Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb base] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the puddings make about sixty pounds . |
| 2 | The first was that the lads were n't allowed to move freely within the prison ; another was the size of the cells , in which the lads spend about 11 hours each day . |
| 3 | The compounds include about 1500 pesticide chemicals , 4000 drugs , 38 000 potentially toxic substances and 50 000 commercial or potentially useful chemicals . |
| 4 | The CDs average about 55 minutes and could easily have permitted inclusion of all the Tangos recorded by Domingo or all the selections from Wunderlich 's Heliodor Viennese Song recital . |
| 5 | The figures include about 700 Vietnamese refugees . |
| 6 | Very few early umbrellas survive but the Museums have about three dateable to the first half of the 19th century . |
| 7 | The cliffs lie about 100 metres upstream . |
| 8 | The men earn about half a crown per day in summer , and two shillings in winter ’ . |
| 9 | The chairs take about 28 hours each ( when producing a batch ) and the table about 120 hours . |
| 10 | The grounds total about 55 acres with gardens , pasture and woodland rolling down the steep slopes to meet the waters of the River Fowey and Woodgate Pill . |