Example sentences of "about [adv] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government reckoned that Poles were having to cope with about as much economic pain as they would tolerate . |
| 2 | But consuming rhino horn will do you about as much good as chewing your finger nails ; however , trying to tell that to the people who consume rhino horn is like trying to tell Ian Botham to lose weight . |
| 3 | Not least BARRY MOONCULT who went so ape-dropping crazy , he was spotted stumbling out of the party while it was in full swing armed with a stash of joke bombs , which despite being pretty harmless ( containing about as much genuine explosive as your average cap pistol ) make a loud enough bang to put the fear of God into the most ardent of atheists . |
| 4 | There 's about as much real passion in the passage against the Gulf war quoted by Rose Jennings as in the shrink-wrapped volumes on a newsagent 's top shelf . |
| 5 | Besides , two weeks is about as much rustic charm as most people can stand . |
| 6 | What 's that about anyway that Black Rape ? |