Example sentences of "[vb -s] about [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally , the council has about 90pc of the 58,000 forms back by this time . |
| 2 | It reckons MCI now has about 18% of the US long-distance business , up from about 14% three years ago . |
| 3 | A glass of wine — red or white — contains about 15% of the recommended daily amount of iron for a man ; 10% for a woman . |
| 4 | He quotes about £30,000 for a small inland farmhouse or ruin needing restoration and about £25,000 for a small apartment . |
| 5 | The present England shirt costs about £24.99 for a full-sized fan , but the little number that saw us through ( and its red going-away alternative ) is beginning to reek from all those coach trips , nights spent in railway stations and sweaty terrace pens . |
| 6 | Novon already takes about 40% of the store 's sales of compact powders . |
| 7 | Machair forms about 10% of the land area . |
| 8 | Such people usually point to a single statistic for evidence ; for instance , that the public sector employs about 30% of the labour force or , as with Milton Friedman , that public expenditure at around 60% of National Income threatens to destroy freedom and democracy . |
| 9 | Oh , yes , the Milan-based menswear group which charges about £700 for a regular suit and wants to be seen as a deeply serious friend of the earth . |
| 10 | The electricity generated , however , due to the amount of heat lost in the process of generation ( mainly at the stage of converting heat energy of steam into the mechanical energy of the turbine ) only represents about 30% of the energy used in the power station . |
| 11 | An intact Ozone Layer prevents about 99% of the sun 's UV rays from reaching the Earth . |
| 12 | It 's a relatively cheap sport to set up ; the pilots cost under £5,000 each and each driver pays about £30 for a session . |
| 13 | For Great Britain as a whole , according to the 1981 Census , this makes about 49% of the population middle class and 51% working class . |
| 14 | In September it was asked by the MOD how much scope it had to lift ammunition production ( it provides about 45% of the ministry 's total purchases ) . |