Example sentences of "[prep] about [num] [noun pl] [coord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By " childhood " we mean here the years between the age of about two years and the beginning of puberty . |
| 2 | These records involve a total of about 120 individuals and the species is now much scarcer than the Slavonian Grebe , although des Forges and Harber recorded approximately equal numbers of each species . |
| 3 | The submission shall consist of either a dissertation of about 10,000 words or the study of a musical document ( about 5,000 words plus an edition of the document ) . |
| 4 | I was only in court for about fifteen minutes and the judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence . |
| 5 | She said the woman had lived in the house for about nine years and the man for about two . |
| 6 | The Regions would take turns in being Primary and Secondary hosts — the primary visit would be for about two weeks and the secondary for about one week . |
| 7 | Prior to this , SelecTronics had cut its work force by over 40 per cent to about 70 employees and the corporation 's president , Jim Finke , had resigned . |
| 8 | The six passengers boarded the aircraft at about 1520 hours and the aircraft received clearance from Norwich Tower to taxi out for take-off on Runway 28 . |