Example sentences of "[vb base] about [n mass] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Private cars guzzle about 7% of the world 's commercial ( non-industrial ) energy or 17% of the oil used each year . |
| 2 | Using the same value for control absorption as above one can estimate that hexamethonium blocked about 85% and lidocaine about 50% of the secretion caused by the bacterium . |
| 3 | Allowed to buy only ‘ class B ’ shares , which account for 40% of stockmarket capitalisation , foreigners now own about 30% of the market . |
| 4 | THE 100 biggest multinational firms own about 16% of the world 's productive assets ; the top 300 probably account for 25% . |
| 5 | It should pass through a grommet in the cover and terminate about 50mm above the water level . |