Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | A study by Harris , Sofianos and Shapiro ( 1990 ) of programme trading on the NYSE in June 1989 found evidence that programme trading occurs when the basis ( the difference between the futures and spot prices ; see Chapter 6 ) is wide , and that the programme trading is followed by the basis closing to its usual level within about 15 minutes . |
| 2 | The worst kind of burn gives painful blisters and general skin damage within about an hour after exposure . |
| 3 | I had been in the division only about three months , and barely knew what naphtha was . |
| 4 | In the result only about £ half million , including his own gift , was received . |
| 5 | As a rule only about 10 per cent of such men can be shown to have the organism when only urethral tests are taken . |
| 6 | A local estate agent carried out his own survey of the property and came up with a figure only about a fifth of the official valuation . |
| 7 | Circulation just about held its own in U K , but was up six point three percent in Europe and is now one hundred and thirteen thousand five hundred and the electronic publishing was up eighty one percent . |
| 8 | Th er er s drop-leaf tables are marvellous cos you get to the end of the side of your packing you see and you might have a gap just about the right size so in you put the wrapper you put the table in and you might have a little gap like left so you get the this the you get the er ironing board and put that in there . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been on telly just about non-stop for 12 months , but I 've got a few ideas I have n't had time to work on . ’ |
| 10 | Hughes & Kettner 's new £269 Tubeman thingie is designed to function as an amp expander on stage , as a recording amp in the studio , as a floorpedal on stage , as a practice amp at home and as a fully-featured preamp just about anywhere . |
| 11 | Should he win , he could be the youngest MP since 15-year-old Henry Long won Old Sarum ( electorate probably about two men and fifty horses ) in 1435 . |
| 12 | The Tan Hill Inn is the highest public house in England and for my money just about the loneliest . |
| 13 | Now erm , tt could you just talk a little bit just about your you know y your background as a child ? |
| 14 | Italy 's Walter Cavalieri made it a close 116-114 and Germany 's Arthur Ellensohn carded a ‘ shut-out ’ 120-109 , while Puerto Rico 's Cesar Ramos had the fight just about right at 117-112 . |
| 15 | Vertical markets comprise professional accounting — although the small accountancy practices to which the group sells have been hard-hit by recession , it has managed to maintain stable revenues by selling upgrades of existing accountancy software ranges ; retail — while Radius started selling to this sector only about two years ago , it ‘ performed above expectations ’ , having won a new £500,000 contract from Dixons Group Plc , a £400,000 contract from Southern Electric Plc and a £25,000 contract from Ing C Olivetti SpA ; the public sector — the company has built on its traditional strength in local government to move into health and central government ; fuel distribution — another new area of activity which Bland said is ‘ growing ’ , although he could provide no figures ; and finally , the printing industry — while Radius has in the past concentrated on big customers such as Bowater and Smurfitt , it has now released a ‘ stripped-down ’ version of its management software to attract smaller users . |
| 16 | He 'll be at home tonight about nine . |
| 17 | The desktop casing just about qualifies as a server box . |
| 18 | I have had this Land Rover for 18 years and rebuilt the engine once about six years ago . |
| 19 | The English took little note of the fantasy before about 1585 ; the favourite form was still the ‘ In nomine ’ . |
| 20 | at the bottom then about six foot gap and then |
| 21 | While I would have liked to have seen a bit more about 9 Sqn 's contribution to the Tirpitz attacks , I appreciate that this is a book about 617 Sqn . |
| 22 | ‘ Two murders which took place within about twenty-four hours . |
| 23 | During the same period only about 70 per cent of the pupils who complete fifth grade every year will be able to continue their schooling in the regular education system . |
| 24 | For example , the experimental Peckham Health Centre ( opened in 1926 in the London suburb of Peckham as a community centre dedicated to the study and maintenance of the conditions necessary for health ) found that when it re-opened after the War only about half the original members ' families remained in the area . |
| 25 | Although these figures suggest some recent increase , as des Forges and Harber record only about 40 for the period 1950 to 1960 , this would easily be accounted for by the great increase in regular observations at the coast . |
| 26 | Well there used to be that 's right , with you John , talking about college group just about that time . |
| 27 | Partly he 'd be in because he was really into leather himself and partly he was there because his girlfriend of the time , Nora — who now lives with Johnny Rotten — was in the shop just about every day . |
| 28 | That is , the common ancestor of these phyla was much simpler in its anatomy than any of them , and the anatomical complexities ( e.g. segmented body plan , skeletal structures , image-forming eyes ) evolved independently in the different phyla , although it is impossible to be sure of this in the absence of an adequate fossil record before about 600 million years ago . |
| 29 | But the lack of a hominid fossil record before about 5 million years ago — and any fossil record for the African apes — is still a frustrating barrier . |
| 30 | If the lunar curves in Figure 6.9 can roughly be applied to Mercury then crater erasure took place before about 4000 Ma ago , and most of the present craters , which may also have given rise to the smooth plains , were in place by about 3000 Ma ago , and little has happened on the Mercurian surface since except for the effects of tidal slow-down and interior shrinkage . |