Example sentences of "about [num] [noun pl] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About eight men and a foreman had to get 300 quarters of barley off the wagons for a day 's work . |
| 2 | These records involve a total of about 120 individuals and the species is now much scarcer than the Slavonian Grebe , although des Forges and Harber recorded approximately equal numbers of each species . |
| 3 | Cook gently , stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon , for about 1–1½ hours until the onions are very soft . |
| 4 | It is about 70 seconds until the next anatomical crudity — Fred commenting , ‘ My balls are soft , but times are hard . ’ |
| 5 | Prior to this , SelecTronics had cut its work force by over 40 per cent to about 70 employees and the corporation 's president , Jim Finke , had resigned . |
| 6 | Jan Alexander Taylor and Patrick Thomas Hayes were arrested on Tuesday , hours after police released film of two men caught on security cameras five weeks ago walking along the street near the Knightsbridge store about 30 minutes before a small bomb exploded . |
| 7 | Bake for about 30 minutes until the top is crisp and bubbly . |
| 8 | Bake for about 30 minutes until the topping is crunchy and golden . |
| 9 | Pour the custard over the top and bake for about 30–40 minutes until the custard is golden brown . |
| 10 | In the Less Favoured Area ( which includes all the Welsh uplands ) , the average size of sheep farm is about 262 hectares and the average mixed cattle and sheep farm about 138 hectares . |
| 11 | ‘ About forty minutes before the train was due to arrive this man came up to me and asked if I 'd be interested in making five hundred francs . |
| 12 | On Nov. 30 the three-member Truth Commission , formed to investigate human rights violations by the armed forces during the civil war , named 223 military personnel , including about 100 officers and the Minister of Defence and Public Security , Gen. René Emilio Ponce . |
| 13 | In 1820 Portadown had about 100 houses and a population of 900 . |
| 14 | The first block is about 100 metres and the second about 500 metres from the main road and a host of restaurants and bars can be found nearby . |
| 15 | The storage capacity is about 230 megabytes or the equivalent of roughly 90,000 A4 pages of textual information . |
| 16 | The number of hours a week worked by juniors has come down by about 10 hours since the Labour party was in power . |
| 17 | A typical moggie is intermediate between these two extremes , with a tom weighing in at about 10 lbs and a queen at 8 lbs . |
| 18 | For about 10 years before the diagnosis was made , each time I drank whisky I would sneeze and develop symptoms of a rhinitis within about one minute of starting the drink . |
| 19 | European business development director Peter Field claims Kalamazoo is the UK 's market leader for motor dealer systems , with about 2,000 customers and a market share of more than 50% . |
| 20 | It 's a small stretchy band , normally worn on the wrist , with a single wire of about six feet and a crocodile clip which you attach to a metal part of your office , that is , desk or radiator but not the computer . |
| 21 | Fertiliser is used either in a slow release form , or is added about six weeks after the clover is established , continuing until the nutrient cycle is secure . |
| 22 | The umpires tried to restart the game after about 35 minutes but the Indian team again left the ground when Ravi Shastri complained the crowd was hurling stones . |
| 23 | The six passengers boarded the aircraft at about 1520 hours and the aircraft received clearance from Norwich Tower to taxi out for take-off on Runway 28 . |
| 24 | There are many different varieties and , sizes between the species vary from about three inches for the Pakistani Butterflyfish ( Chaetodon collaris ) to the twelve inches reached by the Lined Butterflyfish ( Chaetodon lineolatus ) . |
| 25 | Though the single preparasitic moult occurs at about three weeks after the egg is passed , a period of maturation is necessary , and it is not infective until a minimum of four weeks after being passed , even in the optimal temperature range of 22-26oC . |
| 26 | No because they cou first , that 's been here about three weeks and the little one 's only been here two weeks . |
| 27 | About three months before the actual event took place all leave was cancelled , even 24 hour passes , and Bomber Command was operational nearly every night , bad weather or good . |
| 28 | If one adds that delay to the average of about three months before the first visit is made , one is talking about a possible delay of one year and three months before the application starts to receive the attention that is required before it can proceed . |
| 29 | ‘ Between about three months and a year , I should say . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Between about three months and a year , I should say . ’ |