| 11 | In fact there are only about three species of tree in the rainforest that have been definitely aged , in terms of their lifespan . |
| 12 | There are only about 400 homes in Milcombe . |
| 13 | Erm so , in principle we 've agreed that schedule , er I 'm waiting for erm Bob to sort V I out and the name erm as you may be aware erm Bob wants to call it client servicing and our view was that by and large it was n't a question of having to have loads more different screens we just needed them in different areas and they could , they 'd go to Louise to get where people were going to be and it 's mostly about the R S six thousand for commission erm on which there are only about twenty of those anyway , twenty seven so I did n't really see that as being a major issue . |
| 14 | Even now there are only about ten private herds of pedigree Kerries in Ireland . |
| 15 | When I got to the classroom , I found there were only about six students in the class , and we chatted idly until the lecturer arrived . |
| 16 | There were only about six spectators . |
| 17 | ‘ There were only about 10 houses in the place , but there were so many people , you could n't believe it . |
| 18 | There were only about three bicycles in Carewstown and he recognised this one . |
| 19 | One morning when there were only about three powers cards to deal with , I was visited by Sister Phillips , a senior medical Sister . |
| 20 | Mind you , there were only about three pole-vaulters in Scotland . ’ |
| 21 | There were only about half a dozen of them , and they could see clearly that they were wizened and wrinkled and , quite plainly , not worth gathering |
| 22 | When he died there were only about half as many pupils in secondary schools as at his accession to the throne . |
| 23 | They 've got a right good offer on at Manor Grove for videos last week , they were er er eight o' clo er they were arriving I think there were only about half a dozen . |
| 24 | When we arrived there were only about 20 people in the audience and he was n't dressed in a dress . |
| 25 | In 1975 there were only about forty university graduates in the country and the departure of the Portuguese settlers who had monopolized skilled and white-collar jobs left the economy in a state of collapse . |
| 26 | ‘ There were only about 15 varieties available then , but I did some research and came across an American monograph written before the Second World War that listed 250 . |
| 27 | There were only about 60 watching on the night , so it 's safe to say there was no crowd trouble ! ’ said who organised and captained the CMS side . |
| 28 | There were only about seven people left now out of the dozen or so who had been gathered here earlier . |
| 29 | There were only about 50 participants , which meant you got to know most of them . |
| 30 | And it does n't last very long , there 's only about two week 's worth there ! |