Example sentences of "[noun] about [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When mounting the mercury switch S1 , position the switch body about 10mm above the board to allow it to be angled to adjust its sensitivity . |
| 2 | The data we have at the moment suggest that we should reach our targets about 80% of the time , but our aim over the years will be not only to reach the targets in a higher proportion of cases but also to make the targets more difficult . |
| 3 | In Israel about 4% of the population live in some 240 kibbutzim . |
| 4 | Starting at about 4,000ft , the Vimy rapidly lost height , Jack fighting to hold the joystick , they came out of the mist about 50ft above the water and at a dangerous angle . |
| 5 | In short , whereas there is not the possibility of using an argument from analogy to answer factual questions about time on the Sun , there is the possibility when it comes to people 's feelings , and so , being predisposed by the second reason to think that there is some sort of connection between moaning and the pain-language , we naturally fall into the trap of confusing valid fact-establishing arguments from analogy with invalid meaning-establishing ones , and produce the well-known argument that I am , in general , justified in applying ‘ mental ’ language to other people by the fact that they behave as I do when I 'm in a certain state of mind . |
| 6 | A stage with four or six legs , holding the platform about 2½ft above the surface to allow for fluctuations in water level , is far better in the long term . |
| 7 | For the first year , the warrants will be exercisable at a price about 20% above the share price at the time of the offering . |
| 8 | The ships are worth Something , and they 're about the only hope of securing creditors about 5p in the pound . |
| 9 | There is another building about 50yds to the east on the same level , not included in the R.C.H.M. Inventory . |
| 10 | Many of the combat fronts have two or three women comandantes at one time in the six-person military command , such as the Frente Oriental Francisco Sanchez which presently has three women comandantes , In the FMLN camps in Chalatenango about 30% of the combatants are women . |
| 11 | Stephen Brown survived because he landed on a narrow ledge about 18ft below the cliff edge at Sandy Bay , Exmouth , Devon , Charles Barton QC , for the prosecution , said . |
| 12 | However , a number of small watches have been set up or are in the process of being set up and by the summer about 80% of the village will be covered . |
| 13 | However , a number of small watches have been set up or are in the process of being set up and by the summer about 80% of the village will be covered . |
| 14 | To protect the young , tender leaves of seedlings such as brassicas and lettuce , stretch the old tape between canes about 18in from the ground , where it will flutter in the breeze and glitter in the sunshine . |
| 15 | The work-heads cost about £7 , and the handles about £3 for the 1ft size , and about £9 for the 4ft 7in version . |
| 16 | Then there was a great ball of fire about 300ft into the air . |