Example sentences of "by about [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference between a ‘ Wilton ’ and an ‘ Axminster ’ carpet , both of which are now made by about fifty different companies in Britain , is in the type of weave . |
| 2 | If everyone had one of these , the crime rate would drop by about fifty per cent . ’ |
| 3 | While prices were forcast to fall by about 10 per cent on average next year , a slow decline in interest rates over the next 12 months was seen as prompting a resurgence the following spring . |
| 4 | In the event , they dropped by about 10 per cent , from £96.4 million to £86.6 million , partly because of a decline in the metals and electronics division . |
| 5 | A particular cause for concern is that the concentrations of the two main CFMs is increasing by about 5 per cent per annum while the equivalent figures for methane , nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide are 1 , 0.4 and 0.3 per cent . |
| 6 | He has found that the Sun 's average temperature of about 5800 K dropped by about 5 K between 1975 and the early part of 1981 . |
| 7 | This is generally recognized as still an upmarket sector but is growing by about 5 per cent per year . |
| 8 | Cases of asthma and eczema are also rising by about 5 per cent every year . |
| 9 | Bach ( 1978 , 1979 ) studied data on weather and corn yield in the United States Corn Belt states from 1901 to 1972 and estimated that corn production in those states would change by about 11 per cent for every 1 °C change in average maximum temperature over the growing season , and by about 15 per cent for each 10 per cent change in precipitation . |
| 10 | However , Soviet trade with the West expanded rapidly in the first half of 1989 , showing a 9 per cent growth in volume , while imports grew by about 11 per cent . |
| 11 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 23.89 points to 2752.13 , with advancing issues leading declines by about eight to seven . |
| 12 | Says the star : ‘ It missed me by about six inches.I turned white as a sheet , it was terrifying . |
| 13 | Archbishop Winning celebrated the Ash Wednesday Mass attended by about 200 students . |
| 14 | During 1991-95 , he said , aid to the region would increase by about 80 per cent compared with the previous five-year period . |
| 15 | Greenpeace says that by 1995 the capacity of the proposed incinerators will exceed the estimated amount of UK waste for burning by about 70 000 tonnes per year . |
| 16 | Output had been steadily growing by about five million bottles every fifteen years , and was destined to reach a total of no less than thirty million bottles a year by the turn of the century . |
| 17 | Slowing for a flapless stall , the loud horn preceded an indicated 48 knots drop by about five knots . |
| 18 | Using returns computed over five-minute intervals , they found that futures returns led spot returns by about five minutes . |
| 19 | Liberal Democrat supporters shared that view by about 4 : 1 . |
| 20 | As a result of these developments in microelectronics , the annual use of computing power increased by about 2000 times in the twenty years between 1960 and 1980 . |
| 21 | Employment in the Computer Products Organisation increased by about 2,100 people in the year to meet expansion needs . |
| 22 | However , expenditure on social services and education was expected to rise by about 8 per cent . |
| 23 | In 1987 school fees rose by an average of 11 per cent as compared with an inflation rate of 4.1 per cent , but despite higher fees the independent schools are growing by about 6,000 pupils a year , and by the end of the century they are expected to account for 8.5 per cent of the school population . |
| 24 | The station could be up and running by about 1994 . |
| 25 | I am pleased that through the good settlement that I was able to give to the Arts Council of Great Britain for the year ahead and , through it , the Welsh Arts Council , the Welsh National Opera 's overall income from the two arts councils will rise by about 7 per cent . |
| 26 | On a geographical basis , merchandise trade within the West Pacific region increased by over 30 per cent in 1988 , that between North America and the West Pacific by over 20 per cent , that between Western Europe and the West Pacific and within North America each by about 15-16 per cent , transatlantic trade and trade within Western Europe each by about 14-15 per cent , and other trade flows by about 7 per cent . |
| 27 | The sea level will rise by about 14 inches instead of 39. -AP . |
| 28 | Price reform would be gradual : first luxury goods would be decontrolled , with necessities following by about 1995 . |
| 29 | Switch on the coil current ( set to 125mA ) and the test point voltage should change by about two volts or so , positively or negatively . |
| 30 | The peak JAA activities for the CAA are 1990–93 , when SRG 's costs will rise by about two per cent as a result of JAA work . |